Whately News

At St. Joan of Arc-St. George School in Chicopee, a school custodian was scrubbing a statue of St.

After 25 years, the 41-mile-long Franklin County Bikeway may have had its official dedication in June, with completion of a 3.5-mile stretch in Turners Falls, but a meeting at 6:30 tonight at Greenfield ...

Walter R. Orloski, 91, of Christian Lane, died Friday in the Holyoke Soldiers Home.

With a face sticky from eating a purple Popsicle, 8-year-old Grace Daly is dressed in a colorful, patterned one-piece bathing suit and running excitedly down the sandy beach of the Green River.

August 21st, 2008 Demonstrating the unmatched performance and ease of installation of JBL ControlA Contractor loudspeakers and VRX line arrays, Wassmann Audio Video has installed sound systems in 10 Six Flags ...

Annie Richmond, 93, formerly of Virginia Street, Springfield, and most recently the Arbors in Amherst, died Saturday in the Cooley Dickinson Hospital.

Jim Pitts, of Delta Organic Farm in Amherst, checks his tomatoes that have been damaged by blight.

Last month, Greg and I apparently decided that we would drive to the Northampton Co-Op livestock auction in our work clothes.

Farmers and Mother Nature have not gotten along well this year. And that would be putting it mildly.

Area legislators are hailing a $15 million measure now awaiting the governor's signature that they say brings area towns ''inches away'' from broadband access for everyone.

The day may soon be coming when gays in the military can be open about their sexuality.

Farming is a way of life for many Franklin County residents. But now millions of dollars of crops were wiped out by Saturday's apparent microburst.

Another weekend, another round of severe weather in western Massachusetts. This time, southern Franklin County takes the brunt of the blow.

Another weekend, another round of severe weather in western Massachusetts. This time, southern Franklin County takes the brunt of the blow.

A controversy has developed in the wake of a terrible storm that forced the towns of Whately and Sunderland to declare a state of emergency last weekend.

The Titan Arum in its full glory at the Lyman Conservatory at the Botanic Garden of Smith College Monday afternoon 2 CAROL LOLLIS On Friday afternoon, anticipation was high as spectators waited for the blossom ...

By GEORGE GRAHAM ggraham@repub.com SUNDERLAND - State emergency personnel will today meet with officials from storm-ravaged areas here and in Whately.

Severe thunderstorms that hit western Massachusetts caused extensive destruction and forced the towns of Sunderland and Whately to declare a state of emergency.

Another weekend, another round of severe weather in western Massachusetts. This time, southern Franklin County takes the brunt of the blow.

Whately is in a state of emergency. Ninety of the town is out of power with crews from Western MA Electric and Verizon on the scene.