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Money for machines

Friday, May 17, 2013

TURNERS FALLS — Manufacturers’ effort to secure $500,000 for new metal-working machines at Franklin County Technical School — to help train 21st century metal workers for local industries desperate for such workers — won another victory Wednesday: a $250,000 proposed allocation from the state’s Senate Ways and Means Committee. The Senate committee’s budget proposal said, “that not less than $250,000 shall be used for a pilot program in Franklin County … 0

Elder services gets boost in Senate budget

Friday, May 17, 2013

TURNERS FALLS — Programs that allow poor elders to receive care in their own households, instead of turning to nursing homes, will see increases in funding next year — a much needed step in the right direction, said officials that help administer elder services. “The last four years have been hard for elder services. This year, we are seeing long overdue emphasis on … 0

Recorder/David Rainville
Northfield Dive Rescue Team members help each other out of the water during a swift-water rescue training on the Miller's River in Erving April 21.

Dive team raises money for underwater radios

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Picture yourself swimming under murky water, unable to see your own hand in front of your face. The only way you can find your way through the depths is by relying on a signal rope held in your hand as you search through the darkness. For the Northfield Dive Rescue Team, this is … 0

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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

Recorder/Mike Phillips
It looks like snow in May during this foam demonstration by firefighters.

Fire engine fans

Recorder/Paul Franz
Ethan Monk, Gabriel Osciak, Lilly Savoie and Kailyn Santiago fill garden frames with soil and compost where the second graders and the rest of the Four Corners students hope to raise vegetables.

‘Plant a radish’

Recorder/Paul Franz
Michaelene Sexton walks Scruffy and Lilith at the Green River Swimming and Recreation Area on Wednesday.

Out for a walk

Recorder/Paul Franz
A mute swan floats on Barton Cove Sunday morning.

Floatin’ feathers

Recorder/Paul Franz
Ken Cook of Adams Donuts in Greenfield is now selling their donuts and other items out of the cafe at the Olver Transit Center in Greenfield. Sherman James of Springfield was one of his first customers on Monday.

Rolling in

Recorder/Mike Phillips
These two deer were photographed at Quabbin Park.

Quabbin denizens

Recorder/Paul Franz
Four Corners students Maelin Manning, Matt Provencal and Lilly Savoie chase a playground ball in a field of dandelions on Wednesday at the Greenfield School.

Dandelion romp

Recorder/Geoff Bluh
Northfield potter Tom White, left, held a pottery show at his studio on Saturday for the annual Asparagus Valley Pottery Trail. At right, musician Jenny Smith of Greenfield looks over some of his work. Smith was among a group of traditional musicians playing “old-time” music during the event.
Three other potters were showing as well: Angela Fina, Sam Taylor and Hayne Bayless. White said the show was very well attended throughout the day.

Pottery sale

Other Local News

NMH alum’s $10M to seed science project

Thursday, February 14, 2013

GILL — With a $10 million donation from a former student in hand, Northfield Mount Hermon School intends to jump-start a $50 million campaign to replace its science center and complete the faculty exodus from the former Northfield campus. School head Peter Fayroian announced the gift Thursday to … 0

Gill Notebook

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Election papers due April 1 GILL — Nomination papers are available for the annual town election, to be held May 20. The last day to obtain nomination papers is March 28, and the deadline to return them is April 1, by 5 p.m. in the town clerk’s office. … 0

Letters tell a Franklin County love story

Thursday, February 14, 2013

They shared birthdays two days apart, and they lived about a mile from one another — he in Charlemont and she in Colrain. She was 33 when they saw one another that special September day at the Catamount … 0

Still digging out across county

Monday, February 11, 2013

While most hunkered down for the storm Friday night, Greenfield resident Terri Kerner reached for her skis and, leaving her Leyden Road home at 9:30 p.m., made the two-mile trek in time for the 11 p.m. start of … 0

Recorder/Peter MacDonald
A pedestrian admires a large snow sculpture of the clown fish Nemo created in front of Tims barber shop on Federal Street in Greenfield

Here are safety tips to keep in mind for post-storm

Sunday, February 10, 2013

While by now most will have dug themselves out from the weekend’s blizzard, there are some winter safety tips to be observed even after the initial excavation. To facilitate access in the case of an emergency, Greenfield Fire … 0

Recorder/Peter MacDonald
Lilly Ross loses control of her sled while sliding on new snow at Beacon Field in Greenfield

Storm was real snow job

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Sore backs and narrowed streets were the major legacies of the weekend snowstorm that left Franklin County blanketed in snow but largely unscathed, with police and firefighters around Franklin County reporting little damage. Most credited the road travel … 0