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By JULIAN MENDOZA

For the small handful of Pioneer Valley artists nominated between this year’s New England Music Awards and Boston Music Awards, the region’s highest musical honor would not merely be an individual accolade, or even a matter of putting the Valley on...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

With the installation of safety barriers along the French King Bridge now complete, those with a connection to the structure’s tragic history hope to be more at peace.“I have a lot of pride and gratitude for all of the people who advocated for them,”...

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MONTAGUE — Anywhere from 100 to 10,000 species go extinct each year, a rate 100 to 1,000 times faster than historic extinction rates, according to the American Museum of Natural History. Other species see their habitats condensed by urban development,...

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Ravaged by supply chain issues, business monopoly and a volatile market, the dairy industry has seen countless farms sink over the past few years. In the case of some Pioneer Valley producers, though, the cream rises to the top.“Dairy is certainly...

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SOUTH DEERFIELD — In an effort to combat food insecurity throughout the Pioneer Valley, Atlas Farm has more than doubled the number of stops its traveling produce shop will make in Franklin County this season.Atlas Farm’s Mobile Market, housed inside...

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ERVING — School officials have confirmed that both Erving School Union 28 Superintendent Jennifer Culkeen and Erving Elementary School Principal Lisa Candito are on what they described as approved leave.Union 28 Director of Student Support Services...

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SHELBURNE — As hundreds shared laughter, tears and fond memories of late hilltown legislator Steve Kulik during a memorial ceremony on Sunday, the words of Maya Angelou rang true.“When great souls die, after a period, peace blooms.”Kulik died of...

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HADLEY — Three people were hospitalized with unknown injuries Sunday afternoon following a two-vehicle collision along Route 47 near the Sunderland town line, according to Fire Chief Michael Spanknebel.The crash was reported at 1:27 p.m., Spanknebel...

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GREENFIELD — Despite being among the youngest in the room, a group of teenage environmentalists were turned to for guidance during a climate action panel at the Episcopal Church of Saints James and Andrew. Their generation, after all, will be most...

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GREENFIELD — The driver involved in a head-on crash on Route 2 that resulted in serious injuries to four Rhode Island residents, including two children, Sunday afternoon allegedly admitted to police officers he had used drugs prior to the...

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MONTAGUE — Red Fire Farm’s Ryan and Sarah Voiland joined hundreds of farmers from across the U.S. for a recent climate rally in Washington, D.C., marching to the Capitol before meeting with legislators to ask for climate change policy to be a priority...

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Gas supply rates for Eversource Gas of Massachusetts and Boston Gas Company (National Grid) customers have once again been reduced, the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities announced Tuesday.“We’re happy that customers will see some rate...

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CONWAY — Even those who are driven to help others sometimes need help. Just ask raptor rehabilitator Tom Ricardi, whose bird enclosures were recently ravaged by a fallen pine tree. According to Ricardi, the tree tore through one of the property’s...

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ORANGE — Twenty-nine high-end vehicles, most of which once belonged to a New Salem man arrested in August 2020 and found dead in an abandoned Holyoke warehouse two months later, were auctioned off at Orange Municipal Airport on June 4, generating...