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The following delegates represented Worcester County at the 90th American Legion National Convention, held Aug.

Ann G. Forcier 544-2652 Add a comment- *The deadline is today to register for disposal at the Sept.

After 25 years, the 41-mile-long Franklin County Bikeway may have had its official dedication in June, with completion of a 3.5-mile stretch in Turners Falls, but a meeting at 6:30 tonight at Greenfield ...

John R. Currie, 49, was already writing a song about the Connecticut River when he read about the "Living Along the River" songwriting contest in a local newspaper.

The restoration of Adams Farm is already well under way, but the last major piece of financing has finally been approved to get the meat processing business reopened for the first time since its slaughterhouse ...

Irene A. Uppgard, 91, of 39 Warner Street, died Thursday evening, August 14, 2008 at home, following a period of declining health, with members of her loving family at her side.

A notebook kept in Alan E. Rich Park for visitors to sign and make comments in contains inquiries about ghosts, notes about bird sightings and even a request for more fish in the river.

Aug 15, 2008 11:33 am US/Eastern ORANGE Three teenagers were killed and a fourth was seriously hurt in a late-night car crash in Orange.

Weather is taken seriously in town, and reports of a tornado in the area yesterday afternoon had people on edge.

Ann G. Forcier 544-2652 *WJDF radio is celebrating its 13th anniversary Aug. 2. East Main Street will be closed from the center to Water Street.

It started as a joke a year and a half ago, but Jim Darling and his friend, Rick Dawes, soon found fun and profit in thumbing their noses at high gasoline prices.

Gov. Deval L. Patrick on Thursday unveiled $26.7 million in grants, including $11 million in Western Massachusetts, for upgrading public housing, providing social services and improving roads.

Ann G. Forcier 544-2652 *Brown Bag Lunch Concerts continue today with a performance at noon by the MacDonald Family Singers in Butterfield Park on East River Street.

Ann G. Forcier 544-2652 *Brown Bag Lunch Concerts continue today with a performance at noon by the MacDonald Family Singers in Butterfield Park on East River Street.

At an informational meeting last night, town departments weighed in on project ideas for the 2009 Community Development Block Grant.

The Old Deerfield Grammar School reunion on Sept. 27 is not an anniversary for any particular year.

Wayne L. DeJackome, 77, of 156 Pleasant St., died Tuesday, July 15, 2008 in Athol Memorial Hospital.

A member of the Latin Kings gang allegedly shot at an Orange man early Tuesday morning because he didn't pay for his crack cocaine, according to police.

An announcement that town leaders awaited when Gov. Deval L. Patrick canceled a June 11 visit is now official - three weeks later.

Carmel B. Hastings, 91, of 176 West Main St., died on Sunday morning, June 29, 2008, at home following an illness.