Chris Larabee

DEERFIELD — During this week’s third and final community discussion, residents and business owners got a chance to review the nearly complete Leary Lot designs.A small group met with the Selectboard and Berkshire Design Group’s Jeffrey Squire to get a...

DEERFIELD — With consultants on hand Thursday evening, residents got a chance to view some early conceptual designs and share their vision for the town’s proposed municipal campus.While the municipal campus includes the Town Hall/Police Station,...

NORTHFIELD — A longtime resident has stepped up to fill one of the longstanding vacancies on the Pioneer Valley Regional School District School Committee.Silvia Cummings, 42, was appointed to the committee in August and will serve out the rest of a...

NORTHFIELD — Three proposed solar arrays on Pine Meadow Road could soon proceed, as all parties have agreed in Franklin County Superior Court to dismiss an appeal of the project.The dismissal of the appeal came less than a week after the final...

DEERFIELD — With consultants on hand, residents got a chance to view some early conceptual designs last week and share their vision for the town’s proposed municipal campus.While the municipal campus includes the Town Hall/Police Station, Tilton...

NORTHFIELD — With nearly a whole year of celebrations behind it, the focal point of Northfield’s 350th anniversary festivities will roll down Main Street on Saturday, Sept. 30.In line with the year-long theme of reconnecting Northfield, the 350th...

With skillet tossing, craft vendors and all sorts of other community events, the Festival of the Hills continues its post-pandemic resurgence on Sunday, Oct. 1, with its 59th edition.The festival is one of Conway’s biggest events of the year,...

WHATELY — After more than three years in the dark, the lights will flick back on at Club Castaway in just a few weeks, as its owners are getting “back to basics” at Franklin County’s only strip club.The long-dormant club, located at 226 State Road at...

In Conway, fire engines need to be retrofitted and parked bumper to bumper to fit into the garage. Ashfield’s police chief has a single office space in the basement and an emergency exit she can’t use. And in Royalston, the town cannot move to bigger...

NORTHFIELD — With the most land of any school district in Massachusetts, this year the Pioneer Valley Regional School District is setting off on a long-term environmental and outdoor education initiative to make use of that natural resource.In...