
A Special Election will be held on September 8th in Athol to fill a vacancy on the Select Board. The seat will hold a term to expire on April 5th, 2027.

The Shelburne Falls Bridge of Flowers has officially reopened after a ribbon cutting ceremony Monday afternoon with well over a hundred gathered to hear from state and local officials on the project.

A 20-year old Northampton driver was charged with an OUI-Liquor after striking a tree, pole, rolling over, stiking mailboxes and a resident’s fence on Bay Road in Hadley on Sunday.

Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll visited Franklin County Monday with the Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities

The Massachusetts State Police received approximately 100 calls on Monday reporting suspicious phone scam activity.

The fire in the Cook State Forest is believed to have been started by a lightning strike

In July, the Greenfield City Council voted to declare the Hope Street parking lot as surplus and issue an RFP to solicit proposals for developing the site.

The Hawlemont Community Gardens at 10 School Street in Charlemont were launched this summer through the Hawlemont HAY program and made freely available to the whole community

Greenfield’s 2025 Local Preliminary Election will be held on Tuesday, September 9th at Greenfield High School. Greenfield residents that want to vote by mail must submit their ballot application annually, and this year the deadline is September 2nd at 5 p.m. Voter registration and changes to voter information must be made by August 29th at 5 p.m.

The Franklin Regional Council of Governments, FRCOG, released their draft of the Franklin County Road Safety Action Plan on Friday.