1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (609+ words) I have a good friend named Sue Cairn. Though I am an avid hiker, I have trouble keeping up with her on the trails — even though she wears a helmet and knee pads and poles when she and her husband…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (781+ words) I’m driving to New York on Friday. When my good friend said he was having his birthday party on Sept. 11, my reaction was, “You’re having a party on the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks?” After all these years, the anxiety…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (865+ words) BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey signed an executive order Tuesday subjecting proposed data center projects to local approval before developers can move on to state permitting, representing her administration’s latest crackdown on the facilities after halting tax breaks earlier this summer....

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (646+ words) SOUTH DEERFIELD — Ahead of the Oct. 6 ballot vote on the proposed new building at Franklin County Technical School, about 40 Deerfield residents gathered last week to hear from a panel of town officials and Franklin Tech representatives on the ins and…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (443+ words) A while back, I was at the dedication of an elementary school in the city where I was raised. The school was being named in honor of a deceased local political figure whom my father thought the world of. I…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (613+ words) SOUTH HADLEY — In stark contrast to last spring’s failed Proposition 2½ override that sparked intense debate among South Hadley residents, a second, smaller override request set for a vote on Tuesday is drawing far less reaction. Besides a few lawn signs…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (720+ words) PLAINFIELD — Less than 200 years ago, Western medical practices still followed a 1,500-year-old textbook. When diagnosed with an illness ranging from seizures to pneumonia, patients could be bled. Medicine cabinets were loaded with herbal concoctions. Did they work? It was unclear....

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (353+ words) DEERFIELD — With several town projects underway, Klara Ingersoll, Deerfield’s new town planner, is excited to help steer them across the finish line. “Deerfield is facing a lot of similar changes as other communities in the valley related to focusing on…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (707+ words) GREENFIELD — Democratic candidates seeking their party nomination for the 1st Franklin District seat in the House of Representatives shared their visions for tackling housing issues like affordability and insufficient housing stock on Tuesday. The two candidates — Corinne Coryat, former Rep. Natalie…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (635+ words) HADLEY — Growing the tax base and increasing the water and sewer rates may be necessary to ensure Hadley’s capital plan can adequately maintain municipal services, buildings and assets, according to Town Administrator Nate Malloy. At a Bi Board meeting of…...