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By CHRIS LARABEE
CONWAY — Town officials are continuing to assess damage to roads and residences following the recent string of heavy storms that slammed the region, and ahead of more rain in the forecast. The Selectboard met Monday to discuss the damage and possible...
By CHRIS LARABEE
CONWAY — With Natural Roots anticipating a total loss of its main fields following Monday’s flooding, the farmers have started a GoFundMe to help recoup their losses.After assessing the damage left in the wake of the storm, alongside visits from...
By CHRIS LARABEE
As some of the worst flooding since Hurricane Irene battered parts of Franklin County on Monday, area farms spent Tuesday morning assessing the damage left by the deluge.Rain fell across western Massachusetts from Sunday evening through Monday...
By DOMENIC POLI
Some Franklin County towns were relatively unscathed while others had to work tirelessly to reopen closed roads Monday during the worst flooding to strike parts of New England since Tropical Storm Irene in 2011.Amanda Herrmann, Conway’s emergency...
By CHRIS LARABEE
CONWAY — As smoke from Canadian wildfires has drifted into Franklin County throughout the last month, one Franklin County resident has gotten a first-hand look at the blazes, while another has recently been deployed.Department of Conservation and...
By CHRIS LARABEE
CONWAY — In honor of the enslaved man who sued for his freedom in the 18th century in a case that laid the foundation for the abolition of slavery in Massachusetts, July 8 is officially Massachusetts Emancipation/Quock Walker Day.Following the lead of...
South County Senior Center hosting romance scams talk SOUTH DEERFIELD — The South County Senior Center is partnering with the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office to hold a talk on romance scams on Wednesday, June 28, at 10:30 a.m.The DA’s Consumer...
Construction to close Mountain Road at Sugarloaf SOUTH DEERFIELD — Mountain Road at Mount Sugarloaf is expected to be closed daily through Wednesday, June 21, as the state Department of Conservation and Recreation conducts drainage work. The road will...
By CHRIS LARABEE
CONWAY — Residents elected George Forcier to the Board of Assessors in the only contested race in this year’s town election, while three other seats remain vacant.Forcier, a former and longtime editor at the Greenfield Recorder, defeated incumbent...
Deerfield Inclusion Group co-sponsoring second annual Pride party SOUTH DEERFIELD — The Deerfield Inclusion Group is co-sponsoring the second annual Pride party at Deerfield Elementary School on Sunday, June 11, from 1 to 4 p.m.Folks are invited to...
By CHRIS LARABEE
CONWAY — A contested Board of Assessors race will be decided in this year’s town election, while four seats have no candidates on the ballot.Roxanne Parent, an incumbent assessor who won a one-year term in last year’s election, is being challenged by...
By BELLA LEVAVI
CONWAY — Following the rejection of proposed equipment purchases at December’s Special Town Meeting, Highway Department spending requests continued to be an uphill battle at Saturday’s Annual Town Meeting.Voters ultimately passed all but two of the 35...
By CHRIS LARABEE
CONWAY — Who said math couldn’t be fun? At Conway Grammar School on Wednesday, students participated in a Math Day celebration, an annual tradition set up to celebrate students’ progress in math and to reinforce some of the concepts they learned...
By CHRIS LARABEE
CONWAY — Residents will consider several Highway Department purchases, funding an addition to the Public Safety Complex and several bylaw changes at Saturday’s Annual Town Meeting.The meeting will be held in Conway Grammar School’s gymnasium at 10...
In the recent Conway Currents, Town Administrator Véronique Blanchard announced new policies at the town transfer station. The new program will be costly and inconvenient for Conway residents.According to Blanchard, the town pays "upwards of" $100,000...
By CHRIS LARABEE
CONWAY — Do you have a lamp that needs fixing? What about a tear in your clothes that you can’t seem to mend? Then Conway may soon have an option for you.At the request of Town Administrator Veronique Blanchard, the town is exploring hosting a repair...
By BELLA LEVAVI
BERNARDSTON — The Franklin County community continues to flock together to support raptor rehabilitator Tom Ricardi as he puts the finishing touches on repairs to his bird enclosures, which were destroyed by a fallen pine tree in February.The latest...
Youth and Parent Dayset for SundayCONWAY — The Conway Sportsman’s Club and Police Department’s annual Youth and Parent Day returns for its 20th edition on Sunday, May 21, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m at 245 Elmer Road.The event is free and open to all Conway...
By CHRIS LARABEE
For some of the deepest New England history, one only needs to take a stroll through one of the numerous cemeteries in Franklin County.Local residents will have a chance for some of that history to be brought right to them on Tuesday, May 16 when...
By CHRIS LARABEE
CONWAY — With voters being asked to consider an addition to the Public Safety Complex at annual Town Meeting, the Public Buildings Committee gave its first of two presentations at Monday’s Selectboard meeting.The addition would include individual...
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