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2 months ago
Buckland one of many towns facing financial crises

There’s a statewide municipal fiscal crisis, with expenses growing rapidly, state funding flat-lined, and property tax increases limited to 2.5% unless town’s vote for an override, budgets are strained.

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2 months ago
Olanyk wins race for Ashfield Selectboard

Ashfield’s Annual Town Election was held Saturday and saw a 15% voter turnout.

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2 months ago
80 acres forever preserved in Wendell

On Monday, the Healey-Driscoll Administration awarded nearly $1 million to permanently protect 430 acres of forest reserves in Belchertown, Huntington and Wendell.

Group of diverse young protesters holding handmade signs on a city sidewalk with red-leaf trees overhead, signaling a rights demonstration.
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2 months ago
Four Rivers seniors craft immigration documentary

This Thursday the Four Rivers Charter Public School senior documentary project will premiere in the Greenfield Garden Cinema.

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2 months ago
Plane crashes into Quabbin Reservoir

At approximately 7:40 p.m. Friday evening, a single-engine Cessna aircraft crashed into the Quabbin Reservoir Sediment Pond in New Salem.

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2 months ago
New Montague library to come before voters in June

Montague residents voted in favor of the new library project at the Annual Town Meeting over the weekend, sending it to a ballot vote for a debt-exclusion on June 24th to fund the project.

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2 months ago
Sunderland voters approve $800k override

SUNDERLAND, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — In Sunderland, voters approved a Proposition 2 1/2 […]

Official Amherst, MA statement about hateful and racist letters, shown with town seal and header information.
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2 months ago
Amherst responds to hateful letters left on cars in town

The Town of Amherst has responded to several reports of letters containing hateful and racist content being left on vehicles around town last week.

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2 months ago
PROTECT Act set to safeguard Constitutional rights for Massachusetts residents

On Thursday, the Senate released their version of the PROTECT Act, intending to safeguard Constitutional rights for all residents by ensuring sensitive locations remain places of trust for the community

A group of young people gathered outdoors at a protest, one person holds a sign reading 'HANDS OFF' under a waving American flag against a bright blue sky.
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2 months ago
Four Rivers students protest ICE, other Trump administration policies

Students at Four Rivers Charter Public School in Greenfield took to the streets of the city on Friday, marching up the Mohawk Trail, down Main Street, and then congregating on the Common to protest ICE and other Trump Administration policies.

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