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12 hours ago in Local
Rabbit Run Rail Trail
ATHOL, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — The Rabbit Run Rail Trail, connecting New Salem to Athol in a 6.2 mile…
12 hours ago in Local
Amherst house fire started above ceiling fan
AMHERST, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — A fire broke out above a resident’s ceiling fan in Amherst Tuesday morning. The…
12 hours ago in Local
250 trees to be planted at Millers Meadow
GREENFIELD, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — A coalition of local organizations are coming together to get 200 trees planted in…
12 hours ago in Local
Six-town regionalization proposal voted down
BERNARDSTON, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — Residents in Gill, Montague, Leyden, Northfield, Warwick, and Bernardston ultimately rejected the six-town school…
12 hours ago in Local
FCTS building project approved by voters in Tuesday’s election
MONTAGUE, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — A new building for the Franklin County Technical School has been approved by voters…
2 days ago in Local
Deceased motorcyclist identified as Orange man
WENDELL, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — The motorcyclist who was pronounced deceased at the scene of a collision in Wendell…
Entertainment News
12 hours ago in Entertainment
Eva Marie Saint, star of ‘North by Northwest’ and ‘On the Waterfront,’ dies at 102
Eva Marie Saint, the pale, willowy actor who won an Academy Award for her first movie, "On the Waterfront," and starred opposite Cary Grant in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller "North by Northwest," has died. She was 102.
1 day ago in Entertainment, Trending
Nicole Kidman, Zendaya and hovering cars see Paris Fashion Week go out on a high
Louis Vuitton closed Paris Fashion Week on Tuesday evening with Zendaya in the audience and car sculptures hovering above the runway at the Louvre Museum. It was the final major show of a spring runway season that began in New York last month.
1 day ago in Entertainment
Paramount and Warner Bros are now one Hollywood giant: Skydance. Here’s how we got here
It's official: Skydance-owned Paramount has closed its $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. The companies completed the deal on Tuesday, ushering in a new Hollywood giant with the now shorter "Skydance" nametag.
2 days ago in Entertainment, Olympics, Trending
Brisbane 2032 launches a cockatoo emblem for Olympics and Paralympics after an accidental leak
The cockatoo has won out over the kangaroo, the koala and the bin chicken to become the emblem of the 2032 Olympics and Paralympics — after a bit of an embarrassing social media leak.
5 days ago in Entertainment, Music
Quavo talks new album, fatherhood, viral ‘Hotel Lobby’ and working on Migos project with Offset
The Grammy-nominated rapper is moving forward with fatherhood, healing and a sense of purpose. Now a father to...
5 days ago in Entertainment, Music
Buddy Guy celebrated at Radio City Music Hall with a sold-out ‘Buddy’s Got the Blues’ show
Two months past his 90th birthday, Buddy Guy is still up for a little bragging, a lot of cursing and a long night of partying.
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