Greenfield Education Foundation marks 16 years of supporting teachers, students

Investing in 'valley security': Franklin County CDC launches investor drive to support farms, small businesses

The Franklin County Community Development Corporation launched its "Put Your Money Where Your Fork Is" investor drive in an effort to expand the Pioneer Valley Grows Investment Fund to $5 million to support local farms and food businesses facing rising costs.

West County Notebook: Oct. 24, 2026

Pie Potluck Party coming to Shelburne Falls SHELBURNE FALLS — Fans of pie, rejoice — a Pie Potluck Party is coming to the Shelburne-Buckland Community Center, 53 Main St., from 1 to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 25. The event is free to attend. Though it is hosted by the Franklin Community Co-op, attendees don’t […]

An artful farewell: Three Sisters Sanctuary founder reflects on mortality in final work

GOSHEN — Very few people get to work on a project relating to death in the months leading up to their own. Richard Richardson, founder of the Three Sisters Sanctuary in Goshen, is one of them. Down a gravel path at the sanctuary off Cape Street, visitors pass several abstract machine creations. They next encounter […]

UMass staff, faculty rally for higher pay, other benefits

Hundreds of university employees held a Fair Wages Now rally at UMass Amherst on Thursday to demand significant pay increases to combat the rising cost of living.

The World Keeps Turning: The war in Iraq isn't 'a small price to pay'

With over 30,000 documented lies to his credit (or discredit), expecting Donald Trump to speak anything close to the truth is delusional. Just last week, he claimed that Minnesota Democrats want to forcibly change children’s gender identity without parental consent, and that the American economy is doing great! Only those at the farthest fringes of […]