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Land acquisition for water tower causes stir at Orange Selectboard meeting
11-25-2024 1:00 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — A Selectboard meeting on Wednesday grew heated after the vice chair expressed outrage over a perceived lack of communication relating to two upcoming Special Town Meeting warrant articles seeking to acquire land to build a water tower at the...


AG’s office rejects Wendell’s battery energy storage bylaw
11-21-2024 3:26 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

WENDELL — A battery energy storage bylaw that voters overwhelmingly approved in May has been rejected by the state Attorney General’s Office for failing to comply with procedural safeguards embedded into state zoning laws.Wendell residents voted 100...


Friends remember multi-talented political activist Joshua J. Dostis, aka Waffles T. Clown
11-18-2024 5:00 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

Joshua Jay Dostis, better known locally as the politically charged jester Waffles T. Clown, died on Nov. 9. He was 83.Friends in Franklin County are mourning the loss of the New York City transplant and longtime New Salem resident who spent his final...


App locates where to buy farm fresh eggs in Franklin, Hampshire counties
11-14-2024 5:00 PM

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

Wondering where you can find farm fresh eggs near you? If so, you may find just what you’re looking for on Egglister, a new web app with a map of farm stands in Franklin and Hampshire counties that are selling fresh eggs. The tool comes from data...


Victims in fallen tree incident in Orange sue property owner
11-13-2024 2:30 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

ORANGE — Three women who suffered serious injuries after being hit by a fallen tree in Orange in August are suing a property owner for negligence, arguing that he neglected to remove the “decaying” tree.According to Orange Police Chief James Sullivan,...


Four Orange firefighters to receive honors for actions in fatal blaze
11-10-2024 10:00 AM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Four Orange Fire Department members are slated to be honored this month for their actions during a fatal fire last year.Lts. Phillip Dupell and Jason Rushford, firefighter/paramedic Nino Rodriguez, and Tim Matthews, who is now an acting...


GoFundMe started to cover celebration of life expenses for Keene, NH woman found in Warwick
11-05-2024 3:55 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

WARWICK — Friends and family of Justina Steffy — the 31-year-old woman from Keene, New Hampshire, whose body was found in Warwick after she went missing in early October — have raised more than $2,500 for her celebration of life expenses.Keene Police...


Leisure Woods Estates sues Orange Mobile Rent Control Board over ‘eviscerated’ budget
10-27-2024 2:00 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Leisure Woods Estates mobile home park is suing the town’s Mobile Rent Control Board, claiming the monthly lot fee increases approved last month were inadequate in relation to heightened expenses.John Kuzinevich, the attorney representing...


GCC begins search for diversity, equity and inclusion vice president
10-20-2024 1:39 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Greenfield Community College is searching for a diversity, equity and inclusion vice president after alleged attempts to suppress a less-than-flattering DEI report prompted the GCC Professional Association — the college’s faculty and...


UMass prof, team will zero in on PFAS and bone loss in grant-funded $5M study
10-10-2024 5:00 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Better understanding of how certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, often simply called PFAS and known as “forever chemicals,” negatively affect public health and cause assorted maladies, is leading to state and federal laws and...


Orange home rendered uninhabitable following electrical fire
10-09-2024 12:52 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

ORANGE — An electrical fire that started in the basement of a 23 Burrill Ave. home on Tuesday afternoon left the two-story building “uninhabitable,” according to Fire Chief James Young.Homeowner Naomi Carlyle said she was cooking in her kitchen at...


Politicians call out Stop & Shop for price disparities across its chain of stores
10-06-2024 5:00 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Several members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation, including U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern, are demanding an explanation on reports of price disparities found at different Stop & Shop locations in the commonwealth, something the...


Simmons University’s library science master’s program relocates to GCC
10-06-2024 5:00 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Greenfield Community College is hosting its first-ever graduate program after the Simmons University School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) moved its part-time Library and Information Science master’s degree program to GCC this...


Athol man gets 5 to 7 years for child rape
10-04-2024 9:46 AM

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — An Athol man was sentenced to five to seven years in prison on Thursday after changing his plea on eight charges related to child sexual abuse.Timothy M. Erikson, 47, appeared in Franklin County Superior Court to plead guilty to five...


Western Mass farmers battle ‘pumpkin plague’
09-30-2024 3:50 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

With the start of October right around the corner, some squash and pumpkin farmers in the Pioneer Valley and North Quabbin are bearing the burden of Phytophthora capsici — a soil-based disease described by one farmer as being “like the plague” for...


Garlic galore at Orange’s 26th annual North Quabbin Garlic and Arts Festival
09-29-2024 3:20 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The North Quabbin Garlic and Arts Festival has earned the reputation as a place to find garlic in unexpected places, like chocolate chip cookies and ice cream. But Greenfield resident Chris Weeks made sure to save room for 25 cloves …...


Virtual forum marks progress in battling opioid crisis in western Mass
09-29-2024 8:59 AM

By CHRIS LARABEE

With National Recovery Month coming to a close, local agencies and community organizations gathered Thursday to discuss how access to naloxone is one of the keys to addressing the opioid crisis.In a virtual discussion hosted by the Opioid Task Force...


Fall coincides with increase in yellowjacket interactions, experts advise
09-26-2024 11:41 AM

By DOMENIC POLI

The southern yellowjacket wasp might not be as widespread in the state as some have reported, a local entomologist advises, but the eastern yellowjacket is native to the area and here to stay.Despite a few reports from media outlets in recent weeks,...


Annual Turners Falls effort protects sea lampreys while providing education
09-24-2024 3:01 PM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — Toting buckets and nets, roughly 30 volunteers made the trek down into the muddy pit that is the drained power canal to rescue sea lampreys on Monday. This yearly rescue, conducted when the power canal is drained for yearly...


Western Mass. officials show support for proposed Northern Tier Rail
09-16-2024 4:39 PM

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — As the Oct. 12 deadline for public comment on the Northern Tier Passenger Rail study approaches, communities around Franklin County are sending letters of support to the state for what some officials say could be a “game-changer” for the...

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