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Erving officers, CSO clinician commended for suicide prevention at French King Bridge
02-05-2025 2:00 PM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

ERVING — Three Erving police officers and a mental health clinician with Clinical & Support Options (CSO) have been formally commended for their lifesaving actions in two different incidents involving suicidal individuals at the French King Bridge.

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Erving, state officials review Evergreen Circle housing project at Care Drive
01-29-2025 12:01 PM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

ERVING — State and local officials are feeling optimistic after a Tuesday afternoon presentation detailing Erving’s planned affordable senior and multi-generational housing project called Evergreen Circle at Care Drive.


Birth on Erving’s Route 2 marks second baby born on same highway within six months
01-28-2025 10:19 AM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

ERVING — Though her midwife told her to be prepared for a quick birth, Amy Clukey expected to make it to Baystate Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield from her home in Templeton in time to deliver her second child.


Erving Police seek suspect in alleged jewelry theft
01-10-2025 10:31 AM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

ERVING — The Erving Police Department is looking for 34-year-old Christopher T. Tatro after he allegedly took jewelry from a woman known to him at Weatherhead Apartments and fled from police.


Contractor hired to document 140 historical properties in Erving
12-17-2024 4:02 PM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

ERVING — Assisted by Brian Knight Research of Manchester, Vermont, the Historical Commission is starting a project to document 140 historical properties and create a cultural resources report that would include land on Routes 63 and 2, as well as the...


Franklin County, North Quabbin students honored for success in, out of class
12-10-2024 11:05 AM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

Ten exemplary students from across Franklin County and North Quabbin region were recognized Thursday night during the Franklin County Area Superintendents’ Association’s annual awards dinner at Franklin County Technical School.These students received...


Public input sought to inform creation of Road Safety Action Plan for Franklin County
12-08-2024 2:01 PM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

Backed by a federal grant, the Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG) is in the process of developing its own Road Safety Action Plan to serve as a guide for future traffic safety investments.To inform the plan’s creation, officials with...


With third location in Turners Falls, Community Health Center to serve another 4,000 patients
12-01-2024 2:01 PM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — Local and state officials gathered alongside health care workers on Monday afternoon to celebrate the return of a community health center to town.The first community health center in western Massachusetts was founded in 1997 in Turners...


‘We just want to help as many as we can’:Volunteers prep for free meals on Thanksgiving
11-26-2024 11:38 AM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GREENFIELD — Across Franklin County and the North Quabbin region, volunteers are preparing to dish out meals on Thanksgiving to ensure no one goes hungry on the holiday, regardless of their financial circumstances.Stone Soup Café meal and Day of...


LGBTQ organizations unite in wake of election
11-20-2024 5:00 PM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GREENFIELD — In the days following the presidential election, local LGBTQ organizations began hosting support sessions to help foster community amid rising fears that a second Trump administration will rollback the progress made on rights and legal...


Franklin Tech School Committee tours new veterinary building
11-18-2024 3:16 PM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — School Committee members got an inside look at the new veterinary sciences building at Franklin County Technical School last week.Principal Brian Spadafino guided the cohort of members through the 4,800-square-foot building on the...


Memorial Hall in Orange dedicated for service with bronze plaque
11-11-2024 4:27 PM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

ORANGE – Residents gathered behind Orange Town Hall Monday afternoon to dedicate the placement of a bronze plaque on the stone monument to the former Memorial Hall at Prospect and High streets, which was demolished in 1996.The work of three Orange...


Erving affordable housing project receives $227K in funding
11-07-2024 5:00 PM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

ERVING – Rural Development Inc. (RDI) has been awarded $227,553 in predevelopment funding to forward the senior and affordable housing project planned for Care Drive. According to a press release from the Community Economic Development Assistance...


Franklin County towns sign Letter of Support for housing grant
10-16-2024 4:03 PM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

Towns in Franklin County have signaled their support for the Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG) to apply for the U.S. Housing and Urban Development’s Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing (PRO Housing) grant for assistance in...


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...


Developer eyes 9-acre battery energy storage system in Erving
09-08-2024 4:00 PM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

ERVING — The Conservation Commission heard an initial development proposal Tuesday night for a 9-acre, 100-megawatt battery energy storage system on Rose Lane.While plans are in the very early stages, Granite Source Power’s Director of Development...


No injuries result from ATV fire in Orange
09-04-2024 3:20 PM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

ORANGE — An all-terrain vehicle caught fire behind a home at 130 Bartlett Lane on Tuesday, though the fire did not spread to the home itself and no injuries were reported.The fire was called in at around 12:30 p.m. by an occupant of the home....


Erving School Union 28 Superintendent hopes to create collaborative atmosphere
09-03-2024 3:00 PM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

ERVING – The Erving School Union 28 district is starting the school year with Shannon White-Cleveland as the new superintendent for K-6 students across New Salem, Wendell, Erving, Leverett and Shutesbury.White-Cleveland has around 30 years of...


Baby on board: Mother details roadside birth of daughter on Route 2 in Gill
09-02-2024 9:43 AM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

ORANGE — Carolyn Gilmore was informed by her midwives that the labor process for a second child typically goes faster than the first. However, Gilmore wasn’t expecting to deliver her second child within a half hour of her water breaking, nor in the...


French King Bridge barriers ‘working’ after 2023 installation
08-27-2024 3:13 PM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL – Earlier this summer, Stacey Hamel heard a rumor that since the barriers were placed on the French King Bridge in August 2023, neither Gill nor Erving first responders have been called to the bridge for rescue of people in crisis, or recovery of...


Franklin County towns expanding access to naloxone
08-26-2024 5:02 PM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

More towns across Franklin County have started the process of installing outdoor naloxone cabinets to increase accessibility to the life-saving drug.The Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG) through its Collaborative Public Health District...

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