Turners Falls News

A group of Turners Falls High School students wants to make sure children don't have to go without a birthday cake just because their parents can't afford to buy them one.

The weekend of Nov 7 - 8 marks the fifteenth annual Franklin County CiderDays festival.

Montague Phantom Brain Exchange #21 Wednesday, October 28th, 9pm Five Bucks! at the Rendezvous 78 3rd St Turners Falls, MA 01376 Sord Erin Schneider video by Torsten Zenas Burns + Darrin Martin lecture on OULIPO by Laura Duetsch DJ Scott Seward Hello! Please forgive our badly-needed, two month pause, but Phantom Brains are back with this stack of ...

Work to revamp the Turners Falls Airport has stopped after a sub-contractor excavated in an area declared off-limits for work.

'Tis the season when the state treasurer's office comes forward with its list of owners of unclaimed property.

"MOVE" will screen in Brattleboro and Turners Falls, Mass., with discussions on Friday and Saturday.

What has been going on lately with local football programs and the decision to throw the football? In case you haven't noticed, high school programs in our area have been throwing the ball more than ever lately.

Stella F. Pelis, 92, of Turnpike Road, Park Villa Apts., died Sunday at Poet's Seat Health Care Center in Greenfield.

Stella J. Margola, 92, of 10 Congress St., died Friday at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton.

Carol A. Lapointe, 60, of 13 Bridge St., died Monday at Baystate Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield.

It was truly a Polish Centennial extravaganza today as parishioners at Our Lady of Czestochowa Church in Turners Falls celebrated the church's 100th anniversary.

It's always fun tracking down something historic. Mark Fairbrother of Montague sent me this e-mail. ''Recently at the Turners Falls Airport, at the site of a building dating from the 1930s and 1940s, I picked up a clear glass milk bottle that had 'Turners Falls Dairy' molded into the side and a large 'T' at the bottom,'' he wrote.

As the oldest students in the school, the third-graders at Four Corners School have an important job -- raising and lowering the American flag every day.

Greenfield Fire Chief Michael Winn puts an oxygen mask over the fox terrier named Roxy that Turners Falls firefighter Brian Stafford had just pulled from a smoky structure fire on L Street in Turners Falls on Tuesday.

In the Legislature, he is vice chairman of the House Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security, overseeing all legislation pertaining to police, fire, emergency medical services and corrections, including county jails and houses of correction.

This year, United Way of Franklin County has set a goal to raise $875,000 -- about a 4 percent increase over what it raised last year, as many involved with the campaign, both organizers and recipients, say the demand for services, like meal programs and behavioral health, keeps rising.

About 20 protesters gathered on the Town Common across from the bus stop on Court Square Monday holding signs asking the Franklin Regional Transit Authority to restore routes and lower fares.

Though not all are staunch supporters, many people concurred that renaming the middle school after Edward M. Kennedy, the longtime Massachusetts senator who died last month, would be a fitting tribute.

By GEORGE GRAHAM ggraham@repub.com HOLYOKE - Holyoke police arrested a man and woman, from Northfield and Turners Falls, respectively, on heroin and cocaine charges Thursday night after stopping their vehicle at Maple and Essex streets.

Amid all the widespread speculation over who might seek the U.S. Senate seat of the late Edward M. Kennedy, one thing is certain: Peter Zschau of Millers Falls, like Attorney General Martha Coakley, is in the running.