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BOYS’ BASKETBALLConcord Christian 54, Mascenic 47Key players: Concord Christian – TJ Charbono (22 points) Mascenic – Lucas Leroux (26 points)Highlights: Leroux put the Vikings on his back in the fourth quarter, scoring 15 points in that frame to get...

By ALEXANDER RAPP

FRANKLIN – Franklin High girls’ and boys’ basketball is returning to the Golden Tornadoes’ high school building after 30 years of playing in the middle school gym. Franklin’s athletic director, Dan Sylvester, attributed the success of the project to...

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Edward Smith was at the Pittsfield Post Office when he got the call.“Your house is on fire,” his neighbor at Deer Run Farm told him over the phone on Saturday, Nov. 16.The 61-year-old rushed back to 7 Shingle Mill Brook Road, where he lived for nine...

By RACHEL WACHMAN

A single-story home on Shingle Mill Brook Road in Pittsfield was destroyed by fire over the weekend.Firefighters from Pittsfield and surrounding departments responded to the fire call around 8:30 a.m. Saturday morning at 7 Shingle Mill Brook...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS, RACHEL WACHMAN, and SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Retired fisherman Billy Benincase doesn’t live in a political echo chamber – and he likes it that way.Andover, the tiny town 30 minutes from Concord that Benincase calls home, is a dying breed – a politically split community in an era of rapidly...

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Rows of canned foods and prepackaged snacks sat stacked in the basement of the Early Head Start building in Pittsfield. A small group of volunteers began moving down the line, placing one of each item in bags to be delivered to children in town.This...

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Scott Partridge doesn’t forget faces. Even if he can’t always recall someone’s name, he remembers their order. As customers trickled out of his new Pittsfield restaurant, the Friendly Diner, after the Tuesday lunch rush, he waved and thanked people...

Girls’ SoccerBow 5, Kingswood 1Key players: Bow – Lexi Insana (2 goals), Lexana Farr (goal, assist), Ashley Wallen (2 assists), Brylie Gelinas (goal), Marissa Reyes (first varsity goal), Anna Zerba (midfield), Vivi Madden (defense), Abby Foote...

By DAN ATTORRI

Pembroke Academy experienced some low moments last season. Coming off back-to-back championship game appearances, the Spartans experienced some poor results in 2023, sinking as low as 14th place in the Division II standings.Hampered by multiple...

By RACHEL WACHMAN

While facing unemployment can be scary and challenging, Rustic Crust employees were given the tools to bridge the gap from losing their jobs over the last couple of weeks to when they settle into a new job.Hosted by officials with several state...

By RACHEL WACHMAN

The Department of Business and Economic Affairs will hold a Rapid Response session in Pittsfield on Monday for the dozens of employees laid off by Rustic Crust following the company’s closure last week.Rapid Response sessions aim to connect...

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Pittsfield’s Rustic Crust, the town’s third-largest employer, closed its doors last week after nearly three decades of business, laying off dozens of workers.Employees received a letter notifying them they were being let go “due to economic and...

By SOPHIE LEVENSON

The way a hot air balloon floats on the wind isn’t scary at all.“It’s not like you went up high,” balloon pilot Rick Jones said, several hundred feet in the air. “It’s like they pulled the world away so that you could get a better look at it.”Balloons...

By SOFIE BUCKMINSTER

Seemingly every graduation speech throws around the word “family.” For the 35 graduates of Pittsfield Middle High School, the term is more than a cliché.“This town, this school, these people will forever be ingrained in our personality,” said...

The following list was created from entries from community members who submit content for our weekly Talk of the Towns. Please check your town website for updated information, or if your town is not listed.Allenstown; May 27; Memorial Day Mass; St....

By RAY DUCKLER

You might have seen some of Stacy Duffy’s Girl Scouts standing in front of grocery and convenience stores in recent days, selling those yummy cookies like Do-Si-Dos, Tagalongs and Samoas.She runs Troop 10162, and her lineup of girls has fanned out as...

By RAY DUCKLER

He walked into the local convenience store loaded with the protective gear that he uses to defend himself and the residents of Pittsfield.He wore a bulletproof vest and carried a taser, two magazine cartridges, a service pistol, pepper spray and a...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

As Pittsfield athletic director Jay Darrah looked around the gymnasium on a somber Monday night, he felt a sense of comfort. Friends and family had gathered together to remember Gabe Anthony, a 2017 Pittsfield High graduate who died in December. The...

Boys’ BasketballPembroke 77, Kennett 45Key players: Pembroke – Joe Fitzgerald (35 points), Evan Berkeley (12 points), Devin Riel (7 points), Andrew Fitzgerald (7 points)Highlights:  Fitzgerald needed 34 points entering Friday night’s home game to...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

The same three factors cited by local school districts for driving up budgets – increased insurance costs, investment in special education and raises for workers – are behind the same trend in Pittsfield.At the annual school district deliberative...

By RAY DUCKLER

The deliberative session of the Pittsfield Town Meeting last Saturday attracted less than two dozen residents, who flew through 30 articles in an estimated 30 minutes.“We knocked them right out of the park,” Pittsfield Select Board Chairman Carl...