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Two Gardner residents killed in three-vehicle crash in New Salem
12-09-2024 10:48 AM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

NEW SALEM — The Northwestern District Attorney’s Office has identified the two Gardner residents who were killed in a three-vehicle crash on Daniel Shays Highway (Route 202) as Gerald and Margaret Patriquin.The Patriquins, ages 89 and 74, were...

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Opioid Task Force hosts methadone advocates to speak on stigma, proposed treatment expansion
12-08-2024 12:00 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

Advocates from the National Coalition to Liberate Methadone discussed the stigma associated with methadone treatment and recommended ways to expand it during a virtual event hosted by the Opioid Task Force of Franklin County and the North Quabbin...


Changing Lives Though Literature program aims to reduce recidivism
12-02-2024 5:37 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

Changing Lives Though Literature, an alternative sentencing option that offers those on probation reduced sentences upon completion of a 10-week literature program, is inspiring many of its graduates to pursue higher education.The program aims to...


SAPHE 2.0 to modernize local health care
12-02-2024 4:15 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

Gov. Maura Healey signed the Statewide Accelerated Public Health for Every Community (SAPHE 2.0) bill in late November on the coattails of a $4 billion economic development bond bill. Now roughly four years in the making, local health officials say...


‘We all feel good inside’: March for the Food Bank with Monte Belmonte raises $572K in 15th year
11-27-2024 12:02 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

Leading a roughly 100-person crowd across a two-day, 43-mile trek from Springfield to Greenfield, NEPM radio host Christopher “Monte” Belmonte raised more than $572,000 to end hunger during the 15th annual March for the Food Bank.Belmonte, dressed as...


Victims in fallen tree incident in Orange sue property owner
11-13-2024 2:30 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

ORANGE — Three women who suffered serious injuries after being hit by a fallen tree in Orange in August are suing a property owner for negligence, arguing that he neglected to remove the “decaying” tree.According to Orange Police Chief James Sullivan,...


GoFundMe started to cover celebration of life expenses for Keene, NH woman found in Warwick
11-05-2024 3:55 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

WARWICK — Friends and family of Justina Steffy — the 31-year-old woman from Keene, New Hampshire, whose body was found in Warwick after she went missing in early October — have raised more than $2,500 for her celebration of life expenses.Keene Police...


Police: Missing New Hampshire woman’s body found in Warwick
11-01-2024 10:42 AM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

WARWICK — The remains of a woman from Keene, New Hampshire, were found in Warwick, according police in that city who have been investigating a report of a missing person over the past three weeks.The body was identified as 31-year-old Justina Steffy,...


Search for missing NH woman takes police to Warwick
10-30-2024 3:49 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

WARWICK — A police investigation that closed Hastings Heights Road overnight from approximately 7 p.m. last Tuesday to noon Wednesday involved a search for a missing woman from Keene, New Hampshire. Keene Police Det. Joel Chidester said in an...


Survey shows seven-year peak in student bullying in Franklin County, North Quabbin
10-27-2024 11:00 AM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

This article is the last installment in a four-part series exploring the results of the Communities That Care Coalition’s 2024 Student Health Survey. The Communities That Care Coalition is co-hosted by the Franklin Regional Council of Governments...


Survey shows teen screen use, on the rise since 2007, dips from 2021 peak
10-25-2024 5:00 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

This article is the third in a four-part series exploring the results of the Communities That Care Coalition’s 2024 Student Health Survey. The Communities That Care Coalition is co-hosted by the Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG) and...


Healey’s $30M earmark extends fare-free service for regional transit authorities
10-25-2024 3:23 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Gov. Maura Healey joined local and state officials outside the Franklin Regional Transit Authority’s (FRTA) offices Thursday afternoon to celebrate her administration’s $30 million earmark to fund year-round, fare-free transportation...


Communities That Care Coalition survey shows decrease in youth self-harm, suicidal planning
10-22-2024 1:18 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

This article is the second in a four-part series exploring the results of the Communities That Care Coalition’s 2024 Student Health Survey. The Communities That Care Coalition is co-hosted by the Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG) and...


GCC begins search for diversity, equity and inclusion vice president
10-20-2024 1:39 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Greenfield Community College is searching for a diversity, equity and inclusion vice president after alleged attempts to suppress a less-than-flattering DEI report prompted the GCC Professional Association — the college’s faculty and...


Survey shows drop in youth drug, alcohol use in Franklin County, North Quabbin
10-20-2024 1:36 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

This article is the first in a four-part series diving into the results of the Communities That Care Coalition’s 2024 Student Health Survey. The Communities That Care Coalition is co-hosted by the Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG) and...


Orange home rendered uninhabitable following electrical fire
10-09-2024 12:52 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

ORANGE — An electrical fire that started in the basement of a 23 Burrill Ave. home on Tuesday afternoon left the two-story building “uninhabitable,” according to Fire Chief James Young.Homeowner Naomi Carlyle said she was cooking in her kitchen at...


Simmons University’s library science master’s program relocates to GCC
10-06-2024 5:00 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Greenfield Community College is hosting its first-ever graduate program after the Simmons University School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) moved its part-time Library and Information Science master’s degree program to GCC this...


Western Mass farmers battle ‘pumpkin plague’
09-30-2024 3:50 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

With the start of October right around the corner, some squash and pumpkin farmers in the Pioneer Valley and North Quabbin are bearing the burden of Phytophthora capsici — a soil-based disease described by one farmer as being “like the plague” for...


DA: Victims in Erving crash expected to recover
08-21-2024 3:34 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

ERVING — The three people hospitalized after a collision between a Toyota Camry and a 2023 Mack Pinnacle truck where Route 2 meets Route 2A on Friday afternoon are expected to recover, according to First Assistant District Attorney Steve Gagne.“I am...


Seeking invoices, Orange Mobile Rent Control Board continues hearing on Leisure Woods rent hike
08-18-2024 5:00 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

ORANGE — A decision on whether Leisure Woods Estates can raise its monthly lot fees by 43% was delayed for a second time Wednesday night, as the Mobile Rent Control Board requested the company’s invoices from this year and last, in an effort to ensure...


Three injured in two-vehicle crash on Route 2 in Erving
08-16-2024 5:37 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

ERVING — Three individuals were hospitalized after a collision between a Toyota Camry and a 2023 Mack Pinnacle truck where Route 2 meets Route 2A on Friday afternoon, according to Deputy Fire Chief Ryan Betters.Betters said the three people in the...

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