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Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi welcome first child via adoption

Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi adopted a daughter, the first child for the married couple, this summer, they announced Thursday. "We are beyond excited to embark on this beautiful next chapter of parenthood in both peace and privacy," the couple wrote in a social media statement.

2 weeks ago in Sports

Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, aka Sincaraz, rule men’s tennis as the 2025 US Open arrives

OK, sure, maybe it wouldn't be rational to say there's no point in actually holding the full U.S. Open and instead just fast-forwarding to the inevitable matchup for the men's championship between Jannik Sinner — assuming he's healthy — and Carlos Alcaraz on Sept. 7. Seems reasonable, though.

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New Beatles ‘Anthology’ projects will be released this fall

Beatles fans will be feeling some "real love" for this: New content from the iconic band is coming this fall on screen, in music and in print.

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Future of Hope Street parking lot to be decided by election in November

At Wednesday’s Greenfield City Council meeting, the council voted to uphold their decision to declare the Hope Street parking lot as surplus, following a citizen's petition requesting that the Council rescind their vote from July.

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Vermont man arrested after dragging Trooper

A wanted Vermont man in connection with a domestic violence incident, attempted to flee a traffic stop in Holyoke Tuesday evening,

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Digital equity funds granted to Franklin County towns

FRANKLIN COUNTY, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — Multiple Franklin County towns have been awarded digital equity funding through the Massachusetts…

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MassDOT closes Williamsburg Road bridge in Ashfield

ASHFIELD, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — The Williamsburg Road bridge over Creamery Brook in Ashfield is now closed at the…

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Cook State Forest fire operation wind down

Operations at the HO Cook State Forest fire are winding down, according to Colrain Emergency Manager Nina Martin-Anzuoni.

2 weeks ago in National

Judge denies Justice Department request to unseal Epstein grand jury transcripts

A federal judge on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration's request to unseal grand jury transcripts from Jeffrey Epstein 's sex trafficking case, joining two other judges in denying the public release of material from investigations into the late financier's decades-long sexual abuse of young women and girls.

3 weeks ago in Sports

Yankees become 1st MLB team to hit 9 home runs in a game twice in one season

José Caballero hit two home runs in 86 games with the Tampa Bay Rays this season. The speedy utilityman matched that total in one night Tuesday as the New York Yankees put on quite a power show.

3 weeks ago in Entertainment

Aubrey Plaza describes grief over husband Jeff Baena’s death, likens it to an ‘ocean of awfulness’

The actor spoke on the podcast ''Good Hang with Amy Poehler," telling her former "Parks and Recreation" costar in her most detailed public remarks to date that it's been a daily struggle to overcome her grief.

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Franklin County gets $460K in Green Communities grants

$460,000 has been awarded to Franklin County Green Communities in the most recent round of grant funding totaling $8 million from the Department of Energy Resources.

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Fire contained in Cook State Forest

On day three of fighting the multi-acre fire in the HO Cook State Forest, the 50 firefighters have contained the fire.

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Vehicle stolen with child inside at Gardner hospital

A man has allegedly stolen a parked car outside Heywood Hospital in Gardner on Monday, with a child still inside.

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Nomination open for Greenfield Human Rights Award

The city of Greenfield is accepting nominations for the 2025 annual Human Rights Commission Award.

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Athol Special Election to fill Select Board seat

A Special Election will be held on September 8th in Athol to fill a vacancy on the Select Board. The seat will hold a term to expire on April 5th, 2027.

3 weeks ago in Sports

Boston Celtics sale is done. Bill Chisholm takes over as owner of NBA’s most-decorated franchise

The sale of the Boston Celtics was finalized on Tuesday, with private equity mogul Bill Chisholm taking over control of the NBA's most-decorated franchise from a group led by Wyc Grousbeck that had owned them for more than two decades.

3 weeks ago in National

Hurricane Erin forces evacuations on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, threatens dangerous rip currents

Although the storm is expected to stay offshore, evacuations were ordered on barrier islands along the Carolina coast as authorities warned the storm could churn up dangerous rip currents from Florida to the New England coast.

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Bridge of Flowers reopens with grand ceremony

The Shelburne Falls Bridge of Flowers has officially reopened after a ribbon cutting ceremony Monday afternoon with well over a hundred gathered to hear from state and local officials on the project.

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Drunk driver charged with OUI in Hadley

A 20-year old Northampton driver was charged with an OUI-Liquor after striking a tree, pole, rolling over, stiking mailboxes and a resident’s fence on Bay Road in Hadley on Sunday.

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1 day ago in National

Trump executive order tries to rename the Department of Defense as the Department of War

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday aiming to rebrand the Department of Defense as the Department of War — a long-telegraphed move aimed at projecting American military toughness around the globe.

1 day ago in Sports

MLB’s regular season enters its final 3 weeks. Here’s a look at the playoff picture and awards races

The 2025 season has produced a surprising show of parity through the first five months of the regular season. While most of the league's big spenders — teams like the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees and New York Mets — are in good position to make the playoffs and do damage in October, they haven't been as dominant as many expected.

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This year’s song of the summer is a ballad, not a banger. Here’s what that says about us

For the past 14 weeks and counting, the top Billboard spot has been held by a love ballad: Alex Warren's "Ordinary." As Berklee College of Music professor and forensic musicologist Joe Bennett notes, the February release is "a fair bit slower than the mean average for the Hot 100, or for a historical song of the summer."

2 days ago in Sports

Defending champion Eagles edge Cowboys 24-20 in wild, lightning-delayed NFL season opener

Through spit and rain, a ceremony and a setback, Jalen Hurts and the Super Bowl champion Eagles weathered the storm and showed why they're again a favorite to hoist a second straight Lombardi Trophy.

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Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka will face Amanda Anisimova in the U.S. Open women’s final

On Saturday, when she faces No. 8 Amanda Anisimova in the final, the No. 1-seeded Sabalenka will be trying to become the first woman to claim consecutive championships at Flushing Meadows since Serena Williams got three in a row from 2012 to 2014.