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At about 7 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 17, our electricity went out. We had no light and heat. In all, 327 homes in Plainfield were without power, along with 487 in Cummington.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

PLAINFIELD — Whether it’s for a meal, gathering after a Memorial Day service, a concert or town meetings, village greens have long served as a magnet for community life in New England towns.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

CHESTERFIELD — Kate Reid, formerly the assistant director of the town’s Council on Aging (COA), will be stepping in as interim leader and says she will use the time to “hold place.”

By SAMUEL GELINAS

PLAINFIELD — After 33 years, the town’s International-brand fire engine is being retired, making way for a 2024 Spartan.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE FALLS — With Halloween just two days away, nearly all the displays and decorations are set up, but for those seeking a final touch, consider a pumpkin with a heart carved into it.For eight years, community members have gathered to carve...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — Pedestrian safety and utility infrastructure improvements totaling $4.4 million for an affordable housing development in Easthampton, $1.94 million to build a new roundabout in Amherst at the edge of the University of Massachusetts...

By SAMUL GELINAS

PLAINFIELD — The idea of a split tax rate is being met with strong opposition from some town officials, including members of the Board of Assessors, who convened Monday with the Finance Committee to discuss whether to retain a single tax-rate in...

By Samuel Gelinas

PLAINFIELD – A brush fire broke out Wednesday afternoon off Summit Street, as dry conditions continue to threaten the area. Plainfield Fire Chief Robert Shaerer estimates 4 to 5 acres of mostly wooded areas were impacted, with no human or animal...

By SAMUEL GELINAS

PLAINFIELD — A marijuana cultivator that opened on Broom Street in 2018 is behind on property taxes in the amount of $56,458, prompting the town this week to unanimously vote not to renew the business’s host community agreement.Additionally, the town...

By TIM WALTER

Editor’s note: The Gazette is publishing short essays over the next several weeks to mark National Good Neighbor Day on Sept. 28. Have a story about good neighbors in your lives? Send your submission of 500 words or less to opinion@gazettenet.com.  It...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

PLAINFIELD — A permanent barbecue pit recently constructed at the Plainfield Public Safety Complex will debut during Sunday afternoon’s chicken barbecue fundraiser, an annual tradition being held for the 53rd time.The large barbecue pit, with a cement...

By JAMES PENTLAND

PLAINFIELD — In 48 years with the local fire department, David Alvord has seen plenty of changes. In 1976, there were fewer than 10 firefighters in a town with half the population it has today. Compared to the automatic mutual aid system in place...

By BERA DUNAU

PLAINFIELD — Police Chief Justin Litchfield has promoted one of his per-diem officers to the rank of corporal, and anticipates promoting him to full time to replace another officer who was not reappointed after being suspended with pay.Anthony Gibbs,...

By BERA DUNAU

WESTHAMPTON — Town Democrats will hold a party caucus Thursday, giving them a voice in the selection of candidates for governor and other statewide offices. However, eight other Hampshire County communities will not be sending caucus delegates to the...

By BERA DUNAU

Policing is changing in the hilltowns, and more change is on the horizon.Both Worthington and Plainfield moved to having full-time chiefs this year. Chesterfield and Goshen are considering regionalizing their police departments after the chiefs in...

By MICHAEL CONNORS

PLAINFIELD — A defunct dairy farm owned by the family of the late fire chief Dennis Thatcher is about to get a jolt of new life after a Plainfield couple and business owners bought the well-known property earlier this month.The property’s new owners,...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — A Hawley bus driver went to court Friday morning expecting to plead guilty in the death of 9-year-old Summer Steele in an accident that occurred in front of the child’s Plainfield home last fall. Instead, after listening to tearful and...

Gazette Staff

BOSTON — Protecting nearly 2,000 acres in Shutesbury and Leverett, more than 1,000 acres in Westhampton and in excess of 600 acres in Plainfield are among four conservation projects getting state grants, according to an announcement from the...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON – A 70-year-old Hawley man on Friday denied a charge of negligently operating a school bus that killed a 9-year-old girl in Plainfield last year.   Tendzin Parsons pleaded not guilty in Northampton District Court to a charge of negligent...

By FRAN RYAN

The 2017 Goshen Meltdown has come to a close raising $1,350 to purchase an automated external defibrillator for the New Hingham Elementary School in Chesterfield.“I think this is fabulous,” New Hingham School Principal Rosemary Larkin said “We were...

By Fran Ryan

Three hilltown communities were among the 36 towns in western Massachusetts that received grants from the state’s Municipal Small Bridge Program this week.Chesterfield received $250,000 to rehabilitate a bridge on Ireland Street over the Jackson...