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Data shows a historically dry fall for western Mass
12-03-2024 5:01 PM

By CHRIS LARABEE

With bodies of water receding and brush fires throughout the state, it was clearly a dry fall for the Pioneer Valley and new data analysis confirms the season was historically dry for western Massachusetts.Preliminary National Weather Service data...

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Changing Lives Though Literature program aims to reduce recidivism
12-02-2024 5:37 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

Changing Lives Though Literature, an alternative sentencing option that offers those on probation reduced sentences upon completion of a 10-week literature program, is inspiring many of its graduates to pursue higher education.The program aims to...


SAPHE 2.0 to modernize local health care
12-02-2024 4:15 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

Gov. Maura Healey signed the Statewide Accelerated Public Health for Every Community (SAPHE 2.0) bill in late November on the coattails of a $4 billion economic development bond bill. Now roughly four years in the making, local health officials say...


PHOTOS: Breaking bread together
11-29-2024 4:47 PM


‘We all feel good inside’: March for the Food Bank with Monte Belmonte raises $572K in 15th year
11-27-2024 12:02 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

Leading a roughly 100-person crowd across a two-day, 43-mile trek from Springfield to Greenfield, NEPM radio host Christopher “Monte” Belmonte raised more than $572,000 to end hunger during the 15th annual March for the Food Bank.Belmonte, dressed as...


‘We just want to help as many as we can’:Volunteers prep for free meals on Thanksgiving
11-26-2024 11:38 AM

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...


Markey introduces bill to expand access to methadone
11-24-2024 4:00 PM

By MARA MELLITS

Expanding access to methadone, a medication used to fight opioid addiction, is imperative in the effort to stop the nation’s substance use disorder epidemic, regional officials said.Their comments come in response to a recent study published by the...


LGBTQ organizations unite in wake of election
11-20-2024 5:00 PM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GREENFIELD — In the days following the presidential election, local LGBTQ organizations began hosting support sessions to help foster community amid rising fears that a second Trump administration will rollback the progress made on rights and legal...


Friends remember multi-talented political activist Joshua J. Dostis, aka Waffles T. Clown
11-18-2024 5:00 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

Joshua Jay Dostis, better known locally as the politically charged jester Waffles T. Clown, died on Nov. 9. He was 83.Friends in Franklin County are mourning the loss of the New York City transplant and longtime New Salem resident who spent his final...


One hundred entities sign letters of support for Northern Tier Rail
11-18-2024 3:13 PM

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — With a fist raised in the air, state Sen. Jo Comerford and dozens of advocates and business leaders, as well as state and local officials, rallied in support of the Northern Tier Passenger Rail Monday morning at the John W. Olver Transit...


Franklin County Superior Court judge denies motion to test shotgun
11-12-2024 5:33 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The Wendell man who was convicted five years ago of violently ending his girlfriend’s life in 2017 will not get the chance to have the alleged murder weapon tested for evidence, a Franklin County Superior Court judge ruled on...


Local restaurant owners reflect on ‘really important conversation’ started by defeated ballot question
11-08-2024 5:27 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI and ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

Bar and restaurant owners in Franklin County and the North Quabbin region are generally pleased after roughly 64% of Massachusetts voters rejected ballot Question 5 on Tuesday, a measure that would have gradually increased how much employers must pay...


Galvin expects record turnout
11-04-2024 3:32 PM

By SAM DRYSDALE

The state’s top elections official anticipates record voter turnout in Massachusetts this November, exceeding the almost 3.7 million voters who went to the polls in 2020.“We have 1.7 [million] almost having already been returned, we expect more votes...


Benjamin Simanski unopposed for Franklin County clerk of courts
10-31-2024 2:25 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

A new Franklin County clerk of courts will take the oath of office in January and barring some miraculous write-in campaign, that person will be Benjamin Simanski.The first assistant clerk magistrate for the past 11 years, Simanski is running...


Healey’s $30M earmark extends fare-free service for regional transit authorities
10-25-2024 3:23 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Gov. Maura Healey joined local and state officials outside the Franklin Regional Transit Authority’s (FRTA) offices Thursday afternoon to celebrate her administration’s $30 million earmark to fund year-round, fare-free transportation...


GCC begins search for diversity, equity and inclusion vice president
10-20-2024 1:39 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Greenfield Community College is searching for a diversity, equity and inclusion vice president after alleged attempts to suppress a less-than-flattering DEI report prompted the GCC Professional Association — the college’s faculty and...


Local officials prep for election, take extra safety measures
10-20-2024 1:39 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

Local officials are taking extra security measures to ensure polling locations remain safe amid the increasingly heated political climate.Divisive rhetoric and repeated lies by Republican nominee Donald Trump, and two failed attempts on his life, have...


Survey shows drop in youth drug, alcohol use in Franklin County, North Quabbin
10-20-2024 1:36 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

This article is the first in a four-part series diving into the results of the Communities That Care Coalition’s 2024 Student Health Survey. The Communities That Care Coalition is co-hosted by the Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG) and...


Former employee sues career center, Greenfield, Northampton
10-14-2024 12:10 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

WORCESTER — The MassHire Franklin Hampshire Career Center’s executive director is being sued by a former co-worker, alleging she has lost out on consulting contracts because of damaging information spread by her ex-colleague.Maura Geary is the first...


Bail set at $50,000 for Orange man accused of child rape
10-08-2024 1:51 PM

GREENFIELD — Judge Jane Mulqueen set bail at $50,000 for an Orange man facing a dozen child rape charges in Franklin County Superior Court.Jakob Malcolm-O’Malley, 19, has pleaded not guilty to 12 counts of rape of child in a case that has been...


Simmons University’s library science master’s program relocates to GCC
10-06-2024 5:00 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Greenfield Community College is hosting its first-ever graduate program after the Simmons University School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) moved its part-time Library and Information Science master’s degree program to GCC this...

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