Local News
17 hours ago in Local
Hirsch selected as first-ever Orange Town Manager
ORANGE, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — The Orange Selectboard has made its pick for the town’s first-ever Town Manager. Stephanie…
18 hours ago in Local
Hawley Special Town Meeting Monday evening
HAWLEY, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — There will be a Special Town Meeting this evening at the Hawley Town Office…
19 hours ago in Local
Motorcycle rider flown to hospital after collision in Leyden
LEYDEN, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — Another motorcycle accident took place on Greenfield Road in Leyden Saturday evening. The motorcycle…
19 hours ago in Local
Pursuit ends in rollover on I-91
GREENFIELD, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — Massachusetts State Police were in pursuit of a vehicle on I-91 northbound in Greenfield…
19 hours ago in Local
Water disrupted for Graves Street residents Sunday
DEERFIELD, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — A water main break caused a temporary road closure on Graves Street in Deerfield…
20 hours ago in Local
Greenfield crowd control ordinance in the works
GREENFIELD, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — The Greenfield Appointments and Ordinances committee is continuing work on an ordinance regulating crowd…
Entertainment News
20 hours ago in Entertainment, Trending
All eyez on Tupac: Long-awaited trial begins in rapper’s 1996 killing
Opening statements are set to begin Monday in the trial of a man accused of orchestrating the killing of Tupac Shakur, kicking off weeks of testimony that will revisit what happened on a Las Vegas street nearly 30 years ago.
20 hours ago in Entertainment
Andrew Garfield finds wonder in everyday life in ‘The Magic Faraway Tree’
Andrew Garfield wants audiences to look up from their phones and remember that there is still plenty of magic in the world around them. That idea drew the two-time Oscar nominee to "The Magic Faraway Tree," a family adventure about Tim, a stay-at-home father whose family is forced to reconsider life after his wife, Polly, quits her job.
20 hours ago in Entertainment, Trending
Hayden Panettiere, who starred in the television series ‘Heroes’ and ‘Nashville,’ dies at 36
Hayden Panettiere, star of popular television series including "Heroes" and "Nashville," died Sunday at an apartment complex in South Carolina where she was found unresponsive, police said. She was 36.
5 days ago in Entertainment
Film academy to honor Colman Domingo, Charlize Theron and John Carpenter at museum gala
Actors Colman Domingo, Charlize Theron and filmmaker John Carpenter are set to be honored at the Academy Museum Gala this fall. The red carpet for the annual fundraising event, now in its sixth year, has become a reliably starry and glamorous affair — a West Coast rival to New York's Met Gala. This year's edition will take place on the evening of Oct. 17 in Los Angeles.
5 days ago in Entertainment, Music
Marc Anthony, Chayanne and more to play benefit concert for Venezuela and Colombia earthquake relief
Latin music stars Marc Anthony, Luis Fonsi, Chayanne, Feid, Jay Wheeler and many more will perform at an international benefit concert livestreamed from Miami on Sunday to raise money for those impacted by devastating earthquakes in Venezuela and Colombia.
6 days ago in Entertainment
Ultrarare Nintendo Mario game cartridges discovered in Wisconsin
A few years ago, a pop culture store owner in Wisconsin mentioned to Jason Ganos, a well-known Nintendo game collector, that he had a box of Super Mario cartridges that had been sitting in storage for years. It stopped Ganos in his tracks.
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