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16 hours ago in Local
Greenfield sees record breaking month for recycling
GREENFIELD, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — The City of Greenfield has recently completed a transition to single-stream recycling with autmoated…
16 hours ago in Local
Greenfield seeking proposals for community preservation projects
GREENFIELD, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — The Greenfield Community Preservation Committee is seeking proposals for projects requesting Community Preservation Act…
16 hours ago in Local
New Bernardston Fire Station ready for service
BERNARDSTON, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — Congressman Jim McGovern shared on Tuesday at the ribbon-cutting ceremony, that Bernardston secured $1…
16 hours ago in Local
South Hadley residents to vote on new tax increase proposal
SOUTH HADLEY, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — A tax increase vote is coming back to South Hadley on the September…
16 hours ago in Local
Shelburne Police updating officers’ phone system
SHELBURNE, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — The Shelburne Police Department will now be acquiring town-issued cellphones after a vote from…
1 day ago in Local
Mahar district agreement under review by subcommittee
ORANGE, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — The Ralph C. Mahar Regional School District subcommittee revuewing the regional agreement has begun…
Entertainment News
7 hours ago in Entertainment, Trending
Tim Curry, iconic character actor and ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ star, dies at 80
Tim Curry, a character actor who created a gallery of delicious, very loony villains for stage and screen, including Dr. Frank-N-Furter in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and the smug concierge in "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York," has died. He was 80.
7 hours ago in Entertainment
Judge grants Blake Lively $400,000 of $8M in legal fees she sought in film fight with Justin Baldoni
Blake Lively will get just over $400,000 of the $8 million she sought in legal costs from actor and director Justin Baldoni after they settled their fight over the production of their 2024 film "It Ends With Us," a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
14 hours ago in Entertainment, Trending
Dolly Parton built a better world, with rhinestones and songs
There are few inalienable truths: Everyone was born, everyone will die, and everyone loved Dolly Parton. Larger-than-life at 5-foot-nothing, the country star, actor, philanthropist, entrepreneur and theme park enthusiast who died Tuesday, transcended celebrity in rhinestones and fringe.
1 day ago in Entertainment, Trending
Dolly Parton, music star, actor and beloved figure who spanned generations has died at 80
Dolly Parton, the country music icon whose soaring vibrato vocals, poignant songwriting and sparkling costumes defined her rise from a log cabin in the Tennessee mountains to the height of stardom and acclaim, has died. She was 80 years old.
2 days ago in Entertainment, Music
Australia’s music industry bans AI-generated tracks from official charts
Australia's recorded music industry will bar tracks wholly generated by artificial intelligence from official charts as burgeoning generative technologies threaten artists' livelihoods, a representative said on Tuesday.
3 days ago in Entertainment, Trending
What to know about the first week of a trial in the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur
In the first week of testimony at the trial of a man accused of orchestrating the killing of Tupac Shakur, the night of Sept. 7, 1996, has been run and rerun many times — through police who were at the scene, through the people near the hip-hop superstar, and through the recorded words of the suspect, Duane "Keffe D" Davis.
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