Rag Shag News Today

GREENFIELD — Fourteen contestants were awarded for their costumes during Sunday’s Downtown Trick-or-Treat and Rag Shag Parade.Categories included Best Homemade, Most Original, Best Cartoon Character, Scariest, Cutest, Adult Open Category and...

TURNERS FALLS — Montague’s Rag Shag Parade will return Sunday for the first time since 2018, revitalizing a decades-old Halloween tradition.Organizer John Murphy is working in tandem with his sister, Janice Macleay, and the Montague Soldiers Memorial...

GREENFIELD — After putting its traditional festivities on hold in 2020, the Recreation Department is planning a return on Saturday of its Downtown Trick-or-Treat and Rag Shag Parade. Last year, as a health safety precaution amid the COVID-19 pandemic,...

WILLIAMSBURG — Hilltown residents will have a number of options to enjoy themselves this Halloween weekend, including two parades in Williamsburg, a Trunk or Treat at New Hingham Regional Elementary School in Chesterfield and a pumpkin lighting...

Children’s librarian Kay Lyons to retire: ‘I found I had a way with children’ Greenfield Public Library Children’s Librarian Kay Lyons with some 3D literary figures in a library display. STAFF FILE PHOTO Greenfield Public Library Children’s Librarian Kay Lyons reacts after receiving a wreath from Federal Street School students in this undated photo. STAFF FILE PHOTO Greenfield Public Library Children’s Librarian Kay Lyons and her husband, Rick Roy, ride in the Franklin County Fair...