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By GARRETT COTE

HATFIELD — For most of the fourth quarter of Thursday afternoon’s field hockey game between Turners Falls and Smith Academy, the Falcons felt they were knocking on the door of putting home the go-ahead goal.But the Thunder’s defense continued to stand...

By DOMENIC POLI

NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — A Turners Falls man facing charges in connection with firing a BB/pellet gun at people and property in Buckland earlier this year was one of two people arrested in Rhode Island on Saturday for the alleged sexual assault of two...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

Four Franklin County businesses and schools have been awarded $12,312 in micro-grants to aid in efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle.Swanson’s Fabrics and Hens & Chicks Consignment Store, along with Colrain Central School and Sanderson Academy, were...

TURNERS FALLS — The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) will hold a public information and input session regarding FirstLight Hydro Generating Co.’s application for a water quality certification from MassDEP.The...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — Human Error Publishing will host its Great Falls Word Festival on Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Shea Theater Arts Center, where local writers, poets and book publishers will celebrate 15 years of storytelling. Starting at noon, authors and...

TURNERS FALLS — The Fifth Street Bridge over the canal, otherwise known as the Green Bridge, will be closed on Tuesday, Oct. 1, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. for crews to perform repairs, the state Department of Transportation (MassDOT) announced Monday....

Barton Cove boat ramp closing GILL — The boat ramp at Barton Cove will temporarily close for construction starting Monday, Oct. 7. According to a post on the Gill Police Department’s Facebook page, the parking lot will be resurfaced for around two...

By CHRIS LARABEE

TURNERS FALLS — There are superheroes among us in Franklin County, but don’t expect to see them in a comic book.The Franklin County Chamber of Commerce and the United Way of the Franklin & Hampshire Region held the first “Super Chamber Breakfast” on...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

Steven Grayhm spent over a decade writing and directing the locally shot film, “Sheepdog,” which screened publicly for the first time last weekend at the 40th annual Boston Film Festival. The film follows the story of U.S. Army Combat Veteran Calvin...

Dear Community: I want to address a troubling incident that recently occurred: a child was hit by a car driving recklessly, and it was only due to the quick actions of local Samaritans that the driver didn’t flee the scene. This has sparked anger and...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

Residents of Montague, Gill and Erving won’t have to look far to find a fall festival this weekend, with abundant activities planned on Saturday, Sept. 28, and Sunday, Sept. 29. Gill Community Contra Dance and Fall Festival The second annual Gill...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — Toting buckets and nets, roughly 30 volunteers made the trek down into the muddy pit that is the drained power canal to rescue sea lampreys on Monday. This yearly rescue, conducted when the power canal is drained for yearly...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — Amid continued complaints about odor emanating from Flower Power Growers, the Selectboard voted 2-1 in favor of having Town Administrator Walter Ramsey look into the cost and feasibility of having a third-party consultant evaluate the 180...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — Residents and town officials are discussing concerns about speeding after a 12-year-old boy was struck by a vehicle last weekend at the corner of Fifth and L streets, resulting in a head and knee injury.According to Fifth Street resident...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — RiverCulture Director Suzanne LoManto believes “good public art is a response by an artist to the times we live in and the people who make up a community.”The completion of the 3,200-square-foot mural on the exterior of the Shea...

By CHRIS LARABEE

TURNERS FALLS — With the help of a $211,331 grant, The United Arc will invest in technology for its staff to better serve people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the region while streamlining their work.The Turners Falls-based...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

TURNERS FALLS — After Jess Marsh Wissemann moved to Sunderland in 2010 to work on her husband’s family farm, she took on creative jobs, such as crafting signs that Warner Farm could take to farmers markets. What began as sketching on chalkboards grew...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GREENFIELD — Over the last 13 years of creating his movie “Sheepdog” through building relationships with veterans and their families, director and actor Steven Grayhm sought to tell the stories of U.S. veterans once they return to civilian life.The...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GREENFIELD — A lot has changed since 1954. What hasn’t changed is the tight-knit relationships fostered by the Turners Falls High School Class of 1954.On Thursday, nine of the class’ 19 surviving members got together at Terrazza Ristorante to mark...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

TURNERS FALLS — A day never forgotten, remembered again. On Sept. 11, 2001, the world was shocked by four coordinated Islamist terrorist attacks that killed almost 3,000 people and injured thousands more. That morning, the Muslim militant group...