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By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The town has a new pharmacy after two months without one.

By DOUG SELWYN

Anguished cries coming out of school administration offices and school committee meetings signal the annual return of budget season. School district decision makers across the state desperately try to create budgets that serve the needs of all of their children. The money coming from the state and the drained treasuries of their local towns is nowhere near enough to cover the actual cost of educating the children.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

CHARLEMONT — Facing a potential shutdown by the Board of Health for a lack of reliable access to heating and a kitchen for tenants, Oxbow Resort owner Travis DeCere shared the upgrades he has made to the Route 2 property.

By CHRIS LISINSKI

BOSTON — Health care costs in Massachusetts surged at “unsustainable” levels in 2023, adding more pressure to strained household budgets, according to new state data.

By CHRIS LARABEE

WARWICK — With a $100,000 state grant, Warwick Community School will continue to lay down the foundation for its comprehensive behavioral and mental health services program.

By MELISSA KAREN SANCES

Her phone pinged and a grey bubble rose to the surface: “Are you ready to come back?”

By CHRIS LARABEE

ORANGE – As advocates prepare to head to the State House for March 13’s Healthy Incentives Program (HIP) Advocacy Day, at least one local store has seen the community fill the gaps left by December’s 50%, at minimum, reduction to the program.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

GREENFIELD — After having its tobacco license revoked by the Board of Health for four tobacco sales violations within 36 months, Country Mart is considering taking legal action against the City of Greenfield.

By DOMENIC POLI

ASHFIELD — The town’s Board of Health unanimously adopted regulations restricting tobacco and vape product sales following a concise public hearing this week.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — Preschoolers at the Central Street Head Start program got an early start on practicing healthy dental habits this week through a free, two-day partnership with the Community Health Center of Franklin County and J&S Smile Pros.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The U.S. Attorney’s Office has filed a joint complaint with the state Attorney General’s Office under the federal and Massachusetts False Claims Acts against 19 skilled nursing facilities in Massachusetts and Connecticut owned by the health care company RegalCare, which operates a rehabilitation clinic on Laurel Street.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Mass General Brigham announced large-scale layoffs across its entire hospital system on Monday, a move that is likely to affect Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton.

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Just Roots, a local farming and food access nonprofit, will receive a nearly $250,000 state grant over the course of two years to expand and enhance its operations and technology.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Four years after it opened its first location, Bridge Primary has moved to a new primary care clinic at 55 Federal St.

By ALEXA LEWIS

During the last election cycle, voters in nearly a dozen legislative districts voted in favor of a nonbinding ballot question instructing their state representative to support a single-payer health care system in the state.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

CHARLEMONT — The Board of Health may be forced to shut down the Oxbow Resort, the split property offering traditional motel rooms and longer-term month-to-month apartments for rent, if the owner is unable to make upgrades that give tenants reliable access to heat and a kitchen soon.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — After nearly six months of searching, Cooley Dickinson Hospital has found a new president.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Board of Health member Ahmad Esfahani resigned last week after he claims the Health Department hesitated to put a proposed policy regulating minors’ cellphone through the public engagement process.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN and EMILEE KLEIN

With two cases of bird flu having been confirmed at the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus, local health officials are issuing advisories and at least one Franklin County farm is taking measures to protect its poultry.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

GREENFIELD — During the Board of Health’s first meeting since it dissolved in August due to lack of staffing, health officials suspended Country Mart’s tobacco license for 30 days and fined the business $5,000 after it accumulated four flavored tobacco sales violations within 36 months.

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — In a region where housing comes at a premium, increasing the diversity of homes and public backing of zoning changes may be the key to unlocking development and growth.