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MIAA spring power rankings released: Frontier softball top Franklin County team

GREENFIELD, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association released its initial […]

Colorful sidewalk mural featuring a close-up portrait of Frederick Douglass with a lecture poster and a crowd in the background.
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Greenfield celebrating US’s 250th with sidewalk murals

The City of Greenfield is having ten sidewalk murals painted by artists in celebration of the United States Semiquincentennial, the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Yellow fire hydrant in a grassy verge spraying a large arc of water across a suburban street with houses in the background under a blue sky.
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Hydrant flushing begins in Greenfield next week

The Greenfield Water Department will be conducting its annual fire hydrant flushing program beginning on May 4, 2026 and continuing through May 15, 2026.

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Man sentenced to 18 years in state prison for rape

Branden Eugenio, of Indian Orchard, was sentenced on Friday by Judge Jane Mulqueen in Franklin Superior Court to sixteen to eighteen years in state prison, followed by five years of supervised probation.

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Orange Fire responds to Phillipston for brush fire threatening structures

Orange Fire was one of at least six area fire departments, including those from Athol and Gardner, to respond to a first alarm brush fire on Baldwin Hill Road in Phillipston Monday afternoon.

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State awards over $10 million in clean drinking water grants

Over $10.3 million in grant funding has been announced by the Healey-Driscoll Administration to support clean drinking water, free of contaminants like PFAS and Manganese.

Infographic titled 'First Quarter 2026 Market Report' showing four panels with housing data for Franklin and Hampshire counties (single-family homes and condominiums): median price, closed sales, sales volume, days on market, and pending sales.
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Franklin & Hampshire County Real Estate Market Update First Quarter 2026 vs. 2025 | Local Expert Corinne Fitzgerald

Franklin & Hampshire County Real Estate Market Update First Quarter 2026 vs. 2025 The […]

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UMass chef pleaded not guilty to murder charge

36 year-old Jeffrey MacDonald of Wilbraham, was arraigned Friday morning in Eastern Hampshire District Court in connection with the murder of his wife, Emma MacDonald, 31, inside the Hotel UMass on Wednesday evening.

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