'It's so extraordinary': Pioneer Valley to unveil 125-foot student mural at inaugural spring arts celebration

Gill-Montague teachers union concerned about restructuring impact

The Gill-Montague Education Association (GMEA) teachers union has expressed concerns about the district's restructuring plan, which eliminates or reassigns 17 staff positions, impacting special education, music education, reading intervention, library services, math intervention, English learning support, health education and theater.

Wicked Good Café in Ashfield gets on-premises, all-alcohol license

The Ashfield Selectboard unanimously approved an on-site, all-alcohol liquor license for Wicked Good Café at Elmer's Community Center, allowing them to extend their hours and serve wine, beer, cocktails and spirits.

'We are all patriots': Greenfield sidewalk muralists invite all to learn more about the American Revolution

Five artists have created 10 murals throughout Greenfield to celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution, each with their own unique interpretation of the history and role in today's society.

On Your Health with Dr. Stefan Topolski: The point of pain, part 2

Full disclosure: These pieces written on health cannot possibly do justice to all of the knowledge and experience that informs decades of professional healing practice; i.e., there is a lot more to pain and pain treatment than can ever be written. We mean to help here by sharing a grossly oversimplified and incomplete — yet […]

A New Modern, Accessible Library Essential for Montague

Sitting on a hill on Avenue A, the Carnegie Public Library has served generations of Montague residents for 120 years. The building is listed on the National Registry of Historical Places and is one of the town’s architectural jewels. Having been built in 1906, the library has nonetheless outlived its usefulness and needs to be […]