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Colrain Historical Society hosting industrial history talkCOLRAIN — The Colrain Historical Society will host an industrial history program following its business meeting on Thursday, June 8, in the Stacy Barn, located behind the Pitt House at 8 Main...

SUNDERLAND — Three years after a police officer murdered George Floyd in Minneapolis, his legacy survives his shortened time on Earth, even on the other side of the country.Rallies across Franklin County on Thursday, the anniversary of his death, were...

For the past five years, serving as a representative to the Mohawk Trail Regional School District School Committee, I’ve witnessed both past decline but also the sustained effort of district educational leadership and increasingly outstanding...

When I arrived in Ashfield in the summer of 2005 for a two-week stint as signwriter for the Green River Festival, I had no grand ideas for a 180-degree turn in life; I was just happy to be out of the Louisiana heat, celebrating the coincidence where a...

ASHFIELD — One two-year seat on the Park Commission remains vacant following a failure to elect on Saturday.The position had five write-in candidates — Shirley Lilly, Helene Leue, Tom Aurigemma, John Nawrocki and Bryon Pepyne — with each receiving...

ASHFIELD — Residents passed all 35 warrant articles at Saturday’s Annual Town Meeting, but not without a heated debate about gun rights that arose during discussion of a new excessive noise bylaw. The proposal, which was brought to Town Meeting via a...

ASHFIELD — Residents will consider citizen’s petitions that seek to curb excessive noise — a proposal inspired by disruptive gun sounds — and banning single-use plastic when they convene for Annual Town Meeting on Saturday.The Annual Town Meeting,...

GOSHEN — Capping a gradual transition from the business world to small-town law enforcement, Fred Bezio was recently named chief of police in Goshen. Bezio, 53, started working as a police officer seven years ago in neighboring Ashfield, where his...

ASHFIELD — Maude’s Closet Concerts are returning to Ashfield Community Hall for the first time since before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic with a concert featuring world-renowned contemporary Celtic guitarists.“It is exciting to be back in the...

ASHFIELD — The First Congregational Church and St. John’s Episcopal Church will host a “Sacred Stroll” as an early Earth Day celebration on Friday, April 21, at 4 p.m. “Our two Ashfield churches are working together to encourage care for our planet,”...