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After 28 years on call, State Fire Marshal Jon Davine ready to hang up his helmet

Jon Davine, the first state fire marshal from western Massachusetts, announced his retirement following a 28-year career in public service.

Preliminary assessment details Poet's Seat Tower conditions in Greenfield

Greenfield city officials are seeking funding and determining necessary repairs for the Poet's Seat Tower following reports of degraded mortar and potentially costly concrete replacement.

'Very impactful': Video of gratitude shown to local veterans at Greenfield meal

The Building Bridges Veterans Initiative recently hosted a luncheon at the Greenfield Elks Lodge featuring a tribute video created by Annemarie and Will Brady.

North Quabbin Notebook: Nov. 16, 2026

Orange Selectboard votes to put encampment bylaw on Special Town Meeting warrant ORANGE — The Selectboard voted unanimously at its most recent meeting to add a draft bylaw pertaining to encampments on town-owned land to the Dec. 7 Special Town Meeting warrant for consideration by voters. Police Chief James Sullivan crafted the language after broaching […]

Book Review: Bestselling author Jacqueline Sheehan explores local rise of Nazism through fictional female whistleblower in ‘The Camp Muralist’

Jacqueline Sheehan has always been intrigued by people. The New York Times best-selling author and former psychologist is attuned to body language and backstories, to what is shared and what is withheld.  It fits, then, that the Florence-based writer’s seventh novel uncovers a nation’s secret through characters who have buried their own truths. On Nov. […]