
A fire broke out in the Cook State Forest on the Colrain-Heath town line Sunday evening and is expected to grow overnight.

With $276,000 to spend, Greenfield’s Community Preservation Committee is beginning work on the next round of Community Presveration Act project funding for fiscal year 2026 and they are welcoming in pre-application proposals.
The pre-application process allows the Committee to determine eligibility and are due by September 17th with full applications due by November 17th. Applications may be found on the city’s website.

ATHOL, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — Silver Lake in Athol has reopened for swimming […]

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is preparing to make pedestrian and bicycle improvements on East Main Street/Route 2A in Orange.

The North Main Street Project in Orange is in full swing.

A class-action federal lawsuit was filed last week in Massachusetts regarding 32 universities that allegedly violated the federal antitrust law in their early admissions programs.

A $100,000 grant has been awarded to the Montague Center Water District, MCWD, to study and mitigate PFAS, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, in the water supply.

The town of Hatfield’s Water Department has joined a growing number of municipalities in issuing voluntary water ban amidst significantly dry weather conditions.

The Town of Ashfield is debuting a new assistive listening system to be used during Town Meetings and other public events in the Town Hall’s Upper Hall.

The Turners Falls Fire Department has received what they described as “much needed” water rescue PPE and