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Area Briefs: Public safety event rolls into Look Park on Friday

Public Safety Festival rolls into Florence on Friday The Northampton Police Department, in partnership with the Franklin County Police Cadets, is hosting the 2026 Fall Public Safety Festival Friday from 4 to 8 p.m at Look Memorial Park in Florence. This large-scale regional community engagement event will feature about 75 first responder and public safety […]

Artisans fair returns for fifth year to benefit Forbes Library in Northampton

The Friends of Forbes Artisans Fair will return to Forbes Library in Northampton for its fifth year on Sunday, Oct. 4, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. It will feature 50 artisans selling handmade items, raffles, food, family activities, and live music from the Fiddle Orchestra of Western Mass, Forbes’ Ukulele Strum Group, and the […]

‘Wimpy Kid’ and ‘Spiderwick Chronicles’ authors to co-present new books in Northampton

NORTHAMPTON — Two Massachusetts kidlit authors whose works are household names have spooky new books to share — and they’ll be doing so in Northampton in October. Authors Jeff Kinney, of the “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” series, and Tony DiTerlizzi, of the “Spiderwick Chronicles” series, will present their newest books at a joint event […]

'The story I need to tell': Valley Players to present ‘At the Wedding,’ written by a Mount Holyoke College alum

If your ex merely showed up to your wedding reception uninvited, you might ask them to leave. What would you do if they got drunk and started monologuing about heartbreak and made a table full of children cry? Valley Players will present Bryna Turner’s “At the Wedding” at the Amherst Woman’s Club from Thursday, Oct. […]

Double Edge Theatre leaders laud Live Theater Tax Credit program

The Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism awarded just over $68,000 to Double Edge Theatre in Ashfield for its summer production, "Once in a Blue Moon — Cada Luna Azul."