Local News
6 hours ago in Local
Connecticut River death investigation underway
Reports came in of an individual floating in the Connecticut River Wednesday afternoon.
6 hours ago in Local
Orange brush fire shows ‘nefarious’ activity
Tuesday evening a brush fire broke out in Orange, between the Pinecrest Apartments and Robin Lane.
6 hours ago in Local
Uptick in erratic wildlife seen in Athol
The Athol area is seeing an increase in reports of wildlife showing neurological symptoms, primarily foxes, raccoons and skunks. Consulting experts believe it to likely be an outbreak of canine distemper rather than rabies.
6 hours ago in Local
Swanzey teen sentenced in fatal shooting of FCTS student
An 18 year-old Swanzey, New Hampshire resident has been sentenced to 27 years to life in prison after the fatal shooting of a 17 year-old Orange male at the Riverside Plaza in Keene.
6 hours ago in Local
Rec Room to end under proposed Greenfield budget
Greenfield Ways and Means Committee continued budget discussions in their Tuesday meeting, where residents, councilors, and city officials discussed the future of the Rec Room middle school after-school program.
20 hours ago in Local
Body recovered from Connecticut River; police seeking identity
Montague Police are seeking the identity of a body pulled from the Connecticut River near the General Pierce Bridge early Wednesday afternoon.
Entertainment News
20 hours ago in Entertainment, Music
Dutch court allows rapper Ye concerts in the Netherlands
A judge in Amsterdam on Wednesday rejected an appeal by a Jewish organization to block two performances by the rapper Ye, formerly Kanye West, ruling that the concerts are not a threat to public order.
20 hours ago in Entertainment
Shia LaBeouf gets probation after pleading guilty to punching bargoers during Mardi Gras
Actor Shia LaBeouf was sentenced to probation Wednesday after pleading guilty to punching three people outside a New Orleans bar during Mardi Gras.
1 day ago in Entertainment
Lawyers for Lively and Baldoni battle in a New York court despite settling claims weeks ago
On Monday, lawyers for Blake Lively were back in court, trying to get a judge to make Baldoni pay her legal bills plus other penalties. They said she's entitled to the money under a California law because Justin Baldoni's countersuit, which claimed she had defamed and extorted him, was thrown out last year by a judge.
3 days ago in Entertainment
Dua Lipa and actor Callum Turner are married
Dua Lipa and actor Callum Turner are married, local officials in London confirmed to The Associated Press. They tied the knot Sunday at Old Marylebone Town Hall.
3 days ago in Entertainment
A guide to the bookstores owned by your favorite authors
Amazon remains the dominant force, but physical, brick-and-mortar stores have rebounded — and stores owned by authors such as Ann Patchett are now a niche unto themselves, found everywhere from Brooklyn to New Mexico.
3 days ago in Entertainment
YouTuber box office boom: ‘Backrooms’ and ‘Obsession’ draw Gen Z to theaters
Young audiences turned out in droves to movie theaters around the country this weekend. It wasn't for the big budget "Star Wars" movie, "The Mandalorian and Grogu, " which fell sharply in its second weekend, however, but for a small budget horror from a 20-year-old first-time filmmaker that began on the internet.
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