John Olver News

With just 10 days left before the special election that will send voters to the polls to fill the vacant seat left by Democratic Sen. John Kerry, candidate Edward Markey and supporters were out in full force Saturday at the Arts Block, bringing Sen. Elizabeth Warren and U.S. Rep James McGovern along for support.

Now that summer's at hand, would you rather raft down the Deerfield River, visit Ashfield's Bullitt Reservation, experience one of the last remaining drive-in movie theaters, or browse around the Montague Mill, Lamson & Goodnow's outlets and craft studios in Shelburne Falls? A big problem in marketing this region to potential visitors is trying to ... (more)

"They are proving themselves to be the greatest war criminals of this century by far."

Quabbin Reservoir provided an appropriate backdrop Saturday, National Trails Day, for a brief program and hike celebrating the completion of the 220-mile New England National Scenic Trail.

John P. Brunelle , a former Holyoke city councilor, used to work as a legislative aide for Congressman John W. Olver .

The 27th annual meeting of the Northern Berkshire Community Coalition will be held Tuesday, June 4, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at the Williams Inn.

Norman Brodeur was a shoe salesman when President Franklin D. Roosevelt's military draft scooped him up in 1940 and sent him to Europe during World War II, where his job was picking up the bodies of his friends and comrades.