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It will be 14 years ago this Dec. 22 that 28-year-old photo journalist Cynthia Elbaum of Ashfield, a 1989 graduate of Smith College in Northampton, was killed covering a Russian Federation air raid on the ...

Seniors filed through their senior center Tuesday afternoon, filling bags with fresh apples, cucumbers, lettuce, tomatoes and other produce grown on local farms.

''The Illustrious Return of Don Quixote'' is enacted on the grounds of the former dairy farm that's been Double Edge's headquarters since 1994.

Colrain historian Muriel Russell put a bug in my ear this week about a subject she knows I'm fond of, that being my third great-grandfather, Asaph Willis Snow, a carriage-maker who farmed some 350 acres ...

Some homeowners are no longer knocking wood as a home heating source. "Honest to god, maybe it's because of the president or the economy or the oil and the news, but by late spring, I had all the orders I could ...

By FRED CONTRADA fcontrada@repub.com NORTHAMPTON - When tragedy strikes on a high peak, the mountaineering community throughout the world feels the shock.

Before signing the landmark Broadband Access Law, Gov. Deval Patrick shares a light moment with Harper Walker West, 7, of Shelburne Falls, next to him as well as children from the Learning Loft, a pre-school in ...

At a parking lot off Pleasant Street, Kailin Krikorian, 18, of Leicester, arrives for her day of classes at the New England Center for Cosmetology Education in Northampton.

The distance between New Orleans and Ashfield is about 1,500 miles, but Saturday night, Ashfield may feel like Louisiana when Big Easy migr Nan Parati hosts the town's first Blues Festival, complete with plenty ...

In the late 1970s, Michael McCusker, a recent University of Massachusetts graduate, bought the Odd Fellows Building and took the audacious step of converting a vacant market storefront into a deli and natural ...

Unless the sun falls from the sky, Maryellen and Seth Cranston's investment in solar energy will probably cover their electricity costs for at least the next 15 years, as their solar panels feed power into the ...

A bill moving slowly through the state Senate would make it easier for local health boards to regionalize -- a change sparked by the feelings of many board members that they are overwhelmed, understaffed and ...

Two Ashfield farmers and a Conway writer have won Local Hero Awards from Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture for their work in promoting locally grown foods.

Standing outside the Roman Catholic chancery yesterday, an alleged clergy abuse victim implored local church officials to support his bid to get a priest defrocked.

Thomas W. Clark was watching Monday's hail storm from under his barn roof, figuring the balls of ice plunking the ground in front of him was part of a typical spring thunderstorm.

Robert Ruhloff of Ashfield died Tuesday morning, May 27, 2008. He had been a resident of Linda Manor nursing home in Leeds, Massachusetts for the last year.

There was far less pomp in these circumstances, but Bill Clinton did give a Southern California commencement speech this week.

It's a quiet and quaint town with only 1800 residents. "Nothing ever happens out here except for hiking and biking," says Jeff Bankman.

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The Franklin County Regional Housing Authority had just started out with a $17,000 county loan as a ''unique solution to a unique problem'' when Paul H. Douglas was hired in 1975 as assistant director.