Millers Falls News

George Moonlight Davis is opening a downtown gallery, but he hopes it will become much more than just a place to show art.

When Freedom Credit Union opened its Greenfield branch at 74 Main St. Monday, it marked the return of what was once a credit union for Millers Falls Co.

A concert of vocal and choral music will be presented by the Recital Chorus, directed by Margery Heins, on Sunday, June 7 at 7:30 p.m. at Artspace Community Arts Center, 15 Mill Street, Greenfield.

Frederick B. Oakes, 95, a longtime resident of Gill and husband of Jane A. Oakes for 38 years, died Sunday morning, May 24, at home after a period of failing health.

There are plans afoot to build a micobrewery in Millers Falls. On May 27, the Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing regarding a request to allow the development of a brewery and small store in the village downtown.

Downtown is a step closer to having a 700-seat music performance venue in an old church.

Guidebooks repeatedly classify it as the nation's first scenic "auto route." While that may be a somewhat tarnished distinction at the end of the Age of Oil, there is no doubt about the scenic part.

Spring has arrived at Sidehill Farm in Ashfield and that means there will be calves, milk, fresh vegetables and yogurt.

A Montague woman charged with stabbing her 2-year-old daughter with scissors and attempting to strangle the toddler with an electrical cord was held without bail Thursday.

John Ross Anderson, 88, of Greenfield, died Wednesday, March 25, 2009, at Charlene Manor Extended Care Facility.

The colorful and inclusive official Massachusetts getaway guide is now available, and it offers really intensive coverage of all the attractions and important points that make our state so historically and naturally attractive.

Are you someone who might be interested in caddis flies, diving beetles, midges, frogs or salamanders? If you don't mind getting wet to hunt for these creatures, the Deerfield River Watershed Association might ...

The perfect antidote for curing the winter blues is the Deerfield Valley Art Association winter show at Wilson's in Greenfield.

I don't normally think of a native American being born in Colrain, but Rebecca Tippens of that town has sent me an article confirming that fact.

Edwin ''Ed'' R. Baker, 84, of 3 Mechanic St., died Friday at the Kindred Hospital Parkview in Springfield.

Four-and-a-half-year-old Teresa Lee Hurlburt made a visit to the Greenfield branch of the Dakin Pioneer Valley Humane Society on Valentine's Day to deliver her Valentines to the cats.

Another cross-border brouhaha is brewing over Massachusetts tax collectors wanting a New Hampshire tire store to charge Massachusetts shoppers their home state's sales tax.

Take a look at that picture accompanying my column ... at least 36 students in the class.

Town meeting signed off on the town's efforts to join a state program aimed at helping bring more economic activity to two old mills in Ervingside.

When Erin Cromack sent letters to 25 of her neighbors around Sunrise Avenue in Greenfield to contribute good clothing for adults and children, she never expected to have 17 large plastic bags full of clothes to ...