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Shelburne Selectboard supports conservation restriction on Taylor Road
18+ hour, 52+ min ago (472+ words) SHELBURNE — Following a vote of support from the Selectboard, 62.37 acres of land on Taylor Road will be permanently protected by the Franklin Land Trust. The property was first donated by Nancy Hazard and Phyllis Lawrence to the Mount Grace Land…...
John M. Crowley
22+ hour, 46+ min ago (426+ words) Greenfield Recorder Conway, MA – John M. Crowley, 83, of Conway, MA, passed away on Saturday, August 8th, 2026, at the Baptist Hill Road home where he lived for the past 42 years. Crowley, as he was commonly called, was born in Presque Isle, Maine…...
Keeping Score with Chip Ainsworth: The making of an agent
23+ hour, 52+ min ago (1190+ words) Third of three parts Before he returned home from his 18-year odyssey in New York City, McKelvey joined the DiaMMond Management Group with Jim and Lisa Pike Masteralexis. Lisa has worked her way up from professor in the McCormack School…...
Jenna C. Putala
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (405+ words) Erving, MA – Jenna Catherine Putala, 28, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by the warmth and love of her family, on Sunday, August 9, 2026, after a courageous and hard-fought battle with PEComa, an extremely rare form of sarcoma. Jenna was born on…...
Committee weighs cutting crowd control clause from public assemblies ordinance
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (815+ words) GREENFIELD — The Appointments and Ordinances Committee is considering holding a working session to review proposed changes to the public assemblies ordinance to get input from law enforcement and the public on whether a crowd control clause is necessary. Appointments and…...
Leverett, family nearing settlement in Blueberry Patch land access lawsuit
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (279+ words) LEVERETT — A two-year-old lawsuit over access to town conservation land on Shutesbury Road is nearing its end, with both the town and the family that brought the Land Court case filing a joint status report this month, indicating that a…...
The World Keeps Turning: The beautiful game, with a little bit of ugly
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (256+ words) Soccer legend Pelé popularized soccer as “the beautiful game” in 1977. Over this summer, the World Cup spiked American interest in a way that may actually outlast the tournament. It could actually overcome its place in a longtime joke: “Soccer is…...
Beacon Hill Roll Call: Aug. 3 to Aug. 7, 2026
2+ day, 7+ min ago (456+ words) Beacon Hill Roll Call reports local representatives’ votes on roll calls from recent sessions. There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week. The Senate has already approved a different version of the proposal and a House-Senate…...
Massachusetts is second state to appoint heat resilience officer
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (232+ words) As Massachusetts copes with the prolonged impacts of rising temperatures, the Healey administration on Thursday named Katie Schlick as the state’s first heat resilience officer. Schlick will coordinate state government agencies and work with communities to “prepare for rising temperatures,…...