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By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Council on Aging has decided not to pursue a kitchen renovation at its office because the work would be too expensive.Chair Henry Oertel told the Selectboard this week that the necessary repairs and updates would cost tens of thousands of...

By MAX BOWEN

ORANGE — The driver of a dump truck was transported to a local hospital with minor injuries following a crash that left the vehicle partially submerged in Tully Pond on Friday.According to the Orange Fire Department, the crash occurred on Tully Road...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Mahar School Committee voted this month to name the football field concession stand after longtime varsity girls basketball coach and Booster Club member Larry Fisher.Booster Club President Charles “Joey” Verheyen approached the committee...

Good morning!Nobody researches local high school sports like Turners Falls’ Mike Cadran, aka The Tabulator. Cadran’s latest effort reveals the top five winningest schoolboy basketball coaches. The all-time wins leader according to Cadran is South...

By CHRIS LISINSKI

BOSTON — The Healey administration’s plan to supercharge housing production with billions of dollars of investment won some degree of praise from almost every corner of the state this week, but influential voices are at odds over some of the more...

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — With this month’s grant development director departure, the town is wasting no time in finding a replacement, as applications have come in and interviews are expected to get underway in the coming weeks.At the beginning of the year,...

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — Joining several neighboring communities in the Pioneer Valley, Whately’s Selectboard has signaled its support to write a letter to the Legislature advocating for legislation that could allow municipalities more control over solar energy...

By JAMES PENTLAND

NORTHAMPTON — A long-running case against two men accused of conspiring to defraud the University of Massachusetts through an environmental remediation company ended this week with the men admitting to sufficient facts and being placed on...

By STEVE PFARRER

NORTHAMPTON — After a delay caused in part by the pandemic, the city has a new poet laureate.Franny Choi, who was nominated last year for a Massachusetts Book Award, has written for the New York Times and the Atlantic, and been interviewed on NPR, has...

By STEVE PFARRER

Though it had only an initial limited theatrical release, and did not appear until December, “American Fiction” has already popped up on a number of critics’ “best films of 2023” lists, and the movie has been nominated for a slew of awards.The buzz is...

By JACOB NELSON

‘The best carrots you’ll ever eat are picked in January or February,” says Erik Debbink, owner of Lombrico Farm in Whately. In the dead of winter, their sweetness shines through.Lombrico Farms is one of a growing number of local farms working hard to...

By BISHOP DOUG FISHER

As you are reading this column, we are 35 days away from the official start of Major League Baseball’s Spring Training.So it is only fitting that I begin this column with a couple of inspirational baseball stories.Growing up in the 1960s, like many...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

SOUTH DEERFIELD – It wasn’t going to come easy for the Frontier girls basketball team on Thursday against Greenfield. The Redhawks led 32-20 going into the fourth quarter but the Green Wave stormed back, with Amber Bergeron and Tayler Bergeron each...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — In favor of allowing more time for discussion and public input, City Council voted down a zoning ordinance change Wednesday night that sought to lower the threshold for requiring major development review.The ordinance change, which was...

Hockey fans — are you ready for a busy few months? The Bruins sit in first place in the Eastern Conference. UMass continues its quest for a top seed in Hockey East – plus a spot in Springfield’s NCAA DI Men’s Ice Hockey Regional. And PWHL Boston...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — City and state officials, leaders of nonprofits and public library advocates gathered at the Greenfield Public Library Thursday morning for the annual legislative breakfast, where all those who spoke emphasized the role libraries serve as...

By CHRIS LISINSKI

BOSTON — Beleaguered public transit, K-12 education, and the growing climate and clean energy technology sector would all get major boosts in state funding under Gov. Maura Healey’s vision for the year ahead.In a State of the Commonwealth speech...

By BELLA LEVAVI

TURNERS FALLS — With anticipated revenue from a solar project not yet in play, the Turners Falls Municipal Airport is facing a $122,000 budget shortfall for fiscal year 2024, according to Airport Manager Bryan Camden. The airport had planned to have...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — The Attorney General’s Office has declined to review an Open Meeting Law complaint filed against the Planning Board late last year on the basis that the meeting was not subject to Open Meeting Law, nor was the complaint filed on time. In...