The Colrain Selectboard has appointed a new emergency management director to replace Jim Lyons after he decided not to seek reappointment.
A balanced budget has passed in Orange’s Town Meeting.
State and local authorities in New Hampshire are investigating the fatal shooting of 17 year-old Christian Walker of Orange, Massachusetts.
The Hadley man who allegedly possessed toxic chemicals and explosives in his home and was arrested in April, had a hearing in Springfield’s U.S. District Court Wednesday.
The Temperance Fountain in Orange has been turned back on during this heat wave, providing free, public access to drinking water.
Residents voted in favor of adopting one zip code for all Whately addresses at the Town Meeting in June of last year.
After the devastating fire in 2022 at the old cereal factory in Orange, the state earmarked $3.4 million to help clean up the site,
Budget talks continue in Orange after the town voted against a Proposition 2 1/2 override to raise an additional $1.4 million to fund the town’s FY26 budget.
The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat watch through Wednesday of this week. Cooling Centers will be open until the end of the heat watch.
The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources has awarded a combined $30,000 to Shelburne and Ashfield for municipal energy technical assistance.