By CHRIS COLLINS
(Buckland, MA) — Some more state grant money is coming to benefit schools and businesses in Western Franklin County. State Senator Adam Hinds was in the area this week to award $100,000 to the Greater Shelburne Falls Area Business Association and just over $192,00 to Mohawk Trail Regional School. The $100,000 grant will go to help establish a new “Hilltown Business Support Fund” to assist West County businesses. The Mohawk grant is part of a new $3 million dollar “Rural School Aid” grant program recently approved by the Legislature.