Domenic Poli

ORANGE — John Sibley spent some time on a cool, clear October night being the recipient of a demonstrative overhead sweep by his Brazilian jiujitsu instructor, a brown belt in the sport. Later on, he could be seen grappling with a fellow grown man, applying grip mechanics to avoid being taken to the ground before taking […]

Planet Gas on the Mohawk Trail in Greenfield has added an attached convenience store, Planet Mart.

Massachusetts Secretary of Health and Human Services Dr. Kiame Mahaniah visited three western Massachusetts towns on Monday to see firsthand the Healey-Driscoll administration's investment in local and rural public health shared-service hubs through Public Health Excellence grants.

At a Special Town Meeting, Orange residents ratified a decision made eight years ago to increase Selectboard membership from three to five, and also approved an article to move the Annual Town Meeting date to the second Monday in May.

First, they built the community; then came the Guild. Joe McNamara, James Maxwell and Owen Smith met through their decades-long passion for tabletop role-playing games and spent time recruiting like-minded enthusiasts before formally creating a group in June for players of all skill levels to share their love of the hobby. “And we started talking […]

Local DJ Robert "Bobby C" Campbell is accepting donations to provide families with Thanksgiving meals, with the goal of feeding 2,700 people across Franklin County.

Eric Mills and Matt Garrity have been named co-chairs of the 2026 United Way of the Franklin & Hampshire Region fundraising campaign.

ORANGE — Four Fisher Hill Elementary School students are heading to Gillette Stadium on Wednesday, but it won’t be to check out Drake Maye’s progress as the New England Patriots quarterback. Six-graders Aliahmya Laza, Ethan Prescott, Promise Allen and Morgan Bezio will join STEM teacher Craig Newton in Foxborough for the MassCUE Annual Fall Conference, […]

School administrators and education officials from across the Pioneer Valley convened at Greenfield Community College to discuss the benefits of implementing cellphone bans in schools, which have been shown to improve the learning environment.

The Giving Back Together Toy Drive is hosting a series of donation events to ensure no child in Franklin County or the North Quabbin region is without presents on Christmas morning.