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By DOMENIC POLI

NEW SALEM — The attorney representing the New Salem Museum and Academy of Fine Art’s owners hopes to meet with some of the institution’s abutters to hash out differences as he works to secure site plan approval for this clients.

11:10 a.m. — Caller in the area of Newton and Bridge streets reports he was buying a car from someone and the man gave him fake paperwork, then ran off on foot with the money. Reporting party was chasing him and ended up on someone’s property. The property owner then came outside and assaulted him for being on his property. The vehicle he was supposed to purchase is parked on Newton Street. Officer stopped a white pickup truck that was about to leave the scene on Franklin Street and got more of the story from the driver. Male party was advised of his options.

1:21 p.m. — Disturbance reported at Green Fields Market on Main Street. Services rendered.

GREENFIELD — Coinciding with the 103rd annual Winter Carnival, The LAVA Center at 324 Main St. is celebrating its fifth anniversary this weekend.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Announcing the Fire Department’s end-of-year report before the Public Safety Commission this week, Fire Chief Robert Strahan said 2024 was the department’s “busiest year on record.”

By BEN TOUSLEY, M.DIV

Listening to Jimmy Carter’s funeral service on Jan. 9, a national day of mourning, I found myself choking up as they brought his casket into the cathedral. My emotion certainly wasn’t because Carter’s life, at 100, had been cut short. He had lived out his calling as peacemaker, house builder, disease preventer and the like.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — When The Performance Project’s First Generation ensemble gathered to put together its materials for “Mother Tongue,” one question was used to guide the performers.

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

NORTHFIELD — The Northfield Fire Department has found a used rescue truck in New York to replace its 1986 GMC rescue truck.

By EMILEE KLEIN

NORTHAMPTON — The “Doomsday Clock” is moving forward.

GREENFIELD — An Enterprise box truck rented from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, sustained significant roof damage Tuesday after reportedly striking a bridge.

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — After starting Atlantic 10 play 0-2 and having struggled throughout its non-conference slate, it looked as if the UMass men’s basketball team was headed back toward the bottom half of the league following a promising 20-win season a year ago.

By BILL DANIELSON

It was a Sunday and a big storm was on the way. The morning was fairly calm, but clouds had moved in and there wasn’t much time before the snow started to fall. In a perfect world I could have simply kicked off my shoes and settled in for a quiet winter morning, but we don’t live in a perfect world. Instead, we live in a world that requires firewood to be moved from time to time, and, like it or not, it was time.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) has issued a draft decision approving a water quality certification for FirstLight Hydro Generating Co., marking the latest required step in FirstLight’s relicensing process through the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

GREENFIELD — If the ground beneath you felt a little shaky on Monday, you’re not the only one — tremors from a 3.8-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Maine could be felt more than 100 miles away in Franklin County and the North Quabbin region.

11:15 a.m. — Reporting party from Highland School Apartments on Millers Falls Road states she would like it on record that several packages have gone missing from the common area where mail and packages are delivered. The property manager has been notified and will be checking cameras. No police services needed.

11:16 a.m. — Parking problem reported on Wells Street. Services rendered.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERIand DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A 65-year-old Westfield man is dead after falling into a sand silo at Chicopee Concrete Service on Friday morning.

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — For the early portion of the first half, anxious murmurs spread through the Mullins Center as the UMass men’s basketball team racked up as many turnovers (6) as points nearly 10 minutes into the game. The 2,772 fans that showed up were wondering if the Minutemen would too. But as he did on Sunday against La Salle, Minutemen sophomore Jaylen Curry changed the trajectory of Wednesday night’s contest with George Washington.

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 GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Down by three with under 15 seconds remaining in the UMass men’s basketball team’s game at Fordham on Jan. 15, the Minutemen needed a 3-pointer to send the game to overtime after being up as many as a dozen earlier in the second half.