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Emerging from another year ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic, officials in Montague, Gill and Erving remain optimistic that 2022 can remain productive with major improvement efforts, including redevelopment of former mill complexes and the installation...

ERVING — The town has received a $600,000 Site Readiness grant “to advance redevelopment of the former International Paper Mill,” as announced by the state Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development Tuesday.The Site Readiness Program is part...

ERVING — The town has received a $600,000 Site Readiness grant “to advance redevelopment of the former International Paper Mill,” as announced by the state Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development Tuesday.The Site Readiness Program is part...

ERVING — Two nonprofits are interested in developing the former International Paper Mill into a complex that would include affordable housing and commercial space.National nonprofit The Community Builders Inc., which has an office in Northampton,...

Timed with the planned installation of safety barriers on the French King Bridge, town officials in Gill and Erving are collaborating to install a plaque in memory of lives lost to suicide there.The concept was initiated by Oxford resident Stacey...

ERVING — At 97 years old, Erving resident Agnes Ross collaborated with her daughter, Jan Ross, to knit and crochet 60 brightly colored scarves for this year’s Warm the Children clothing charity.Their work, which took about a year to complete,...

Elementary school students across Franklin County did their part to combat food insecurity on Tuesday by joining in mini marches in support of Monte’s March, the annual fundraiser led by radio personality Christopher “Monte” Belmonte that supports...

ERVING — The town is seeking a new Erving Public Library director in the wake of current Director Natane Halasz’s decision to leave, effective Nov. 10.Halasz became library director in July 2020. Her departure, she said, is the result of a...

Paper shredding offered at Senior & Community CenterERVING — The towns of Erving, Northfield and Gill are holding a free paper shredding event at the Erving Senior & Community Center on Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon. This opportunity is for the...

Gill preps to add administrative clerk GILL — The town is looking to hire an administrative clerk to assist with zoning and Planning Board matters.Town Administrator Ray Purington said the town approved the position a “couple years” ago, but just...