New Salem News

Located in several Massachusetts towns around the junction of Route 2 and Interstate 91, among them Shelburne Falls, Greenfield, New Salem, and Deerfield, CiderDays features workshops for cider makers and home orchardists, tasting events, including a cider-cheese pairing, orchard tours, a harvest supper, and more.

By JOHN APPLETON jappleton@repub.com BELCHERTOWN - About 1,000 permits will be issued for the 2009 controlled deer hunt at the Quabbin Reservation in early December.

A bill to name a Quabbin Reservoir Pond after Joseph O'Loughlin has been signed into law.

By JOHN APPLETON jappleton@repub.com BELCHERTOWN - About 1,000 permits will be issued for the 2009 controlled deer hunt at the Quabbin Reservation in early December.

One person is dead and another seriously injured when the motorcycle they were riding slammed into the back of another vehicle in New Salem on Saturday.

An Athol man is in serious condition after crashing his motorcycle Monday afternoon on Route 202 in New Salem.

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.