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Girls Basketball: Mahar clinches league title with blowout win over Pioneer
It had been nearly a decade since the Mahar girls basketball team has been able to capture a league championship. The Senators will be adding a banner in their gymnasium after clinching the Franklin County League South by overwhelming Pioneer in Orange on Tuesday night, 55-22.
Gill developing Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Plan
Gill has received a grant from the State to develop a Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Plan, which will result in the town being designated as an “MVP Community.”
Incumbents challenged in races for Orange Selectboard, School Committee
The Annual Town Election ballet is ready for the Town of Orange election to be held on March 2nd.
North Leverett Road bridge replacement in the works
MassDOT is holding a virtual Design Public Hearing on Tuesday, February 24th at 7 p.m.
Sunderland Citizen’s Caucus coming in March
On Monday, March 2nd at 6 p.m., the Sunderland Citizen’s Caucus will be held in the Town Office building to nominate candidates for open positions in Town Government.
Indigenous traditional Mishoon burn coming to Ashfield
The Town of Ashfield has received a Massachusetts Cultural Council grant to support a Mishoon burn, a traditional dugout single tree canoe shaped using fire.
4 weeks ago in Lifestyle, Trending
With caviar McNuggets and heart-shaped pizza, fast food chains hope to win Valentine’s diners
It's a tale as old as time, or at least as old as TikTok: chicken nuggets lovingly topped with a dab of caviar. McDonald's is embracing the trend this Valentine's Day with a limited-time McNugget Caviar kit. The free kit, which will be available on McNuggetCaviar.com on Feb. 10, pairs a one-ounce tin of Paramount's Siberian sturgeon caviar with a $25 McDonald's gift card to buy McNuggets.
4 weeks ago in Features, World
A 13-year-old Australian boy swims for hours to save his mother and siblings who were swept away
A 13-year-old boy is credited with saving his family after he swam for four hours in choppy waters off the coast of Western Australia to alert authorities that his mother and two younger siblings had been swept away.
4 weeks ago in Olympics, Sports
Lindsey Vonn is ‘confident’ she can race at Olympics despite ruptured ACL in left knee
Lindsey Vonn has done this before. And succeeded. The 41-year-old American skiing standout is "confident" she can compete at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics despite a torn ACL from a crash four days ago.
The Most Misunderstood Solution, Hiding in Plain Sight | Financial Fitness
In this episode of Financial Fitness with The Money Doctor, Dr. Frances Rahaim is joined by financial industry veteran Mark Williams for an honest, educational conversation about annuities. Instead of sales talk, they focus on understanding annuities as financial tools that, when used properly, can help solve real-world retirement and income challenges. This episode empowers viewers with clarity, confidence, and practical insight.
4 weeks ago in World
Spain considers social media ban for under-16s, joining others in Europe
Spain plans to ban social media access for children under 16, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Tuesday, in a move designed to shield young people from the harms of online content.
4 weeks ago in World
Russia bombards Ukraine with drones and missiles a day before planned peace talks
Russia carried out a major attack on Ukraine overnight in what President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday was a breach of its commitment to hold off on attacks on energy infrastructure, a day before representatives of the two countries were due to attend U.S.-brokered talks on ending the 4-year-old all-out war.
4 weeks ago in Olympics, Sports
Speedskater Erin Jackson, bobsledder Frank Del Duca picked as US flagbearers for Winter Olympics
Speedskater Erin Jackson already has made history, as the first Black woman to win an individual gold medal at a Winter Olympics. Bobsledder Frank Del Duca is a sergeant in the Army, hailing from a family with deep Italian roots. They might be the perfect pair to lead the U.S. into the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
4 weeks ago in National, Trending
‘Today’ show host Savannah Guthrie asks for prayers to help bring her missing mom home
"Today" show host Savannah Guthrie is asking for prayers to help bring home her 84-year-old mother, whom authorities in Arizona believe was kidnapped, abducted or otherwise taken against her will.
Man airlifted following carport collapse
A carport collapsed on a man at his residence on Highland Avenue in Montague Monday afternoon.
FirstLight expands local municipal energy deals
The Town of Westfield is one of the key municipal drivers behind a recently expanded deal with FirstLight, an energy company operating out of Turners Falls and Northfield.
Strathmore Mill project updates in the new year
During the month of January, work on the Strathmore Mill demolition project in Turners Falls included on-site surveys to address long-standing environmental and structural hazards.
Greenfield School Committee votes on Superintendent job offer
The Greenfield School Committee voted Monday night to offer the position of Superintendent of Schools to Carol Kruser.
Advocates lobbying for road safety cameras in Massachusetts
BOSTON, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — Advocates from agencies around the state will gather at the Statehouse in Boston on…
4 weeks ago in National
Black History Month centennial channels angst over anti-DEI climate into education, free resources
In the 100th year since the nation's earliest observances of Black History Month — which began when scholar Carter G. Woodson pioneered the first Negro History Week — celebrations will go on. The current political climate has energized civil rights organizations, artists and academics to engage young people on a full telling of America's story.
