Bernardston passes $4.01M school budget in narrow 56-44 vote

Keeping Score with Chip Ainsworth: Thoroughbred Nation converges on Saratoga for Belmont Stakes showdown

Good morning! The heart and soul of Thoroughbred Nation is 100 miles west of us in Saratoga where nine three-year-olds will go to post at 7:04 p.m. this evening and race for $2 million in Belmont Stakes purse money. The brief five-day meet began on Wednesday when almost 12,000 fans came through the turnstiles and […]

Greenfield Police Logs: April 13 to April 26, 2026

Monday, April 13 4:20 p.m. — Caller reports a male party is walking by the railroad tracks. Also states tents are being set up on both sides of the tracks behind Patriot Care on Legion Avenue. Two parties were advised they need to be packed up and moved along within 24 hours. 7:45 p.m. — […]

GCC announces balanced FY27 budget, without cuts to teaching positions

Greenfield Community College's state aid funding is expected to be $300,000 higher than originally budgeted, allowing the college to balance its budget for FY27 without laying off any union personnel.

Green Ribbon award in hand, Warwick Community School celebrates a delayed Earth Day

Warwick Community School celebrated Earth Day with a radio transmitter hunt, a Green Ribbon award ceremony, and an Earth Day plant sale to raise money for a new playground and nature discovery yard.

Whately voters approve new cruiser, school playground revamp

Whately voters passed nearly every article at the Annual Town Meeting, including a $120,293 renovation of the Whately Elementary School playground and a new bylaw regulating battery energy storage systems, while rejecting a proposal to switch the town clerk from an elected to an appointed position.