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Changes to Mass teacher licensure coming to address shortages

The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted unanimously to approve a new licensure pathway for Massachusetts educators this week. 

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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3 weeks ago
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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3 weeks ago
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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3 weeks ago
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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3 weeks ago
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.

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3 weeks ago
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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3 weeks ago
Pole damaged in Warwick accident

A pick-up truck struck a telephone pole on Route 78 in Warwick, in the early hours of Sunday morning.

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3 weeks ago
Driver transported to hospital after striking a tree off Route 63

Friday morning at approximately 9:30 a.m., Leverett and Shuestbury Fire Departments responded to a single-vehicle accident on Route 63.

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3 weeks ago
Permitted burn grows to 1.5 acre fire in Whately

On Sunday afternoon a permitted burn in Whately quickly grew out of control due to afternoon winds.

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