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Deerfield pig farm hearing delayed

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

DEERFIELD — The hearing to set the rules for a Stillwater Road pig farm has been pushed off at the request of the farmer. The new date for Stanley Romanowski, of 97 Stillwater Road, to go before the Board of Health for a renewal of an annual permit of his 40-year-old family business is July 3. The hearing was originally scheduled for Wednesday. Romanowski’s lawyer made the date change request … 0

Letter: Starlight, star bright

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Kudos to The Recorder for raising the profile of light pollution. You rightly point out that this obscures our appreciation of the starscape, and I, for one, could think of no more compelling reason to address this problem. We would do well to not think this a strictly metropolitan issue, as even the most rural parts of the readership have seen their view … 0

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Recorder/Paul Franz Puffy clouds and red maple leaves make for colorful symmetry at The Zion Korean Church on Main Street in Greenfield. Eye on the sky
Recorder/Paul Franz A visitor pauses to take a photograph on the Bridge of Flowers in Shelburne Falls on Tuesday. Pictures in bloom
"I grew it specially for the occasion," Naomi Voldahl-Corliss (left) of Greenfield said of her mustache. In fact, she and friend Leah Boutotte picked up the 'staches from Curious Traveler Shandy, a beer company that features an handlebar mustache in its logo for its ale with lemon. Voldahl-Corliss and Boutotte were sampling brews at the 9th Annual Green River Brew Fest held behind Ryan & Casey Liquors in Greenfield on Saturday. Recorder/Trish Crapo Fashion trend
Recorder/David Rainville The Frog and Flower Parade winds its way down Bridge Street in Shelburne Falls during Saturday's 25th annual RiverFest. Greenfield's Maya Apfelbaum led a pre-parade workshop where kids and the young at heart made river-related masks, costumes and props. 25th RiverFest draws young and old
Recorder/Paul Franz Duke and Cooper swim in the Green River playing fetch with their owner Mark Rowe of Greenfield. Buddy system
Recorder/Paul Franz Ken Long of Turners Falls paddles in from some early morning fishing in a Wendell pond on Friday morning. Fishing spot
Recorder/Paul Franz Mohawk and Hawlemont fifth-graders got to experience colonial life at the Wilder Homestead in Buckland on Thursday. Jennifer Lee, a Narragansett descendent from Plainfield, talked about Native American life at her Eastern Conical Wigwam to students Evan Shippee, Hjordis Aho and Maitreya Smith. A taste of colonial life
Recorder/Paul Franz Paula Parsons of Northfield swings with her granddaughter Adele Ross, 4, of Greenfield, on Tuesday at Unity Park in Turners Falls. Swing shift
Recorder/Paul Franz Bleeding heart seems to drips off the vine next to the All Souls Church in Greenfield on Thursday. A study in pink
Recorder/Geoff Bluh Marilyn Lorenzo of Greenfield gets a smooch from 3-year-old Romeo while she was training him at the Green River Swimming and Recreation area. Not part of the training
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
Recorder/Paul Franz John Graves of the Greenfield Department of Public Works flushes sediment from fire hydrants on Federal Street on Monday. Spray zone
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