My Turn: Greg Belanger's memorial belongs to his community

Turners Falls seniors celebrate last first day with senior sunrise

Twenty-five members of the Turners Falls High School Class of 2027 gathered early on Thursday morning to participate in a senior sunrise tradition intended to foster class unity before the start of the new school year.

Business Briefs: Aug. 28, 2026

UMassFive welcomes new community engagement pro HADLEY — UMassFive College Credit Union has hired Kelley Jewell as its community engagement coordinator. This newly created position reflects UMassFive’s continued investment in community engagement and expands the credit union’s ability to deliver financial wellness programs, strengthen community partnerships and support volunteer efforts throughout the Valley. In this […]

Real Estate Transactions: Aug. 28, 2026

ATHOL Albert Cappucci and Christine Cappucci to Cappucci Family Trust and Christine A. Cappucci, Farnsworth Street, Lot 80. $1. Albert Cappucci and Christine Cappucci to Cappucci Family Trust and Christine A. Cappucci, Farnsworth Street, Lot 81. $1. Anthony J. Mazzaferro to Ayodeji Okorafor, 74 Perry Road. $590,000. 212 South LLC to Altagrace Fortune and Renee […]

My Turn: Oversight matters: Corinne Coryat already practices it

When we elect a state representative, we choose someone to safeguard public funds, scrutinize multi-million dollar state budgets, and ensure our local communities receive every dollar of state aid they are due. That role demands relentless attention to detail, proactive inquiry, and a commitment to basic oversight. Recent events in Greenfield have highlighted what happens when that oversight fails. With more than $3 million in free cash left uncertified, a $1.97 million variance in city books, and taxpayers footing $75,000 for an emergency outside audit, the city was recently forced to rescind 10 capital projects it had prematurely approved.  While administrative […]

My Turn: How I learned to be an activist

I was never a citizen activist. But that all changed with Trump 2.0 and a civil resistance initiative that taught me how peaceful, strategic collective action can succeed. I jumped in last winter on the De-ICE Citizens Bank campaign, a grassroots effort that forced one of the nation’s largest banks to stop financing ICE prison […]