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SUNDERLAND — The Sunderland Public Library will close for two weeks starting Wednesday as it undergoes an extensive carpet replacement project.From Wednesday, Jan. 10 through Tuesday, Jan. 23, the library will be closed and all in-person services will...

By CHRIS LARABEE

A trend of warm years further cemented itself in 2023, as Massachusetts experienced, on average, its warmest year on record, according to new data from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.The average temperature around Massachusetts for the year...

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SOUTH DEERFIELD — As the Frontier Regional and Union 38 school districts prepare to implement an equity plan, the districts’ administration shared a draft of it this week to give the Frontier School Committee a preview.The district, in its current...

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SOUTH DEERFIELD — Ahead of this year’s presidential election, Frontier Regional School seniors taking a government studies and politics class got to talk about voting rights and the state of the nation’s democracy with a former appointee to one of the...

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SUNDERLAND — With Martin Luther King Jr. Day designated as the only federal holiday dedicated to volunteer service, the public is invited to join the Sunderland Human Rights Task Force’s weekly standout.Each Monday, Human Rights Task Force members...

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DEERFIELD — Clearing the air ahead of a second special election on Jan. 16 that seeks borrowing authorization to pay off road repairs from the summer’s rainstorms, town officials Tuesday evening laid out a presentation explaining why the borrowing is...

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NORTHFIELD — With the appeal of BlueWave Solar’s three arrays on Pine Meadow Road dismissed in September, the company is working with its project partners as it prepares to make progress on their installation.Stagnant for two years because of the 2021...

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LEYDEN — With the town having achieved an intermunicipal policing agreement, a growing Fire Department and an ambulance contract, Leyden’s Public Safety Advisory Committee officially dissolved in December, just three days from its two-year...

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SOUTH DEERFIELD — With the Deerfield Selectboard’s vote Wednesday afternoon and contract signatures delivered Friday, South County EMS will welcome Auburn Fire Department EMS Coordinator Joshua Sparks as its second-ever chief.Sparks, 48, who has a...

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DEERFIELD — With the December arrival of Christopher Dunne, the town now has the planning and economic development coordinator it has been seeking for years.Dunne, 34, has spent the first month of his job getting to know the town, his counterparts,...

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GREENFIELD — As the Franklin County Community Development Corporation takes the lead on two existing entrepreneurial programs, it is bolstering those programs with a new UPstart initiative.UPstart is the expansion of the already-existing Take the...

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TURNERS FALLS — As the state Department of Transportation (MassDOT) begins work this week on structural steel and concrete repairs, the White Bridge at the base of Turners Falls Road is expected to have alternating one-way traffic through at least the...

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SPRINGFIELD — Tree House Brewing Co.’s majority owners have filed a formal response to a lawsuit brought by the brewery’s only minority shareholder, denying allegations of a breach of fiduciary duty.In documents filed in Hampden County Superior Court...

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NORTHFIELD — The consulting company working with the Pioneer Valley Regional School District to consider its facilities use recently presented a consolidation recommendation to the School Committee in anticipation of releasing a full report in...

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SUNDERLAND — A small explosion stemming from a gas leak resulted in minor injuries to an employee at Goten of Japan on Wednesday.First responders were dispatched to Goten of Japan on Old Amherst Road at around 4 p.m. in response to a small explosion...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — After four years operating on Routes 5 and 10, Wool-ology is closing its brick-and-mortar shop and will be expanding its online footprint.The fabric and fiber shop specializing in wool at 242A Greenfield Road is closing its doors on...

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SOUTH DEERFIELD — Craftspeople of all specialties will set up shop inside the Frontier Regional School cafeteria and gymnasium on Saturday as the Deerfield Police Association’s Holiday Craft Fair returns for the 39th year.With all 70 vendor slots...

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Various organizations and nonprofits around Franklin County and the North Quabbin region are opening their doors to the community on Thanksgiving, offering free meals and companionship.In Greenfield, Stone Soup Cafe will host A Day of Mourning and...

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GREENFIELD — Sitting on the floor in her new dance studio on Main Street, Cassie Rounds reminisced on her own experiences and how they’ve led her to starting her own business.Now open at 278 Main St., Suite 406, Chance Dance Studio provides an...

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GREENFIELD — Since the 1970s, “New England Naturals” has been splashed across New England Natural Bakers’ granola packages.In December, however, that will change when the Greenfield-based company launches TRUNOLA to retailers across New England.“We’re...

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BERNARDSTON — In a typical arcade, you might expect to play some Pac-Man or Galaga, but Bernardston Elementary School students came up with some ideas of their own with their “cardboard arcade.” On Wednesday, students of all grades could be found...