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Increasing health insurance costs burdening municipal budgets
Unprecedented health insurance rate hikes are one of, if not the largest financial burden in local towns.
Hawley, Ashfield Road reopened
Construction has been completed in Hawley on Ashfield Road, and the road is now open to traffic once again, including Ashfield’s side on Hawley Road.
State considering bill prohibiting local generational tobacco bans
Conway, Belchertown, Northampton and South Hadley have considered generational tobacco bans, which would ban anyone who is born after 2004 from buying tobacco products in the future.
1 week ago in Sports
Red-hot Mbappé, Kane and Haaland lead Madrid, Bayern and City as Champions League returns
Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Manchester City return to the Champions League with Kylian Mbappé, Harry Kane and Erling Haaland enjoying red-hot starts to their seasons.
1 week ago in National
Amazon cloud computing outage disrupts Snapchat, Ring and many other online services
A problem at Amazon's cloud computing service disrupted internet use around the world early Monday, taking down dozens of online services, including social media site Snapchat, the Roblox and Fortnite video games and chat app Signal.
1 week ago in Entertainment
Horror sequel ‘Black Phone 2’ dials up a No. 1 opening
The horror sequel "Black Phone 2" topped the North American box office charts this weekend with $26.5 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
1 week ago in World
Thieves steal crown jewels in 4 minutes from Louvre Museum
In a minutes-long strike Sunday inside the world's most-visited museum, thieves rode a basket lift up the Louvre 's facade, forced a window, smashed display cases and fled with priceless Napoleonic jewels, officials said.
1 week ago in Lifestyle
Advice to feed babies peanuts early and often helped thousands of kids avoid allergies
A decade after a landmark study proved that feeding peanut products to young babies could prevent development of life-threatening allergies, new research finds the change has made a big difference in the real world.
High speed chase ends in crash Sunday evening
State Police were involved in a high-speed pursuit that began on I-91 northbound in Deerfield Sunday evening.
Athol, Heywood Hospitals no longer in “Code Black”
As of Friday afternoon, Athol and Heywood Hospitals both came off of their “Code Black Diversion”
Motorcycle accident on Route 78 Sunday afternoon
A motorcyclist was injured in an accident on Orange Road/Route 78 in Warwick Sunday afternoon
2 alarm house fire in Gardner Sunday
Several local fire departments responded to a second alarm house fire at 23 Oriole Street just before 3 a.m. Sunday morning.
Overheated sump pump causes basement fire
On Friday evening, Orange Firefighters were called to a resident’s home where smoke was filling the basement.
Head-on collision on Route 2 in Orange Saturday morning
ORANGE, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — A head-on collision occurred early Saturday morning at approximately 3:29 a.m. on Route 2…
2 weeks ago in Sports
Indiana announces new 8-year contract with coach Curt Cignetti worth nearly $93 million
Curt Cignetti's new deal shows Indiana isn't content with being known as just a basketball school. Indiana announced a new eight-year contract with its football coach worth at least $92.8 million on Thursday, rewarding him for pushing the Hoosiers into national championship contention in just two seasons.
2 weeks ago in National
Ex-Trump national security adviser Bolton charged with storing and sharing classified information
John Bolton, who served as national security adviser to President Donald Trump during his first term and later became a vocal critic of the Republican leader, was charged Thursday with storing top secret records at home and sharing with relatives diary-like notes about his time in government that contained classified information.
2 weeks ago in Entertainment, Music
Ace Frehley, Kiss’ original lead guitarist and founding member, dies at 74
Ace Frehley, the original lead guitarist and founding member of the glam rock band Kiss, who captivated audiences with his elaborate galactic makeup and smoking guitar, died Thursday. He was 74.
Housing Rehab program updates coming to Buckland Town Hall
A public hearing is set for October 28th at 5 p.m. in the Buckland Town Hall to discuss updates on the Community Development Block Grant Housing Rehabilitation program for the towns of Buckland, Colrain, and Ashfield who have collaborated on this grant.
Ashfield receives new protective gear through grant award
The Ashfield Fire Department has received five sets of protective gear as a recipient of a Western Regional Homeland Security Advisory Council grant.
Dakin assists in rescue of nearly 100 cats
On Tuesday, the Dakin Humane Society assisted local law enforcement with removing 96 cats and kittens from a severe hoarding situation in Hampden County, where the animals were found in overcrowded, unsanitary, malnourished neglectful conditions.
