Williamsburg News

George Ferron of Williamsburg helps his great granddaughter, Hannah Bruso hold the American Legion flag during the Williamsburg veterans day service.

With only days left until the Verge NECCS returns to action, organizers of the Cycle-Smart International are putting the finishing touches on what will be a great weekend for both racers and spectators alike.

A bridge in Williamsburg is finally getting the attention it deserves. The Skinnerville Bridge is being replaced.

Mike LaValley, left and Jim Hyslip of HyGround Engineering in Williamsburg stand beside their converted Toyota pickup truck, which is equipped with retractable guide wheels that allow the truck to ride on railroad tracks.

Getting from here to there will officially be made easier Sunday when nonmotorized travelers celebrate the opening of two new sections of rail trail.

Two people have been treated for smoke inhalation after a fire ripped through a two-family home in the Florence section of the city early Wednesday morning, according to fire officials.

The city's water plant was shut down early Thursday morning due to a control valve failure that flooded the basement of the facility in Williamsburg.

Volunteers Lindsey Britt of Northampton, left, and Sierra McDonald of Whately stain siding for a storage barn Saturday at Grace House in Northampton.

A group of Eastern View High School drama and choir students may learn tonight whether or not they'll be able to take a cruise to Bermuda next spring.

It was unfortunate that there was no Connecticut River Brewer's Festival this year, as it has become a mainstay for local beer fans.

By JEANETTE DeFORGE jdeforge@repub.com The state School Building Authority voted Wednesday to spend $20.3 million to make repairs at 14 different Springfield schools and up to $47 million to build a new Minnechaug Regional High School, a project that is yet to be approved by the voters.

Remote livewire By Donnie Moorhouse The one-sheet promoting the Ray Mason Band's most recent release "Like Bugs Chewing On Paper," contains a proclamation from the group's leader.

AT 615 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL 6 MILES WEST OF MIDDLEFIELD...OR ABOUT 23 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH ADAMS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

In a field off Old Goshen Road in Williamsburg, David McCulloch drives a tractor pulling an automatic baler, while helpers Dave Waldo, left, and Caleb Carriere, both of Williamsburg, work to stack a mounting harvest of hay.

Several Western Massachusetts communities will be that much safer because 31 local men and women have completed their fire service training.

As important as Michelle Obama's arms are to news reporters, the children helping plant and maintain the White House vegetable garden have an even more compelling story.

On May 16, 1874 one of the worst floods in western Massachusetts took place when a dam holding back water from the Mill River unexpectedly burst.

Bill Benner and Joe Wicinski are accustomed to feathered visitors - they have documented 112 species at feeders in their yard in the four years they have lived there.

Devon B. Glynn, left, walks his dog Belle, as his stepmother, Leslie A. Leblanc, walks Sabre at Look Park in Northampton Sunday during the "It's Dog Meets Dog, To Say the Leash" fund-raiser put on by the Northampton Lions Club.

"April is the cruelest month," wrote poet T.S Eliot and I'd be inclined to agree with him, but there is just too much good beer news around for me to assign cruelty to these current 30 days.