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By CHRIS LARABEE

WARWICK — With a $100,000 state grant, Warwick Community School will continue to lay down the foundation for its comprehensive behavioral and mental health services program.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — Members of a blossoming Daisy Girl Scout troop are learning what it means to be a sister to every fellow Girl Scout.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — The Natural Resources Conservation Service office located at 451 West St. since 1980 could close as part of 748 lease terminations posted online last week by the Trump administration.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

GREENFIELD — The LAVA Center has launched a new series of speaking programs designed to spark community conversations.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The Public Safety Commission voted unanimously this week to approve the promotion of Fire Capt. Peter McIver to deputy chief, filling a role that has been vacant since the departure of Ed Jarvis more than five years ago.

By DOMENIC POLI

NEW SALEM — The 1794 Meetinghouse on South Main Street typically lies dormant during its offseason, with the occasional passing vehicle or woodland creature providing the only soundtrack. But that silence was broken Thursday afternoon by the welcoming sound of the concert and theater venue’s piano on the stage.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — Hiring committees have been formed to find a new director of assessing and a new town clerk.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The Episcopal Church of Saints James and Andrew is in need of significant repairs after high winds knocked off parts of the roof last week.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — The Frontier Regional School District School Committee unanimously approved its fiscal year 2026 $13.29 million general budget Thursday evening following a sparsely attended public hearing earlier in the week.

By DOMENIC POLI

EAST FALMOUTH — Recently retired Franklin County Sheriff Christopher J. Donelan is one of two Cape Cod police academy leaders who have been suspended, pending an investigation into “inappropriate conduct” between staff and student officers.

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — More than $6 million in revenue is expected to come to the town’s coffers over the next 20 years following Wednesday’s approval of a lease amendment for a solar array on the former landfill on Lee Road.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — The Planning Board has told the applicants behind a proposed 125-foot cell tower on Call Road, a project the applicants say is crucial to improving service coverage, to conduct a balloon test seven days prior to a hearing that is tentatively set for April 1.

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The town is using grant money to task the Franklin Regional Council of Governments with conducting a slum and blight inventory to determine if Orange qualifies for Community Development Block Grant funding for infrastructure upgrades and other improvements.

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — With the Planning Board’s special permit approval this week, Savage Farms will construct a nearly 90,000-square-foot potato storage building for year-round protection of the family farm’s crops.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE FALLS — The Mary Lyon Foundation is marking 35 years of supporting education across western Franklin County and carrying on the legacy of its namesake.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

HEATH — As the Selectboard and Finance Committee develop the town’s budget for fiscal year 2026 and plan capital purchases for future years, Highway Superintendent Tyson Howard wants them to keep in mind that the town desperately needs a new dump truck, which could cost as much as $110,927.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

ASHFIELD — Wicked Good Café is bringing new life to the historic Elmer’s Store, with help from both new and familiar faces.

By CHRIS LARABEE

BOSTON — The Northfield Planning Board has filed its response to BlueWave Solar’s appeal of the denial of a special permit for a second proposed solar array on Pine Meadow Road, with the board denying all allegations and calling upon the solar company to prove its claims, according to documents filed in Land Court on Tuesday.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — City Council will vote on whether to approve the formation of a new committee intended to discuss ways to best serve and interact with the city’s homeless population during its next meeting March 19.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The 2024 District Report Card from the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education shows the Greenfield School Department was behind state averages in students’ completion of core curriculum, placement in advanced courses and ninth grade passing rates.