Alumni gather to celebrate 50 years of vocational education at Franklin Tech

Bulletin Board: Montague Soapbox Racing starts Sunday

The Montague Soapbox Races return for their eighth season on Sunday in Turners Falls. There is no same-day registration. Deadline to register is Wednesday. Carts must be hand-built and anybody from eight-years old to 80-years old can participate. In previous seasons, over 40 racers participated with speeds reaching up to 37 mph. The Montague Recreation […]

Columnist Judy Wagner: Vote to help clean house

Over only four days during a quick trip to Maine in mid-August, the change began. Subtly, almost cautiously, a few trees tested their fall colors, especially some birches and black cherries with small yellow leaves. A few sumacs flared trial red leaves, or hinted at the coming season with a reddening of their plumes. Grasses […]

Colrain Central to host 5K fundraiser for fifth and sixth grade

Colrain Central School will host its first Foundry 5K and Fun Run since 2019 on Sept. 26 to fund a fifth and sixth grade class trip to Cape Cod.

Superintendent search resumes for Gill-Montague Regional School District

MONTAGUE — After the first search for a new superintendent for the Gill-Montague Regional School District failed, a second attempt is underway with continued support of the Massachusetts Association of School Committees (MASC). The Gill-Montague School Committee met Sept. 16 to go over and revise a school district brochure and a job description to release, […]

Franklin Hampshire unemployment rate drops to 3.8% amid shrinking labor force

The Franklin Hampshire region's unemployment rate fell to 3.8% in June 2026, even as experts noted a shrinking labor force driven by an aging population and housing shortages.