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UPDATE: Suspect in homicide investigation shot and killed at French King Motel
ERVING, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — An alleged shooting took place in the area of the French King Motel on…
21 hours ago in Local
Garden Cinemas screening documentary on wastewater treatment facility
GREENFIELD, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — The Greenfield Garden Cinemas will be screening an award winning documentary “Unless Something goes…
22 hours ago in Local
Input sought for Comcast/Xfinity in Greenfield
GREENFIELD, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — The Greenfield Cable Advisory Board is evaluating Comcast/Xfinity’s performance and conducting a community needs…
22 hours ago in Local
Deceased bicyclist identified in Damon Road accident
NORTHAMPTON, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — The Northwestern District Attorney’s Office has identified the bicyclist involved in Saturday’s accident on…
22 hours ago in Local
Greenfield considering data center moratorium
GREENFIELD, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — The Greenfield Economic Development Committee voted in favor of recommending a one-year moratorium on…
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20 hours ago in Entertainment, Music
Ella Langley leads Country Music Association Awards nods, with mentor Miranda Lambert close behind
Ella Langley, riding the wave of her crossover megahit "Choosin' Texas," leads the nominations for the 2026 Country Music Association Awards with nine nods, followed by her mentor Miranda Lambert with six.
2 days ago in Entertainment
It’s ‘Pitt’ vs ‘Pluribus’ in drama and ‘Hacks’ vs ‘Widow’s Bay’ in comedy at the upcoming Emmys
It's "The Pitt" versus "Pluribus" and "Hacks" against "Widow's Bay" at the 78th Emmy Awards on Monday night. The stars of all four shows — Noah Wyle in "The Pitt," Rhea Seehorn in "Pluribus," Jean Smart in "Hacks" and Matthew Rhys in "Widow's Bay" — look to be runaway favorites for the top acting awards.
3 days ago in Entertainment
An Elon Musk documentary and a Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem thriller premiere at Venice
A slew of high-profile films are debuting Tuesday at the Venice Film Festival, including Alex Gibney's Elon Musk documentary, a psychological thriller with Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem, and a drama from Casey Affleck.
7 days ago in Entertainment
Fall movie season has arrived. Here are 5 early Oscar predictions
It might be only just September, but the jockeying for next March's Academy Awards is well underway. Movies first started revving up their Oscar campaigns at the Cannes Film Festival in May. But now that the fall festivals, in Venice, Telluride and soon Toronto, are in full swing, so is the prognosticating about what's in the mix for awards.
7 days ago in Entertainment
Psychedelic ‘Furthur’ bus rolls back into San Francisco for new Grateful Dead exhibit
Ken Kesey's school bus — once painted in bright, swirly colors and driven across the country on a psychedelic journey — is back in San Francisco after 60 years as the centerpiece of a new exhibition celebrating the legacy of the Grateful Dead, a band that rose from the city's famed hippie movement.
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