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Driver dies in one-car crash in Barre
BARRE — A motorist was killed in a single-car crash on Dana Road Monday evening. Lorri Draleau, 59, a resident of Dana Road, died from her injuries, according to the Police Department. Barre police officers, responding to a report of a car crash shortly after 6 p.m., found Draleau's...
Historic music hall reopens in Northampton
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - Saddle up, the Iron Horse is back. The legendary Northampton music venue re-opened its doors for the first time since the early days of the pandemic, kicking off this next chapter with a sold out show. For months, Chris Freeman and the parlor room collective have...
Different day, same scene, as UMass Amherst pro-Palestinian protesters arraigned
BELCHERTOWN — When Dodi Melnicoff, 67, was booked by police last week, she was told she was being charged with trespassing and failing to disperse a riot. “What riot?” she asked in a court parking lot, after her arraignment Tuesday morning. “These are college students letting you know that it’s time for us to do what needs to be done: divest from mass murder.”
How High Flyers, a Mass. cannabis delivery business, is turning Samantha Britt's life around
NORTHAMPTON — Samantha Britt, a Florence native, is breaking the grass ceiling with her up-and-coming cannabis microbusiness. Britt, 39, is a part of the legacy market for cannabis, meaning she has been in the industry far before the state legalized the ability to grow and possess marijuana in 2016 and to sell in 2018.
They joined the team for snacks. Now Quabbin's newest girls golfers love the sport
What do you do when you tee off in a golf match and look down and realize you completely missed the ball and only hit the tee?. That is exactly what Molly Wilder did, and continues to do, when she makes a little mistake in her first season on the Quabbin girls golf team. Wilder followed suit of friend and fellow freshman Sierra Lambert, who encouraged Wilder and their other friends, Sienna Law and Ava Brady, to join the team – despite none of them playing golf before.
May 15, 2024: LIVE from the new and improved Iron Horse Music Hall
Parlor Room Executive Director Chris Freeman is very excited about the newly approved liquor license for the Iron Horse Music Hall. We broadcast live from the opening show at the newly re-vamped and much improved Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton. We hear live music from opening night performers Rachael and Vilray and opener Taylor Ashton, and hear from Parlor Room Collective Executive Director Chris Freeman, and Iron Horse general manager Neal Robinson to celebrate the occasion. We discuss the importance of the venue to the area, peruse the litany of repairs and changes they've made to the bones of the space, and celebrate their newly approved liquor license!
Asparagus ice cream is a classic in Western Mass. I ate it so you don’t have to
Asparagus ice cream sounds like a gimmick. It is not. Western Mass. does not mess around with its “Hadley Grass.”. Yes, it’s green and has bits of real asparagus in it. But there’s a reason Flayvors of Cook Farm has been making “Hadley Grass” for 20 years. It’s actually a pretty well-thought-out and tasty ice cream flavor.
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