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Man killed in pre-dawn crash in New Salem
NEW SALEM, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — A 26-year-old man was killed in a one-vehicle crash in New Salem early…
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UMass hosts conference on Northern slavery
AMHERST, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — UMass Amherst hosted a conference on transatlantic slavery in the North during the American…
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Gov. Healey signs state budget
BOSTON, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — Governor Maura Healey has signed the $63 billion state budget for fiscal year 2027.…
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New Greenfield Superintendent settles into role
GREENFIELD, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — Greenfield Public School District’s new Superintendent, Carol Kruser, attended her first School Committee meeting…
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DA to become a board-only school
DEERFIELD, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — Deerfield Academy is transitioning to become a full boarding school, no longer admitting day…
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Drought conditions worsen, two years of precipitation loss
GREENFIELD, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — Drought conditions persist and worsen in the western region of the state. The Energy…
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Charlemont gets $599K for new fire truck
CHARLEMONT, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — Charlemont will be getting a new fire truck to replace the town’s aging pumper…
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Greenfield Court coming to Orange for pop-up services
ORANGE, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — The Greenfield Court Service is at the Orange District Court today for “pop up…
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New pavilion to be unveiled at this year’s Franklin County Fair
GREENFIELD, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — A new 5,4000 square-foot pavilion will be debuted at this year’s Franklin County Fair.…
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New ‘Little House’ series explores complicated history but keeps heart, community at the center
It's a story with covered wagons and one room schoolhouses, but showrunner Rebecca Sonnenshine says the "Little House on the Prairie" remake for Netflix still speaks to today's American dream.
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Behind Christopher Nolan’s 6-country epic undertaking to bring ‘The Odyssey’ to the big screen
Christopher Nolan has never been afraid to dream a little bigger. It's almost a calling. With every film, he's pushed himself and the medium further — playing with form, storytelling, visuals and audience expectations to create lasting cinematic spectacles.
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Bonnie Tyler, who topped the charts with epic ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart,’ has died at 75
Bonnie Tyler, the gravelly voiced, Grammy-nominated Welsh pop star whose 1983 chart-topping power ballad "Total Eclipse of the Heart" enchanted succeeding generations with its bombastic charms during solar and lunar eclipses, has died. She was 75.