New Salem News

Winter has always traumatized New Englanders, but because of the economy , this past season was particularly grim.

Local public school officials have many concerns about brewing legislation that would allow state bureaucrats to restructure school districts.

A New Salem man is being held on $5,000 bail, charged with breaking into a home in Whately, then running from police in Greenfield.

The Massachusetts State Police apprehended a suspect in Greenfield, Saturday, who police say might be connected to a string of burglaries in the Dummerston area.

Jean Derderian of New Salem is a very determined woman. President of the New Salem Historical Society, she lives across the town common from the now abandoned former New Salem Academy.

A law that would restrict building on hilltops, rules for adult entertainment businesses and a resolution aimed at asserting the importance of keeping local control of schools in the face of regionalization are among the issues to be tackled at Wednesday's annual town meeting.

It was standing room only at New Salem Town Hall on Tuesday where Governor Deval Patrick came to discuss broadband expansion to Franklin Country.

Christine and John Speek have been settling into their new home. It has been a joyous occasion.

The December ice storm that shut down portions of Franklin County for days snapped Peter Mallett's pine trees and destroyed his evolving hatchery, but not his ebullient spirit.

North Quabbin Women in Black stopped their anti-war vigils in November, but the women who organized those protests have not abandoned the cause and are planning a march for peace today, from Athol to Orange.

The town's selectmen want the Mahar Regional School Committee to rescind its hiring of a new superintendent and to conduct a formal search for a replacement for Superintendent Reza Namin.

Seventh-graders come to the Regional Middle School each fall from seven elementary schools, often with different levels of preparation.

For the first time ever, the majority of Franklin County school districts are going to be bidding jointly on a bus contract, hoping to save money.

Virginia M. ''Chinkie'' Trainor, 82, of North Main Street, died unexpectedly late Friday night, Feb.

A Tale for Eight Towns and a Red Sox Raffle is now in progress until March 21. People in Deerfield, Erving, Greenfield, Montague, New Salem, Shutesbury, Sunderland and Wendell are supposed to be reading the ...

In December 2002, singer-songwriter Linq stepped on stage to perform before a live audience for the first time.

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.

Saab Automobile fans are bracing for the day the Swedish carmaker stops running on enthusiasm alone.

Sterling home damaged by fire STERLING -- Fire damaged a home on Waushacum Avenue and displaced two adults and a child last night.

It may be a 'generation or more' before the forests in western Franklin County and some parts of the state recover to the condition they were in before this month's ice storm, and some maple-syrup producers ...