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Quilt show planned for four Saturdays SHELBURNE — Local quilter Jody Stetson will host the “Quilting the Word” Quilt Show and Sale on Saturdays, May 27, and June 3, 10 and 24, from 9 a.m. to noon at 218 Shelburne Center Road. There will be quilting...

Drivers should expect detours while traveling in Shelburne and Buckland as a pair of construction projects get underway this week.Shelburne Phase 2 of the Bridge Street construction project, paid for by a Community Development Block Grant, is set to...

SHELBURNE FALLS — Franklin Land Trust will kick off National Poetry Month with a poetry reading at the Shelburne-Buckland Community Center, located at 53 Main St., on Saturday, April 1.The reading, dubbed “Plein Air: Poetry of Nature, Environment and...

SHELBURNE FALLS — The Arms Library Trustees are looking to address three issues the 60 Bridge St. library is facing, two of which involve capital projects while the other entails changing the funding formula by which Buckland and Shelburne contribute...

SHELBURNE — When voters take to the polls for the Nov. 8 state election, Shelburne residents will have one extra question to consider: should the town add a 3% surcharge on property taxes to fund projects focused on open space protection, historic...

In the town of Shelburne, Question 5 on the Nov. 8 ballot asks voters if we want to approve the Community Preservation Act (CPA).  The CPA is a local option tax that towns can voluntarily adopt in order to raise additional funds for community projects...

SHELBURNE FALLS — With the rates of fatal opioid overdoses on the rise across the country, community members learned what to do in the event of an overdose during a program offered at the Arms Library on Tuesday.The presentation, which was provided in...

Selectboard talks renaming 18 Jacobs Road building HEATH — The Selectboard is considering renaming the former school building at 18 Jacobs Road that now holds municipal offices.Some Selectboard members think the building should be named after people...

Historical Society program centers on former dude ranch COLRAIN — The Colrain Historical Society will host a program chronicling the history of the Pioneer Valley Dude Ranch on Thursday, July 14, at 7:30 p.m. at 167 Cal Coombs Road. According to a...

Former astronaut to take questions in ‘Ask Me Anything’ SHELBURNE FALLS — The Arms Library is hosting a virtual “Ask Me Anything” session with Cady Coleman, former NASA astronaut and retired Air Force colonel from Shelburne Falls, on Tuesday, May 3,...