Sen. Comerford talks legislative priorities with Gill Selectboard

Leyden backs all articles, including 'symbolic' school assessment vote

Leyden voters approved all articles put before them at the Annual Town Meeting, including the Pioneer Valley Regional School District's $1.02 million assessment, with a 47-27 vote.

Firm to determine potential uses of former cereal factory site in Orange

Fuss & O'Neill has been tasked with determining potential future uses for the land of a former cereal factory in Orange that burned down in 2022, after removing debris from the site.

Amherst College professor to address 'constitutional rot' in Charlemont Forum program

Austin Sarat, a professor at Amherst College, will discuss the concept of constitutional rot in a lecture on June 4, arguing that American citizens have been suffering from this decay in the system of government for a long time.

Columnist Al Norman: Let's make tax-title repayment agreements more flexible

The tax collector in Orange was quoted in the April 21 Recorder as saying: “The delinquency that we’re seeing this year is greater than I did see last year — those numbers did intimidate us a little bit.” Orange had 64 properties in a delinquent property tax situation. In Greenfield, the tax collector estimates that there are […]

Community meeting Thursday to discuss Eversource tree removal plan in 11 towns

A community meeting is being held to discuss Eversource's plan to remove trees along a transmission line in 11 communities.