Franklin County News

Palmer Town Councilor Paul E. Burns, who has publicly endorsed development of a casino in Palmer, said his support for local gaming is qualified.

For the fourth time in recent weeks, the Massachusetts Appeals Court has reversed a gun-possession conviction because prosecutors did not have a "ballistician" testify that the device the defendant was charged with possessing was actually a gun that could be fired.

A Franklin County community is stepping up to help out fellow residents who lost everything after a fire ripped through their apartment building.

Students who find themselves struggling with science-related classes may have a new strategy at their disposal to help bring their grades up.

Recorder/Paul Franz Philippe Rigollaud, an owner of Pioneer Valley Photovoltaics , left, and installer Jon Parrott, , left, and installer Jon Parrott, second from left, talk to Amy Shapiro and John Waite of the Franklin County Community Development Corp.

Laura Miner thinks that the conflagration that destroyed the top two floors of the building at 29 Chapman St.

Mark St. Amand loads a reproduction 1861 Colt Navy black powder pistol at the Franklin County League of Sportsmen Club in East Deerfield.

About 600 doses of the swine flu vaccine that recently arrived in Franklin County will be used to vaccinate the area's most vulnerable students.

For the last 35 years, Franklin County Home Care Corp. has provided services for seniors, people with disabilities and caregivers that support independent living -- and, even in the face of budget cuts, it has thrived with the help of more than 400 volunteers.

Located in several Massachusetts towns around the junction of Route 2 and Interstate 91, among them Shelburne Falls, Greenfield, New Salem, and Deerfield, CiderDays features workshops for cider makers and home orchardists, tasting events, including a cider-cheese pairing, orchard tours, a harvest supper, and more.

The weekend of Nov 7 - 8 marks the fifteenth annual Franklin County CiderDays festival.

The county's regional schools are going to have to absorb hundreds of thousands of dollars for school busing and local homeless services may be curtailed because of the governor's mid-year budget cuts.

They have fewer kids in classrooms as the flu takes a toll in Franklin County. 22NEWS looked in to how schools up north are dealing with escalating absences.

The SAFE PLACE sign at 21 Abbott St. in Greenfield. Since its inception, DIAL/SELF has created programs and facilities to help prevent youth homelessness in the area, and recently, it has added another to its list to help youth who may feel scared, confused, unsafe or lost.

Two years ago, Beth Cronk of Montague was part of Rays of Hope -- A Walk Toward the Cure of Breast Cancer -- in Springfield.

A U.S. Magistrate ruled Thursday that a strip search policy at the Franklin County Jail and House of Correction in Greenfield is unconstitutional.

Norma Lovett met her best friend, Debbie Luippold, when, at 19 years old, she began working for the company that was once one of the largest employers in Franklin County: Phoenix Home Life Mutual Insurance Co.

A 42 year-old Chicopee woman is safe after losing her way in the woods of Franklin County Monday night.

A wet end to the weekend, not what many Franklin County businesses had hoped for.

It seemed like a victory when Gov. Deval L. Patrick announced last week that $17.9 million in stimulus funds would go to homelessness prevention programs across the state.