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Gov. Maura Healey declared a “state of energy emergency” on Monday as she announced increased home heating assistance for tens of thousands of Massachusetts residents in the midst of rising oil costs ...

Pioneer Valley Workers Center Executive Director Claudia Rosales talks to a farm worker about the LUCE Immigrant Justice Network phone number hotline during a visit to a farm in the Pioneer Valley, ...

GREENFIELD — Questions about the cost impact of a new $236.6 million Franklin County Technical School building amid a difficult economy blended with comments urging support for the school’s future ...

ATHOL – At a recent Select Board meeting, Planning and Development Director Eric Smith provided an update on the ongoing development of the Rabbit Run Rail Trail. The trail, once completed, would run ...

BOSTON — Customers kept on hold, delayed benefit payments and mismanaged complaints are some of the issues the state auditor discovered in an audit of the Department of Unemployment Assistance that ...

Contrary to what we know, Napoleon’s final moment didn’t come at Waterloo; it came in Moscow, Russia, a year before. Hitler’s end didn’t come when he killed himself in the Berlin bunker; it came three ...

WARE, MA – It is with profound sadness that the family of Brody Thomas Regienus announces his passing on May 19, 2026 at the age of 31. He was a beloved son, brother, grandson, uncle, cousin and ...

South Hadley, MA – John David Magnino, 79, of South Hadley, Massachusetts passed away on Easter Saturday, April 11, 2026, surrounded by his loving family. Born August 23, 1946 in San Bernardino, ...

Pasadena, CA – Paul Henry Nelson, born March 5, 1948, passed away most unexpectedly October 6, 2025. Paul was a resident of Petersham, MA growing up. He graduated from Mahar High School with the class ...

Valley Medical Group, a Greenfield-based, multi-specialty medical group with four health centers across the Pioneer Valley, has laid off 41 employees, citing financial strains that have been years in ...

Sandwich, MA – Barbara Mae Ames, 94, of Sandwich, Massachusetts, passed away on April 13, 2026, at Cape Cod Hospital. She was the devoted wife of the late George H. Ames, who predeceased her in 1998.