Blandford News

David D. Keough, 54, of Blandford, died Sunday . He was the brother of Ann Keough of Greenfield.

Solaya Renewable Energy will build a 1.5 megawatt wind turbine on state land in western Massachusetts.

BLANDFORD, Mass. - The state Transportation Department has selected a contractor to build a power-generating wind turbine along the Massachusetts Turnpike in Blandford.

A small structure fire on Monday left extensive damage to a room in the upper-level of a house on Kibbie Point Road.

A western Massachusetts man has been sentenced to up to 23 years in state prison for raping three young sisters, one as young as 6, over a number on years.

A teenage girl told a jury in Hampden Superior Court on Wednesday that Patrick Jay, of Blandford, forcibly raped and sexually assaulted her for four years starting when she was 10 years old.

We have enough money to change how Park Square works. We have enough money to get rid of the stench in West Pittsfield and enough to heavily subsidize a downtown movie theater.

There is a chance for some light snow in western Hampden County and southern Berkshire County Thursday night.

As some severe budget cuts are in the forecast, the Gateway Regional School District is buckling down.

By MANON L. MIRABELLI BLANDFORD - The last of five public hearings on the fate of Gateway Regional School District's elementary schools was held Wednesday with parents pleading with the School Committee to not close Blandford's school.

Spending the day at the fair is a long-standing Labor Day Weekend tradition here in Western Massachusetts.

By JIM KINNEY jkinney@repub.com SPRINGFIELD - With most children already back in school, the Pioneer Valley Chapter of the American Automobile Association is predicting a slow Labor Day weekend on the roads, but attractions are hopeful people will be out and about.

One of the first questions faithful fairgoers often ask themselves when heading out to their favorite state or country fair is "I wonder what's new this year?" At the 142nd Blandford Fair this weekend - which stays true to its original mission of "encouraging and promoting agriculture, horticulture, floriculture, manufactures, mechanical and fine ...

In about the late 1600's, people came from the south, west and east to settle Berkshire County, which was incorporated in 1761.