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Volunteers worked hard to make Blandford Fair happen

By | Sep 11, 2024

Volunteers worked hard to make Blandford Fair happen

Second year Blandford Fair Preservation Association President Matthew Ripley said Friday the fair had its largest truck pull ever, from trucks from northern Maine to Pennsylvania to New York competing, with a $4,000 payout for the modified class.


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Granville garage get-together to mark a century in business

By | Sep 3, 2024

Granville garage get-together to mark a century in business

GRANVILLE — It’s been 100 years since Ernest “Wad” Humphrey started working on cars and trucks in town, and to celebrate the centennial anniversary of the business, its current owner Doug Jordan and his family are having an open house and a “not retiring, yet party.”


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‘Learn about Dementia’ classes in Huntington this month 

By | Sep 3, 2024

‘Learn about Dementia’ classes in Huntington this month 

HUNTINGTON — The Huntington Council on Aging is sponsoring a series of professional workshops called “Let’s Learn about Dementia” presented by Laura Lavoie of Our Dementia Life.


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Huntington gravel pit plans raise concerns over dust, noise

By | Aug 28, 2024

Huntington gravel pit plans raise concerns over dust, noise

HUNTINGTON — A third public hearing on Aug. 13 in Stanton Hall for a special permit for a proposed 4.9-acre gravel pit at 61 Goss Hill Rd., and properties off Goss Hill Road and Worthington Road, on land owned by William B. Hull Forestlands, ended with a continuance and a tentative scheduled date for another hearing on Nov. 12.


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Teacher band closes successful season of Huntington concerts

By | Aug 28, 2024

Teacher band closes successful season of Huntington concerts

HUNTINGTON — The Huntington Summer Music Series wrapped up on Aug. 22 with a performance by Chalk Dust, a band made up of West Springfield public school teachers.


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Hilltown nonprofit gets updated ambulance ahead of schedule

By | Aug 21, 2024

Hilltown nonprofit gets updated ambulance ahead of schedule

HUNTINGTON — Bailey Jones, service director for the Hilltown Community Ambulance Association, said the emergency ambulance service which serves six towns in the Southern Hilltowns has updated its fleet with the purchase of a red 2017 Freightliner M2 and stretcher for $56,000.


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Blandford Fair back for 155th time on Labor Day weekend

By | Aug 21, 2024

Blandford Fair back for 155th time on Labor Day weekend

BLANDFORD — This Labor Day weekend, plan to spend all or a part of it at the 155th Blandford Fair Aug. 30 to Sept. 2, hosted by the Union Agricultural & Horticulture Society, founded in 1867.


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By | Aug 13, 2024

Granville to host Special Town Meeting for land purchase authorization

GRANVILLE — A Special Town Meeting will take place at the Travis Fuller Memorial Gymnasium of the Granville Village School, 409 Main Rd., Granville on Tuesday, Aug. 20 at 7 p.m.


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New Russell-Montgomery Police Dept. garage dedicated to veteran

By | Aug 13, 2024

New Russell-Montgomery Police Dept. garage dedicated to veteran

RUSSELL — The new Russell-Montgomery Police Department garage on the grounds of the former Russell Elementary School was dedicated to decorated Vietnam veteran Jan “Boomer” Boomsma of Russell who passed away in 2022 and was the father of Mark Boomsma, who built the garage for the town.


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