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Full text: Baystate Franklin hospital president’s letter on keeping services local

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

The following was sent out to every household in Franklin County in May: Dear Neighbor, As spring finally comes to Franklin County, it’s great to meet up again with folks we have not seen through the winter, and to enjoy the annual greening happening around us which speaks of new life. I can’t think of a better season in which to bring you up to date on our own new … 0

Recorder/Paul Franz Tony Reiber and Abrah Dresdale teach farm and food systems at Greenfield Community College in the new perma-culture garden outside the new energy efficient green house at the Greenfield Campus.

GCC’s sustainable food initiative plants seeds for growth

Monday, May 20, 2013

The new triangular, 40-foot-tall greenhouse at the southern end of Greenfield Community College reaches skyward, and has a new, multi-pronged permaculture garden being planted at its base. It’s as if to say the sky’s the limit for this most grounded of GCC’s new initiatives: Farm and Food Systems. At the close of the … 0

Recorder/Paul Franz Lisa Davol

Davol leaves RiverCulture for Chamber job

Monday, May 20, 2013

TURNERS FALLS — Having promoted arts, culture and the related economy in downtown Turners Falls for 7 years, Lisa Davol is headed off for similar work in a broader area. Davol has helmed the Turners Falls RiverCulture project — responsible for everything from the annual Turners Fall Block Party to the fish-themed crosswalk … 0

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Recorder/Mike Phillips Pete Mallett releases some rainbow trout into an undisclosed location on the Millers River. Pete is president of the Millers River Fishermans Association in New Salem. Stocking up
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