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Let me continue highlighting the hypocrisy of our state and local government. No, I am not writing about our governor protecting people who crossed our border illegally who committed felonies from deportation.As many residents of Franklin County are...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL — Voters at Special Town Meeting on Monday will be asked to approve $50,000 to help further the Gill Elementary School roof replacement, as well as vote on three articles pertaining to the Opioid Settlement Stabilization Fund.The meeting will...

I am wondering what the families of the more than 7 million people who have died from COVID as of April 2024 think about the notion that COVID was/is a hoax, and wondering why people think that, and wondering who they think benefits from promoting...

GILL — The Northwestern District Attorney’s Office has identified the 29-year-old man whose body was found in the Connecticut River near the French King Bridge on Monday afternoon as Northampton resident Daniel Esrick. No foul play is suspected,...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

GILL — The body of a 29-year-old Northampton man was pulled out of the Connecticut River near the French King Bridge on Monday afternoon at around 1:30 p.m.Laurie Loisel, spokesperson for the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office, said an...

28 Franklin Tech students join National Honor SocietyTURNERS FALLS — Franklin County Technical School recently inducted 28 new students into the National Honor Society, making this the largest group to be honored in the school’s history.With the new...

By DOMENIC POLI

GILL — For the sixth consecutive year, members of the Thomas Memorial Golf & Country Club in Turners Falls and the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office TRIAD Program gathered to assemble 150 boxes of food for people in need on Monday — albeit in a new...

GILL — The Selectboard has approved a contract with Commonwealth Electric Technologies to install 44 LED lights in Town Hall.Per the contract, the total project cost is $4,152. An Eversource incentive of $500 that expires at the end of the calendar...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL — After advocating for funding since 2017, the Gill Elementary School roof replacement project has been accepted by the Massachusetts School Building Authority’s (MSBA) Accelerated Repair Program.The Selectboard, detailing the status of the...

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — With more than 800 farms and hundreds and thousands of workers providing food to the region and beyond, farming is more than just a way of life here in Franklin County.To celebrate what Franklin County Chamber of Commerce Executive...

For many reasons, I am so glad the elections are over. I am also glad about the results as well. Finally, we might be spared of all the articles and columns published in this paper that have been so one-sided.Especially the last few years, we have...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — A $100 million fund to support the health and resilience of the Connecticut River watershed, including money that would go toward improving aging flood controls and dikes and upgrading water and sewer systems, is being sought by area...

By AMALIA WOMPA

GILL — Illustrators from western Massachusetts are coming together to show their work at the Rhodes Arts Center gallery at Northfield Mount Hermon School until Nov. 22.In the world of illustration, the region is known for the Eric Carle Museum of...

Turners Falls High School students attend Reality Fair TURNERS FALLS — UMassFive College Federal Credit Union and the MassHire Franklin Hampshire Workforce Board recently partnered to hold a Reality Fair for the Turners Falls High School junior...

“We’ve known that climate change is getting worse,” a recent My Turn writer proclaims.No. We don’t know climate change is getting worse. Or as Einstein would say, it’s all relative.Any climate information or research from a college or a university has...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL – The Selectboard and Finance Committee met with Police Chief Christopher Redmond on Monday to continue to discuss the possible addition of a third, full-time police officer to the department. The meeting focused on examining data that Redmond...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL — Northfield Mount Hermon students will perform the Shakespeare comedy “Twelfth Night” this week for its fall play from Thursday, Oct. 31 through Saturday, Nov. 2 at the Chiles Theater in the school’s Rhodes Arts Center.According to the school...

Oct. 12: Montague Fall Festival MONTAGUE CENTER — The Montague Fall Festival will be held Saturday, Oct. 12, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the village common. Craft vendors will be in attendance, along with Erving Police Officer Laura Gordon and K-9 Ziva....

Barton Cove boat ramp closing GILL — The boat ramp at Barton Cove will temporarily close for construction starting Monday, Oct. 7. According to a post on the Gill Police Department’s Facebook page, the parking lot will be resurfaced for around two...