Bulletin Board: Frontier Youth football sweeps home openers

AG report details decades of abuse at Fall River, Springfield, Worcester dioceses

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell released a report detailing decades of sexual abuse involving more than 270 Catholic clerics and 944 children within the Fall River, Springfield and Worcester dioceses, while simultaneously calling for legislative reforms to aid survivors.

Four officers promoted at Montague PD

Four Montague Police Department officers were promoted following a 10-month restructuring process aimed at modernizing the department's operations.

Montague, Gill and Erving Notebook: Oct. 2, 2026

Cool Rides Car Show returns to Franklin Tech TURNERS FALLS — The Cool Rides Car Show is returning to Franklin County Technical School, 82 Industrial Blvd., on Saturday, Oct. 3, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission is free. There will be awards for the coolest vehicles, including the People’s Choice Trophy. Food will also be prepared by Culinary Arts students and staff. Postponed Gill Harvest Festival set for Sunday GILL — The sixth annual Gill Harvest Festival is back on this Sunday, Oct. 4, from noon to 3 p.m. after inclement weather last weekend pushed the festival back to its […]

Oktoberfest in Shelburne Falls to raise money for sixth grade field trip

Buckland-Shelburne Elementary School will be home to the PTO's third annual Oktoberfest, with funds supporting a sixth grade field trip to Ocean Park, Maine through Outdoor Classroom.

My Turn: Should the state fund 'the school,' and not 'the student'?

At the Sept. 10 Pioneer Valley Regional School District School Committee meeting, the superintendent argued that Massachusetts’ Chapter 70 formula is flawed because it funds “the student” rather than “the school” as a unit, and a school’s real costs — staffing, heating, building upkeep — don’t shrink with a smaller student body, so the state should fund the school itself. This claim is based on her premise that “a student is not a part of the educational delivery system.” Ask any teacher: students learn from each other through discussion, group work, teams, bands and social interaction. If students aren’t part of […]