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By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — Nestled in the former Dove’s Nest restaurant, a new deli is steadily gaining traction.Across from Cliffside Apartments and sharing a plaza with Frontier Pizza, resident Hilda Bailey has been whipping up all sorts of food at Banchan Korean...

By BELLA LEVAVI

ASHFIELD — The Franklin Land Trust has closed on its purchase of the Edge Hill Golf Course, adding approximately 160 acres of conservation land under its stewardship in the area. “We are thrilled to share this news with our supporters and friends who...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — The town has partnered with the Stantec engineering firm to come up with a vision for the village center and what possibilities the community could explore to encourage development in the future.“The reason the committee was formed was so...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — Residents are invited to the Sunderland Public Library on Tuesday for a presentation and discussion about a locally produced photobook.The library is hosting photographer Sandra Matthews and Nolumbeka Project President David Brule to talk...

By MICHAEL SEWARD

Soon after former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted, this newspaper published an article where U.S. Reps. Richard Neal and James McGovern attempted to justify their decision to join all House Democrats in that effort. In doing so, they once...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — A part-time behavioral health clinician is expected to soon join police officers on certain calls handled by the Hatfield, Sunderland and Whately police departments.With grant funding received by Sunderland from the state’s Department of...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

For the small handful of Pioneer Valley artists nominated between this year’s New England Music Awards and Boston Music Awards, the region’s highest musical honor would not merely be an individual accolade, or even a matter of putting the Valley on...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — The public is invited to join numerous public safety agencies from up and down the Pioneer Valley on Saturday for the second Fall Public Safety Festival.Organized by the Massachusetts State Police in partnership with local agencies, the...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — The Select Board has approved transferring a special permit and host community agreement for a proposed marijuana dispensary on Amherst Road to a family business venture.In 2022, the town initially approved a special permit for Gracious...

By MADDIE FABIAN

SOUTHAMPTON — When Ed and Mary Hamel first bought their 80-acre property — now home to Glendale Ridge Vineyard — more than 30 years ago, the two expected to develop the land, even acquiring an approval to construct a bank.But with expansive rolling...

By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON — As call volume and service demands increase, a $1.5 million federal grant will allow the Easthampton Fire Department to hire four additional firefighters by next spring.The nationally competitive Department of Homeland Security’s...

By MADDIE FABIAN

Editor’s note: This is the second of four articles from the Western Massachusetts Solar Forum series taking place in September.AMHERST — At the site of the old Mount Tom Station coal-fired power plant stands around 17,000 solar panels generating...

I will always have admiration for the United Auto Workers. They have always been committed and strong supporters of civil rights. This is just one example: In 1965, UAW members accompanied Martin Luther King Jr. on his march from Selma to Montgomery...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — With an eye toward re-envisioning the center of Sunderland, the town has awarded a consultation contract to engineering firm Stantec to help create a plan.The Selectboard has authorized spending up to $50,000 of American Rescue Plan Act...

By CHRIS LARABEE

As Deerfield and Shutesbury, along with three other towns, continue to build and implement pollinator habitat corridor plans, the Franklin Regional Council of Governments is issuing a call for the public to get involved.Residents are encouraged to...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — If you live in the region and have picked up locally grown asparagus or potatoes, odds are you purchased something grown by the Smiarowski family.On Saturday afternoon at the family’s Sunderland farm, members of the Smiarowski clan,...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Lander Grinspoon Academy has appointed its first head of schools, a position the school hopes will help expand its mission of providing a progressive, Jewish-inspired education to its student body. Jake Marmer, self-described as both an...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — With activities picking back up around town, the recreation coordinator recently met with the Select Board to discuss the future of the department.Jim Ewen, who has served as the recreation coordinator for more than two decades, brought...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — A question is posed in the corn at Warner Farm: In the age of artificial intelligence, what makes us human?Thinking.The one-word answer carved in the 8-acre cornfield serves as the centerpiece of Mike’s Maze 2023 theme, as people are...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD – It’s an annual tradition for many student-athletes and parents: scrambling to buy a mouthguard before the season begins, boiling it and ending up with one that might not fit so well.Treehouse Orthodontics opted to help students and...