Colrain News

Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Slowinski of Colrain announce the engagement of their daughter, Angela Marie, to John Brian Schatz, son of Mr.

Singer-songwriter Erica Wheeler remembers growing up in suburban Maryland, where her father imbued her with a sense of curiosity about the stories behind everything they encountered.

MONTAGUE -Seventeen students from Sudden Scene Theater, an elective course offered to juniors at Franklin County Technical School , will bring a message of encouragement to students at a southern Vermont high school as they present their original play, "A Day in the Life," Friday in Brattleboro.

When Ronald Gleason retired in 2006 from a 20-year stint with textile manufacturer Kendall Mills, he wondered how he'd keep himself busy.

Annual town meeting voters agreed to buy a pumper truck and equipment for the Fire Department, two dump truck bodies for the Highway Department and to spend $70,000 from old Community Development Block Grant loan repayments to cover demolition costs of town-owned buildings.

Annual town meeting voters will be asked to buy a pumper truck for the Fire Department, a dump truck body for the Highway Department and to spend $70,000 from old Community Development Block Grant loan repayments to cover demolition costs of town-owned buildings.

A Brookline man was arrested for trespassing and simple assault after police said he ran an electrified wire onto a nearby property "with the intention of having the wire 'zap' his neighbors." State police said Kerry F. Bourne, 51, of Marsh Drive, violated a no-trespass order by entering the property of an unidentified complainant.

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Selectman Robert A. Manners will be running for re-election, with a challenge coming from Shelburne Falls attorney Kevin D. Parsons in the Tuesday election.

Two men with a long history of service to their community are running against each other for outgoing Selectman Duane Scranton's seat.