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By STEVE PFARRER

FLORENCE — Last month, the Bombyx Center for Arts & Equity suddenly had to cancel a concert when Beit Ahavah, the Reform Jewish congregation that shares space in the building, received a bomb threat — one of a number of threats that were sent that day...

By DOMENIC POLI

SHELBURNE FALLS — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield this week acknowledged new credible findings against the late Richard Lavigne, a convicted sex offender and former Shelburne Falls priest believed to have killed a 13-year-old altar boy in...

By JAMES PENTLAND

WILLIAMSBURG — A Missouri native and former interim pastor at First Churches of Northampton has been chosen as pastor of Haydenville Congregational Church.Following a unanimous vote by the congregation, the Rev. Mark R. Seifried began his role as a...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

SHUTESBURY — A member of the Shutesbury Community Church for 30 years, Chris Footit is relieved to be back participating in and attending services, something he can do after a three-stop lift recently was installed at the 1827 meetinghouse on the town...

By Maddie Fabian

The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network recently expanded its reach across western Massachusetts. The network now broadcasts on 730 AM in Springfield, reaching western Massachusetts and Hartford, with a potential of over 2.2 million...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Representatives of the First Congregational Church are turning down $200,000 in Community Preservation Act money that would have paid more than half the cost of installing a fire sprinkler system in its building at 165 Main St.Instead, the...