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By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY— Town Meeting attendees will consider a $27.5 million operating budget, a new stormwater bylaw and the future of West Street Building during the second half of the annual Town Meeting on Monday.

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — After five months of weighing more expensive and expansive options to turn the West Street Building into town offices and a new Council on Aging, residents at Monday’s special Town Meeting returned to a $5.6 million project to move all town offices under one roof in part of the old elementary school building.

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — A second phase of the Dufresne Park forest management plan will remove more trees than the first — 2,300 dead, fallen or infested trees — after the Select Board previously said the additional round of management would remove fewer trees compared to two years ago.

By Lily Reavis

GRANBY — Hundreds of family members, friends, former teachers, and loved ones filled the Granby Junior Senior High School gymnasium on Saturday morning to celebrate the school’s Class of 2025.

By GARRETT COTEand THOMAS JOHNSTON

GRANBY — Trailing 8-6 in the fifth and final set of Thursday’s MIAA Division 2 preliminary round match against No. 34 Keefe Tech, No. 31 Granby had to turn it around in a hurry if the Rams wanted to continue their season into the weekend. A Broncos service error put the ball in Daniel Santiago’s hands, and he rifled an ace to tie the set at eight apiece.

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — It’s been six years since all of Granby’s East Meadow School students graced the stage to perform choral and instrumental music for their community, but the spotlight will soon shine on their faces once again.

By RYAN AMES

Four student-athletes from Granby signed their National Letters of Intent on Friday inside the Granby High School cafeteria. Nathan Benson, Maggie Crawford, Quinlin Cook and Tristan Moe will all continue their academic and athletic careers in college following graduation.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — Service, sacrifice, the commitment of veterans and active military service members from across Massachusetts and support from their families should always be recognized, says retired U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford.

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — Residents echoed their disapproval of a Proposition 2½ debt exclusion override to renovate the West Street Building into town offices during Monday’s town elections after previously voting the project down at a special Town Meeting last month.

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — The first half of Town Meeting on Monday will ask voters to approve routine municipal operations, such as tuition payments for students attending vocational schools, operating funds for the ambulance, sewer and solid waste departments and capital purchases.

By EMILEE KLEIN

AMHERST — In 2013, Canadian police estimated that there were 1,181 unresolved cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada. The number today is closer to 4,000.

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Throughout the entire spring season, the Amherst Regional track and field programs have had to hit the road for all of their dual meets. The track at the high school doesn’t meet the standards to host competition, as runners are forced to avoid small cracks and holes in the surface.

By RYAN AMES

GRANBY — It was the Conner Bergeron show on Monday afternoon as the eighth-grader led the Greenfield baseball team past Granby, 10-0, at the Granby Baseball Diamond in a five-inning affair.

By GARRETT COTE

HATFIELD — The Granby softball team has averaged 14.8 runs per game over its last seven contests. The Rams’ bats have been on a tear. That average went up on Friday.

By RYAN AMES

GRANBY — The Granby boys volleyball team picked up its third clean sweep of the season in its 3-0 win over Springfield International Charter School on Wednesday. The Rams won by at least seven points during each set (25-18, 25-18, 25-17) to improve to 7-2 on the season.

Cassie Flaherty has been starting for four years on the Granby softball team, and on Wednesday, she stamped her name in the Rams record book.

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — On any given night, Ted Hathaway plays board games with his two daughters, but he struggles getting his youngest to pick up a book long enough to get past the cover.

I would like to formally introduce myself as one of the two candidates for the position of Granby town clerk. My name is Virginia Hajdamowicz and I believe we need a fresh set of eyes and a different perspective to improve our town. At my current position as the administrative assistant to the superintendent of Granby Public Schools, I have increased the communication and transparency among the district and to the families in my first few months. I have improved the school’s social media pages including Facebook and the website and I strongly believe I could do the same for the town.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — For a town like Hatfield, annual road maintenance has become increasingly more challenging over the past 12 years, as state Chapter 90 road money declines even as the price of hot mix asphalt rises substantially.

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — The School Committee has selected interim Superintendent Mary Jane Rickson to take over the role on a permanent basis based on her extensive experience and focus on providing the best environment and education of students.

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY— The town will officially welcome Tammy Martin as its new town administrator on June 2 after a long wait and search for Christopher Martin’s replacement.