The Easthampton-based band The Giant’s Harp calls itself a neo-psych folk jazz rock group, but even that description doesn’t capture all the influences its four members bring to the project. This new ...

As an early childhood consultant, I have the privilege of visiting and working with a wide variety of early childhood programs in both Franklin and Hampshire counties, as well as the North Quabbin ...

Ronald Mitchell III, 35, of Athol, at right, with his attorney John Godleski in Franklin County Superior Court on Thursday. Credit: ANTHONY CAMMALLERI / Staff Photo GREENFIELD — Judge Jane Mulqueen ...

Years ago, I was driving over La Veta Pass in southern Colorado, a lovely stretch that divides the eastern plains from the Sangre de Cristo (Blood of Christ) Mountain range that extends down into New ...

The Master Plan Committee met to review feedback from the first public meeting for the town's master plan update and discuss how that will guide the next phase of the process, with goals related to ...

If I’d known how fulfilling grandchildren were, I’d have skipped having children. It’s meant to capture the sweetness of grandparenting — the joy without the grind. But thousands of grandparents in ...

The Selectboard has voted to draft a Home Rule Petition to seek five additional beer and wine licenses, which, if approved, would go to the state Legislature for consideration.

Opera singer Perry Brisbon presented a musical timeline of the "American sound" at Greenfield Community College on Friday, starting with spirituals and progressing through ragtime, blues, jazz, soul, ...

Members of Franklin County snowmobile clubs are supporting the $2.9 billion environmental bond bill, which would provide funding for the state Department of Conservation and Recreation to maintain ...

The maple sap runs have become closer to a jog in recent years. During the late winter and early spring months in western Massachusetts, the sap in maple trees freezes and thaws just enough to move ...