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By SHERYL HUNTER
Combine John Sheldon’s extraordinary guitar playing with the powerful words of Beat Poet Laureate Paul Richmond and Tony Vacca’s excellent percussion skills, and you have the makings for a special night of words and music.
By DOMENIC POLI
GREENFIELD — A Vermont man convicted of causing the crash that severely injured a Rhode Island family in 2023 was sentenced to 4½ years in jail on Tuesday following emotional impact statements from the victims.
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
GREENFIELD — Franklin County Superior Court Judge Tracy Duncan sentenced a Turners Falls man to five to seven years in state prison on Tuesday for three armed robberies committed at a Turners Falls convenience store where he had formerly worked.
By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN and CHRIS LARABEE
While there have been no Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents reported at schools in the region, district administrators around the county are laying out how schools will respond if ICE agents approach them.
By MADISON SCHOFIELD
GREENFIELD — A headcount of homeless individuals living in Franklin County is underway as Community Action Pioneer Valley takes on the annual Point-in-Time Count.
By DOMENIC POLI
GREENFIELD — A local attorney and business owner has launched an exploratory committee to evaluate a potential run for Franklin County sheriff.
By CHRIS LARABEE
To mark the end Human Trafficking Prevention Month, which is observed annually each January, the Opioid Task Force of Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region welcomed a Boston-based expert to talk about the intersection of opioid use disorders and human trafficking.
By SAM DRYSDALE
Any selective criteria used to admit students to vocational technical schools must be actually essential to the success of the school, per new regulations the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) is drafting for their board’s review in February.
By DOMENIC POLI
GREENFIELD — Franklin County has a new sheriff, as Lori Streeter took the oath of office on Friday afternoon with staff members looking on.
By ROB OKUN
By DOMENIC POLI
GREENFIELD — A Vermont man awaits sentencing after a jury on Wednesday afternoon found him guilty on seven charges related to a Route 2 crash in Greenfield that severely injured a Rhode Island family in 2023.
High Honors: Brayden Bailey, Benjamin Baker, Cole Bassett, Mason Bassett, Owen Bliss, Joseph Bobala, Autora Brown, David Chagnon, Kairi Chubb, Izzabella Clarke, Nicholas Constantine, Allan Cordero Lopez, Makalya Craig, Oliver Cranston, Joseph DiSciullo, John Duncan, Everett Eichorn, Aubrie Fitzgerald, Laura Fuess, Brady Gancarz, Zoe Gledhill, Jonathan Holmes, Jeremiah Jones, Olivia Kaleta, Maxwell Kenfield, Kylie Krupinski, Cecelia Laflamme, Carter Leete, Joshua Leonovich, Tyler Lively, Jedidiah Niquette, Madisyn Pelletier, Madison Pettengill, Adam Phillips, Makayla Pierce, Mylena Prunier, Travis Rathburn, Everia Rivera, Sienna Robidoux, Luke Sheridan, Landon Smead, La’Naija Smith, Kendra Steiner, Aiden Taylor, Ava Taylor, Brooke Taylor, Jeanna Taylor, Jacob Thomas, Isabel Thompson, Rhys Urkiel, Keith Warger, Landon Warger, Nathan Warger, Holden Wolfe, Cody Yetter, Zia Zaykoski and Mercury Ziff.
By DOMENIC POLI
GREENFIELD — Lori Streeter, the Franklin County Jail and House of Correction’s superintendent and special sheriff since 2014, has been chosen to serve as retiring Sheriff Christopher Donelan’s interim replacement starting at the beginning of February.
By DR. RUTH POTEE
By DOMENIC POLI
GREENFIELD — The prosecution spent much of Monday grilling a medical expert called by the defense to testify in the case of Javery Hattat, the Vermont man accused of seriously injuring a Rhode Island family in a head-on crash on Route 2 in Greenfield nearly two years ago.
By JENNIFER A. HOFFMAN
By DOMENIC POLI
GREENFIELD — The state on Wednesday called its first three witnesses to kick off the trial of a Vermont man accused of seriously injuring a Rhode Island family of four in a head-on crash on Route 2 nearly two years ago.
By CHRIS LARABEE
With help from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR), businesses across Franklin County will use grant money to increase their capacity and expand the local food supply chain.
By DOMENIC POLI
GREENFIELD — The required 12 jurors have been selected for the trial of a Vermont man accused of causing a head-on crash on Route 2 that resulted in serious injuries to a Rhode Island family of four in 2023, with witness testimony expected to begin Wednesday.
By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN
Three Franklin County communities — Turners Falls, Shelburne Falls and Northfield — are set to be part of a pilot program adding a shared rural downtown coordinator position to lead revitalization efforts.
By MADISON SCHOFIELD
COLRAIN — Effective Feb. 1, Colrain Transfer Station users will have to abide by a new set a rules geared toward keeping the property a clean and safe environment for attendants and patrons.
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