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This past week there was a dance performance by the students of Dawn’s Dance Studio in Greenfield. In my 50 years of performing, very few compare to Dawn and her efficiency of the dance process. Dawn’s direction begins with weekly dance classes ending in a joyful performance for dancers and audience alike.Dawn’s family and crew provide a delightful experience where the joy of dance is on full display. Bravo!

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — A regional ambulance service for western Franklin County may be inching closer to fruition after years of discussion.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — Voters have elected Emma Coburn to be the new town clerk.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — To the delight of students at Colrain Central School, the Busload of Books recently rolled to town.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — Residents will decide the outcome of contested races for town clerk and library trustee in this year’s town election on Tuesday.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — In just an hour and half, Colrain residents approved all 25 articles on the Annual Town Meeting warrant on Tuesday, thus adopting a local meals tax and approving a $5.29 million budget for fiscal year 2026.

COLRAIN — Applications to vote by mail in this year’s town election are due back to the Town Clerk’s Office by Thursday, May 8.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — Voters will be asked to consider adopting a local meals tax, buying a new fire truck for $850,000 and approving a $5.29 million budget for fiscal year 2026 at Annual Town Meeting on Tuesday, May 6.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s decision to end its Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program has town officials in Whately and Colrain going back to the drawing board to figure out how to fund hazard mitigation work in their communities.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — The Selectboard is expected to vote on a $5.29 million fiscal year 2026 budget to recommend to voters at Annual Town Meeting.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — Residents are invited to honor the soldiers of Colrain’s past and the town’s involvement in the American Revolution on Sunday with doughnuts, a cemetery tour and tales of determination.

There’s no shortage of urgent issues demanding our attention. In moments like these, we each have to choose something local and worth fighting for. For me, that’s our library.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — The Connecticut River Conservancy and the town of Colrain have been awarded $224,100 from the Barnhardt Manufacturing Co. sulfuric acid spill settlement fund to support removing the Colrain Lower Reservoir Dam as part of efforts to restore the North River.

SHELBURNE — The Town Clerk’s Office will offer additional voter registration hours on Thursday, April 10, from 10:15 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. for those who are not currently registered to vote in Shelburne but would like to attend the April 22 Special Town Meeting.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — Tarpon Towers and Verizon have made it over the first hurdle to constructing a 125-foot cell tower on Call Road.

HEATH — The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office will host a rabies clinic from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 12, at the Jacobs Road Municipal Center in Heath.

Republican representatives have been told to hide from their constituents. Apparently, destroying the entire government and crashing the economy is not what voters had in mind.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD and CHRIS LARABEE

Four Franklin County towns have received Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Planning 2.0 (MVP 2.0) grants totaling $350,000 for climate change planning projects.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — In her fifth year teaching kindergarten and fostering independence in Colrain Central School’s youngest learners, Grace Ahrensdorf has been named a winner of the 2025 Pioneer Valley Excellence in Teaching Award.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — The sugarhouse at Hager’s Farm on Merrifield Lane sustained minor damage during a fire that was quickly extinguished Wednesday evening.