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The ValleyBike Share program is on pause. The supplier is planning to file for bankruptcy, according to Northampton Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra, whose city leads the eight-community program. Sciarra says they will need to find a partner that can reliably provide the important transportation service. ValleyBike started in 2018. It also...

Northern Tree Service will be protecting a large Sycamore tree at the Amherst Historical Society and Museum, on the corner of North Prospect St and Amity St, on Saturday Morning. Cowles Ln, and North Prospect St, south of Cowls Ln, will be closed to through traffic. Local traffic, and traffic...

The Greenfield Recreation Department says the new skate park at 71 Chapman Street will be open to the public on Friday.

Brattleboro’s Morningside Cemetery, touted a century ago for what was once the state’s tallest monument, is moving into the present this Memorial Day by adding “green” and Muslim burial options. Read the story on VTDigger here: ‘That’s the beauty of it’: Making a cemetery a more inclusive place.

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Homeowners put out the fire threatening their animal pen with buckets before the fire was able to spread into the barn in South Deerfield.

A man was found unconscious behind the wheel of an SUV with a baby inside Thursday night and arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, police said. The man, Jon-Brad James, had been spotted driving erratically on Dutton Road in Pelham about 8:25 p.m., then was found by officers inside the Nissan Rogue, which was still in drive, in the middle of Deer Hill Circle, according to Pelham police.

Three waterfronts in western Massachusetts overseen by the state will open on Saturday, but state officials are still trying to recruit more lifeguards. The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation operates beaches at the DAR State Forest in Goshen, Hampton Ponds State Park in Westfield, and Chicopee Memorial State Park.

Captain Gabriel Ting will take over the duties effective May 27, 2023 until a new Police Chief is hired.

The following is a listing of all home transfers in Hampshire County reported from May 21 to May 28. There were 26 transactions posted during this time. During this period, the median sale for the area was a 1,754-square-foot home on Wilder Place in Florence that sold for $370,000. Allison...

The state can order a further competency evaluation, and if Zaaina Mahvish-Jammeh is released from Department of Mental Health custody, they will be held by the Department of Corrections, a judge wrote. Read the story on VTDigger here: For now, defendant in Brattleboro ax murder found incompetent.

A driver in a rollover crash was able to walk away after being rescued through the windshield in Deerfield Tuesday afternoon.

The third annual Odenong Pow Wow was held at Amherst-Pelham Regional High School Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Number one, fight the stigma faced by people in need of social programs. Number two, apply for grants. Those are two things human service organizations do routinely – and now, according to a recent news story, those steps are front of mind for the people who run Safe Passage’s former emergency shelter for victims of domestic violence.

(Greenfield, MA) Valley Steel Stamp, now NE-XT Technologies, has expanded into Connecticut. President and CEO Steve Capshaw has said that their Greenfield facility is limited on space, but the wouldn’t stop their continued growth. NE-XT Technologies has acquired Leipold Inc. a Connecticut precision manufacturing company as part of their strategic growth plan. NE-XT had a proposal to expand in Greenfield, however the addition was not approved by the Conservation Commission and the French King Highway rezoning proposal is still in progress.

(Mass Appeal) – Our state has so much history, and towns throughout it have a place to preserve and celebrate its past. Wendell, Massachusetts still needs that spot, but the Wendell Historical Society has an idea. Edward Hines, the president of Wendell Historical Society, shares more on how you can help keep the small town’s history alive.

This letter is by Dale and Nancy Gassett, of Vernon. Vermont bill H.386 is seeking to reduce the Vermont constitutional requirements of the voting age in Brattleboro. Our question is especially directed to Brattleboro Town Clerk Hilary Francis. As the town clerk she is the main person who is responsible to organize and preside over Brattleboro Elections. Will she keep her oath of office to uphold the Vermont Constitution as the foundational and supreme law of Vermont? Or, will she enable the lawlessness of the Vermont lawmakers who are betraying their constituents and ignoring their oaths of office?

Bombyx Center for Arts and Equity is planning on reopening their space this weekend after the organization received word from Northampton fire chief Jon Davine this morning rescinding his cease-and-desist order. Bombyx’s executive director Cassandra Holden and board president Elizabeth Dunaway told MassLive they were so overjoyed when they heard...

Join Amherst Town Manager Paul Bockelman and the Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) Director Pamela Nolan Young and Assistant Director Jennifer Moyston for an informal conversation around the initiatives of the Office of DEI and other topics. Bring your questions, concerns, or ideas. All are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Berkshire East is opening for the summer that includes live music.