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By CARLA CHARTER

The Trustees of Soldiers’ Memorials in Orange are tasked with the upkeep and maintenance of all veterans memorials in town, including an ongoing project to expand the Honor Roll Wall in Memorial Park. The monument lists Orange residents who served in...

ORANGE — A photo shoot for dogs last weekend generated at least $325 for the North Quabbin Dog Park.Photographer and dog owner Kirsten Spencer snapped images of at least 40 canines. The cost was $15 for a minimum of one photo. Dog owners can get more...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — A Special Town Meeting is asking voters to address two warrant articles pertaining to land acquisition for a crucial water tower, which officials believe will take up the bulk of public discussion on Monday.Town Administrator Matthew Fortier...

From the article headline, “Report: Casinos’ impact mostly positive” in the Oct. 28 issue of the Greenfield Recorder, one would think most was positive. Upon reading the article, most does not seem positive. In fact, most findings in the report are...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GREENFIELD — Across Franklin County and the North Quabbin region, volunteers are preparing to dish out meals on Thanksgiving to ensure no one goes hungry on the holiday, regardless of their financial circumstances.Stone Soup Café meal and Day of...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Selectboard members voted unanimously on Wednesday not to participate in an outdoor air quality sensor program after learning the data collected would not directly benefit the town.The Hitchcock Center for the Environment, located on the...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — A Selectboard meeting on Wednesday grew heated after the vice chair expressed outrage over a perceived lack of communication relating to two upcoming Special Town Meeting warrant articles seeking to acquire land to build a water tower at the...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Kristin Geyster officially started her own small business last month. But you won’t see a new storefront or signs in town.That’s because her new enterprise, The Sourdog, is a cottage bakery, meaning she sells bread out of her residential...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — It’s a whole new world for the Ralph C. Mahar Regional School theater program as it puts on its first-ever fall production later this month.The program, which typically has only a spring play, will hold five performances of the Disney...

Orange employees to give away Walmart gift card ORANGE — Town employees are pooling their funds to give away a Walmart gift card to a local family in need this holiday season.They are asking for nominations from the community for families that would...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Ralph C. Mahar Regional School’s athletics program is running out of time to replace its playing surface and track lanes.The rubber-and-sand mixture making up the turf and the track at the James S. Woodward Athletic Complex has another...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Orange Merchants Group has opened the seventh annual lamppost-decorating competition’s contestant field to include local families.The tradition that had previously been reserved for Orange businesses and organizations will have more...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

ORANGE — Three women who suffered serious injuries after being hit by a fallen tree in Orange in August are suing a property owner for negligence, arguing that he neglected to remove the “decaying” tree.According to Orange Police Chief James Sullivan,...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

ORANGE — Residents gathered behind Orange Town Hall on Monday afternoon to celebrate the installation of a bronze plaque on the stone monument commemorating the former Memorial Hall at Prospect and High streets, which was torn down in 1996. The work...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The founder and president of a nonprofit dedicated to helping American cities and towns achieve or return to prosperity delivered a presentation at Wheeler Memorial Library last week.Charles Marohn of Strong Towns spoke to an audience of...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Four Orange Fire Department members are slated to be honored this month for their actions during a fatal fire last year.Lts. Phillip Dupell and Jason Rushford, firefighter/paramedic Nino Rodriguez, and Tim Matthews, who is now an acting...

By DOMENIC POLI

Though participation in veterans service organizations has waned considerably in the decades following World War II and the conflicts in Korea and Vietnam, group leaders in Franklin County say membership remains strong and the door is open to any...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Rodney Hunt Inc., the nearly 200-year-old factory sold to the American arm of an India-based company in 2017, is teaming up with the Orange Economic Development & Industrial Corporation to refurbish its manufacturing facility.Rodney Hunt, a...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — A man was airlifted to a trauma center Wednesday afternoon following a single-vehicle crash just east of Exit 71 on Route 2, according to Orange’s fire chief.The man was the sole occupant of a westbound newer-model Toyota Tundra that swerved...