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Public Hearing on Leary Well water supply protection draws crowd
GREENFIELD, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — There was standing room only as the Greenfield Economic Development Committee and the Planning…
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Athol votes to preserve free holiday parking
ATHOL, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — The Athol Select Board has voted to continue free downtown parking from Thanksgiving until…
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Microsoft experiences major Outlook outage
GREENFIELD, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — Microsoft Outlook users experienced a massive outage Thursday when Microsoft confirming outages across the…
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‘Stuff the Cruiser’ toy drive returns December 13th
COLRAIN, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — The Colrain, Conway and Shelburne Police Departments are teaming up for the third annual…
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Whately sets winter parking regulations
WHATELY, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — The Whately Selectboard has voted on their winter parking regulations in their November 4th…
Entertainment News
9 hours ago in Entertainment, Music
Gram Parsons celebrated in song by Emmylou Harris, Elvis Costello on eve of his Rock Hall induction
Joy and sorrow were in harmony at a musical tribute to Gram Parsons, the country-rocker who on Saturday will enter the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 53 years after his death at age 26.
9 hours ago in Entertainment
Yacht captain on reality show ‘Below Deck’ arrested in Turkey after teenager dies
A participant in the U.S. reality TV show "Below Deck" has been arrested in Turkey over a fight in the resort city of Bodrum that left a 17-year-old dead, local media reported Thursday.
1 day ago in Entertainment, Music, Trending
The 2027 Coachella lineup is here: Dua Lipa, Tame Impala and SZA to headline
Three acts who are no strangers to Coachella will headline the annual festival in the California desert next April, the organizers announced Wednesday.
1 day ago in Entertainment
The ‘Hunger Games’ are back, with an A-list cast and brutal origin story for Haymitch
Three years ago, new cinematic life was found in a "Hunger Games" adventure without Katniss. Now, the franchise is back, jumping through time again to check in on another major character from the original films in his teenage years: Haymitch Abernathy.
3 days ago in Entertainment, Trending
‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ is almost here. What to know about the characters, music and billions at stake
"Grand Theft Auto" has never been much for following the rules. Nearly three decades after a video game built around stealing cars, outrunning police and embracing criminal mayhem first arrived, the franchise has survived controversy, transformed open-world gaming and become one of the biggest sellers in entertainment.
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