North County Notebook: June 1, 2026

Bernardston voters approve reimbursing store nearly $77K for trash bags

Bernardston residents unanimously approved the reimbursement of Marshall's Country Store for an $76,950 overpayment for trash bags due to a longstanding agreement to pay double for them, which continued without notice even after the debt was paid.

Sipping on the past: Mohawk Trail history teachers win big at Civics Trivia Night

Politics isn’t always an easy topic, particularly in these divided times. Nevertheless, a recent crowd at Mohawk Trail Regional School in Buckland managed to have a lot of fun discussing political affairs … and consuming politically themed beverages. The setting was Civics Trivia Night, an annual event hosted by the League of Women Voters of […]

From Global to Local: Plastic Pollution, Part 2: Eliminate it we must

How can we reduce toxic plastic pollution, given it is everywhere and in everything from the peaks of the highest mountains and deepest depths of the sea to our internal organs, other parts of our body and breath? I ask this rhetorically given we must reduce plastic and quickly before we humans are overwhelmed by […]

MIAA Roundup: Turners Falls softball falls to Holbrook in Div. 5 Round of 32

MONTAGUE — The Turners Falls softball team’s season came to abrupt end on Sunday, as the 11th-seeded Thunder lost, 9-5, to No. 22 Holbrook High School in the MIAA Division 5 state tournament Round of 32 at Mullins Field. The Bulldogs used a six-run fourth inning to pull ahead. Nine batters reached base in the […]

MIAA baseball: Bodie Burke, Conner Bergeron lead Greenfield to 7-0 victory over Bartlett

GREENFIELD — Just over a week after its epic 17-inning victory in the Western Mass. Class C championship, Greenfield made a far more businesslike entrance into the MIAA Division 5 state baseball tournament Sunday. The Green Wave left little to chance by piling up all seven runs in the first three innings en route to […]