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Executive Director Matthew Glassman performs in the development of Double Edge Theater's “The Grand Parade of the 20th Century.”

Double Edge founder wins $225K award

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

ASHFIELD — Double Edge Theatre’s founder and artistic director, Stacy Klein, has received the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s 2013 Artist Award, presented to “20 of America’s most vital artists working in the fields of contemporary dance, jazz and theatre.” Klein is the only Massachusetts artist chosen by the New York-based foundation to receive the $225,000, multi-year unrestricted grant, presented by … 0

Goodbye, Carlinville: Filming ends in Shelburne

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

SHELBURNE — The “Crawford County Sheriff’s Dept” sign is gone from above the doorway of Memorial Hall, and the “Carlinville Savings Bank” is once again Greenfield Cooperative Bank. On Monday and Tuesday, production film crews for “The Judge” took down their props along Bridge Street, as filming in that part of Shelburne Falls … 0

Head Start cuts hit home locally

Monday, June 17, 2013

GREENFIELD — In the wake of federal spending cuts and a need to increase quality, anti-poverty agency Community Action is reorganizing its “Head Start” program — resulting in 129 fewer poor children across the Pioneer Valley who will be able to enroll in the free or discounted preschool/childcare service this fall. In Franklin County, the agency will cut 52 of 188 Head Start … 0

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Recorder/Paul Franz
A visitor pauses to take a photograph on the Bridge of Flowers in
Shelburne Falls on Tuesday.

Pictures in bloom

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

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

Fire engine fans

Other Local News

Neighbors: Get out and enjoy our parks

Monday, June 17, 2013

Hello neighbor. It’s time to get out and enjoy Franklin County’s parks. So many towns have pretty impressive parks, where children can play and adults can sit, relax or read ... whatever you feel like doing. Greenfield has … 0

Solstice events at UMass set for Thursday, Friday

Sunday, June 16, 2013

AMHERST — The public is invited to witness sunrise and sunset associated with the summer solstice among the standing stones of the UMass Sunwheel on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. for sunset and on June 21 at 5 a.m. for sunrise. These events will mark the astronomical change of … 0

Building better fathers, stronger sons

Friday, June 14, 2013

TURNERS FALLS — On Monday, once fathers have finished basking in the general glow of Father’s Day, they are invited to a discussion on the topic of raising boys to be healthier men. The day after Father’s Day, a variety of social service groups invite parents, professionals and … 0

Movie brings crowds, lulls to Bridge St. businesses

Friday, June 14, 2013

SHELBURNE FALLS — Friday brought another day of star-gazing to the village, as spectators cued up for one more day of filmmaking in rural western Massachusetts. Meanwhile, shops that have done booming business during filming of “The Judge” … 0

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Alec Henry, a Wesleyan University environmental studies student, is leading the study of culverts along the Deerfield River.

Watershed group to study culverts’ effects on wildlife, roads

Thursday, June 13, 2013

SHELBURNE — Below Elm Street, a small stream flows through a culvert leading to the Deerfield River. The design of that culvert could have an impact well beyond its small stream — affecting the passing of wildlife upstream … 0

Brown leads in UMass poll for next governor

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

AMHERST — Former U.S. Sen. Scott Brown leads all potential candidates in next year’s Massachusetts gubernatorial race, according to a new UMass poll released by the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Brown’s closest theoretical competition would come from former … 0