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By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

According to a 2024 study by the American Psychological Association, nearly 50% of American adults report feeling more stressed out than ever. A national campaign, Meditate America, is looking to lower the collective blood pressure through...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

TURNERS FALLS — After tying with Hampshire in its season-opener, the Franklin Tech field hockey team has found a groove. The Eagles — which have made it to three straight Western Mass. finals — came back to win their next two games and on Thursday,...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — After a roughly 75-minute public comment session that brought City Hall’s meeting room to standing room only, the Economic Development Committee voted 2-1 with one abstention in favor of recommending changes to the city’s cluster...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

After getting a taste of the postseason last year, the Franklin Tech football team is determined to get that feeling back this fall. The Eagles went 8-4 overall last season, including a 6-2 regular-season mark that earned the No. 15 in the MIAA Div. 8...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

ATHOL — Expectations are high for the team playing its football at O’Brien Field this fall. There’s good reason for that. The Athol football team went 5-3 during the regular season and qualified for the MIAA Division 8 state tournament, where it fell...

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — The search for a new town administrator began Thursday, as Deerfield posted its vacancy notice following the retirement of its longtime town administrator last week.In a brief Wednesday afternoon meeting, the Selectboard approved the...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

Five years ago, the UMass football program scheduled a series with a Missouri team that was less than a decade into its membership in the SEC and looking to save some money on its non-conference schedule.Instead of Missouri paying UMass seven figures...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Residents and public safety officials packed the John Zon Community Center Tuesday night, cheering as Police Chief Todd Dodge’s 6-year-old grandson Silas pinned a badge to his uniform.The symbolic act, which followed a swearing-in...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — Following a 2-8 campaign in 2023, the Greenfield football team is hoping it can turn a corner this fall. Despite boasting a small roster, the Green Wave possess the skill talent to compete in the Intercounty League North. Greenfield last...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

SOUTH DEERFIELD — The Frontier girls volleyball team wanted to challenge itself early in the season to prepare for tough league matches like the one it played on Monday against Amherst. Facing Dennis-Yarmouth, Nauset, Westfield and Melrose to open the...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

One step forward, two steps back. Two steps forward, one step back.That’s what it’s been like watching the UMass football team this fall, as the Minutemen’s square-dancing routine has led them to 19 penalties through two games, 14th-most in the...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — City councilors are pleading for increased transparency from the School Department amid concerns over the district’s spending, particularly on special education transportation.This year, the School Department’s more than $878,000 special...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

A steep drop in the number of Black students in the Class of 2028 at Amherst College compared to the preceding year’s incoming class, and less racial diversity in the first-year class, is likely a result of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling against...

By JEFF LAJOIE

Don Brown has never been a moral victory kind of guy.But the veteran coach was at least a bit encouraged by an improved performance from a UMass football team that badly needed it on Saturday.The Minutemen did some of the things needed to win a...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO and THOMAS JOHNSTON

For the first time in 21 years, Sean MacDonald’s hulking figure won’t be patrolling the sidelines at Frontier girls volleyball matches. MacDonald retired from the girls program last year after 429 wins, 18 western Mass. titles and 11 state...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

ORANGE — Following a three-and-out on its opening drive of the game, the Mahar football team locked in for the remainder of the first half in its season opener against Drury on Friday. After the stop, the Senators proceeded to score touchdowns on...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Franklin County has a rich history of talented field hockey programs, and in the last three years, three programs in particular have had tremendous success.The seniors on the Frontier, Greenfield and Franklin Tech field hockey teams have played in a...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

The municipalities of Greenfield, Deerfield, Sunderland and Montague are experiencing the largest COVID-19 outbreak the region has seen since January, according to epidemiologist Jack Sullivan.Increased COVID-19 detection in wastewater samples,...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Wheeler Memorial Library’s basement level remains closed to the public following a mid-July flooding, and the director said it will stay that way until the floor is restored — a project that cannot begin until an accessibility ramp is...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

Music from centuries-old folk songs and contemporary and classical tunes emanates through the hallway at the Bangs Community Center on a recent morning, as some of the autoharp players hold the instrument upright against their shoulders and below...