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7 days ago in Entertainment

Misty Copeland will take to the ballet stage one last time, before hanging up her pointe shoes

Misty Copeland hangs up her pointe shoes Wednesday, putting a final exclamation point on a trailblazing career in which she became an ambassador for diversity in the very white world of ballet — and a crossover star far beyond.

7 days ago in Entertainment, Music

MusiCares names Mariah Carey its 2026 Person of the Year

MusiCares, an organization that helps music professionals who need financial, personal or medical assistance, will honor Mariah Carey as its 2026 Person of the Year.

7 days ago in Trending, World

The Louvre reopens 3 days after one of the biggest museum heists of the century

The Louvre reopened on Wednesday to long lines beneath its landmark Paris glass pyramid, just three days after one of the highest-profile museum thefts of the century stunned the world with its audacity and scale.

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Greenfield Lieutenant tapped for Montague Police Chief

The Montague Selectboard has approved a contract for a new Police Chief, Jason Haskins, currently a Lieutenant in the Greenfield Police Department.

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Annual Rag Shag Parade returning this Halloween

Greenfield Recreation Department’s annual Halloween celebrations will return next Friday, the 31st on Main Street

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Dumpster truck collides with Peoples Bank in South Hadley

A large truck used for hauling dumpsters collided with another vehicle before crashing into the stone wall at the People Bank on Newton Street in South Hadley last week.

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Lake Rohunta Bridge undergoes emergency repairs

According to Athol Police, Daniel Shays Highway at the Lake Rohunta Bridge near Partridgeville Road

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Asphalt spill at CVS parking lot Tuesday

Greenfield Fire and Police units were called to CVS on Federal Street Tuesday afternoon

1 week ago in

28th Annual Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday

The Northwestern District Attorney’s Office has announced their 28th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to take place this Saturday in fifteen local communities.

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Greenfield issues livestock registration and inspection notice

The city of Greenfield has issued their annual livestock registration and inspection notice.

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Increasing health insurance costs burdening municipal budgets

Unprecedented health insurance rate hikes are one of, if not the largest financial burden in local towns.

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Hawley, Ashfield Road reopened

 Construction has been completed in Hawley on Ashfield Road, and the road is now open to traffic once again, including Ashfield’s side on Hawley Road.

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State considering bill prohibiting local generational tobacco bans

Conway, Belchertown, Northampton and South Hadley have considered generational tobacco bans, which would ban anyone who is born after 2004 from buying tobacco products in the future.

1 week ago in Sports

Red-hot Mbappé, Kane and Haaland lead Madrid, Bayern and City as Champions League returns

Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Manchester City return to the Champions League with Kylian Mbappé, Harry Kane and Erling Haaland enjoying red-hot starts to their seasons.

1 week ago in National

Amazon cloud computing outage disrupts Snapchat, Ring and many other online services

A problem at Amazon's cloud computing service disrupted internet use around the world early Monday, taking down dozens of online services, including social media site Snapchat, the Roblox and Fortnite video games and chat app Signal.

1 week ago in Entertainment

Horror sequel ‘Black Phone 2’ dials up a No. 1 opening

The horror sequel "Black Phone 2" topped the North American box office charts this weekend with $26.5 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.

1 week ago in World

Thieves steal crown jewels in 4 minutes from Louvre Museum

In a minutes-long strike Sunday inside the world's most-visited museum, thieves rode a basket lift up the Louvre 's facade, forced a window, smashed display cases and fled with priceless Napoleonic jewels, officials said.

1 week ago in Lifestyle

Advice to feed babies peanuts early and often helped thousands of kids avoid allergies

A decade after a landmark study proved that feeding peanut products to young babies could prevent development of life-threatening allergies, new research finds the change has made a big difference in the real world.

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High speed chase ends in crash Sunday evening

State Police were involved in a high-speed pursuit that began on I-91 northbound in Deerfield Sunday evening.

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Athol, Heywood Hospitals no longer in “Code Black”

As of Friday afternoon, Athol and Heywood Hospitals both came off of their “Code Black Diversion”

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