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BREAKING: Maple Leaf Foods closing Turners Falls Lightlife Foods facility by the end of 2027

A plant-based protein food producing business that began in Greenfield in 1979 will be officially ceasing its operations in the Turners Falls industrial park by the end of next year.

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Greenfield couple sentenced in drug trafficking, animal cruelty case

GREENFIELD, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — A couple from Greenfield has been sentenced following a drug investigation that also uncovered…

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Orange hunting educator wins state award

ORANGE, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — The Massachusetts Hunter Education Instructor of the Year Award went to Orange resident Michael…

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Parents warned about sextortion, online exploitation

HATFIELD, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — Local Police Departments are warnings the public about sextortion, a form of online exploitation…

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Erving’s polling location now at the Public Library

ERVING, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — Precinct 1, the only precinct in Erving, has a new polling location for elections.…

4 weeks ago in Corinne Fitzgerald, , Real Estate Expert

August 2026 Real Estate Market Update | Corinne Fitzgerald

The August 2026 numbers are in for the local real estate market. What do the numbers actually reveal as we head into fall?

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Injured hiker rescued in Montague Sunday

MONTAGUE, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — Multiple agencies responded to Dry Hill Road in Montague Sunday evening to rescue an…

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Nor’easter causes fire in Orange

ORANGE, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — The nor-easter brought wind and rain through the area and a small fire was…

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Vandalism reports on Avenue A

MONTAGUE, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — According to the Montague Police Department, on Friday morning several businesses and Town-owned buildings,…

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Fire sparked beneath furnace in Charlemont home

CHARLEMONT, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — A fire broke out underneath a furnace in the basement of a 2 1/2…

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Missing girl from Williamsburg found safe

WILLIAMSBURG, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — A juvenile went missing after last being seen leaving a bus from Hampshire Regional…

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