As Cabot Station celebrates its centennial, we look back at 100 years of hydroelectric power along the canals of the Connecticut. Planter politics and process questions persist in Montague. Wendell and neighboring communities gather to consider new approaches to the last-mile broadband question, and the town also prepares for a significant road closure this summer. Erving’s selectboard hears requests for changes to town employee positions, including the treasurer and library assistant. GMRSD sets its final budget and looks at declining district enrollment, while Part V of Eye on Town Finances discusses school funding. 3D printers bring a new dimension to learning at Franklin Tech. Montague’s Water Pollution Control Facility brainstorms solutions after a combined sewer overflow event this winter. Local hoopsters head to the Hampshire-Franklin All-Star Game. Our editorial juxtaposes record-breaking global temperature increases with global oil overproduction. And, our letter writers offer up another take on the management of the Montague Plains, an invitation to an anti-pipeline meeting in Erving, and thanks from a local resident for her surprise 85th birthday party.