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Area Briefs: GCC event offers quick look at ballot questions

GCC event offers quick look at ballot questions GREENFIELD — Voters can get a rapid-fire rundown of all nine statewide ballot questions at a “speed dating” event Thursday at Greenfield Community College. “Speed Dating With the MA Ballot Questions,” co-hosted by GCC and the League of Women Voters Franklin County, runs from 6:30 to 8 […]

$375K grant to fund Amherst health improvement plan centered on immigrant, marginalized groups

AMHERST — Food security and mental health, especially among immigrant families and other marginalized groups, will be a focus of a new community-wide health plan. The three-year initiative, known as the Amherst Wellbeing Alliance, will bring together community members, organizations and town leaders to complete the Community Health Improvement Plan. The effort is supported by […]

Hopkins Academy heating, cooling fix to wait until spring Town Meeting

HADLEY — Three options for improving the heating and cooling system at Hopkins Academy, each of which would cost the town at least $6 million, will not be considered by voters until annual Town Meeting next spring. At a joint meeting with the Finance Committee, the Capital Planning Committee voted in late September not to […]

Interpol crackdown on illegal mining, logging and wildlife trafficking leads to 233 arrests

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — An international crackdown on environmental crime across Latin America and the Caribbean led to 233 arrests and uncovered links between large-scale Amazon deforestation and companies across several continents, the international police organization Interpol said Wednesday. The two-month operation targeted illegal logging, gold mining and wildlife trafficking across nine countries, identifying some […]

Frank R. Hugus II

<html><head></head><body>Frank R. Hugus II<br /><br />Amherst, MA - Frank Richard Hugus II passed away on September 21, 2026. He was born in Franklin, Pennsylvania to Dorothy A. Kelsey and Frank R. Hugus I in 1941.<br /><br />He earned his doctorate i ...