Montague

Recorder/Paul Franz Summer Forcier, a senior at Turners Falls High School, works with students at the Pre-K Discovery Program at the Great Falls Middle School.

Third Gill-Montague pre-K programs  installed at Great Falls Middle School

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

TURNERS FALLS — Chanda Waryas O’Keefe’s room may be the only Great Falls Middle School classroom with a sandbox and no middle-schoolers. The 13 students in the classroom on a Tuesday morning are in the 3-to-5 age range, with two exceptions — both teens. Then-interim superintendent Nadine Ekstrom moved the district’s third preschool classroom to the shared middle and high … 0

Shea Theater hoping to help victims of Marathon bombing

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

TURNERS FALLS — The Shea Theater hopes to bring in donations for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings with an outdoor screening of “Field of Dreams” on Thursday night. “‘Field of Dreams’ is a fantastic movie to highlight so much of what makes Boston, our state and the entire country such a remarkable and wonderful place to call home,” reads a release … 0

Incumbents win town, school races in Montague

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

MONTAGUE — Voters have tapped Christopher M. Boutwell Sr. for a second term on the Board of Selectmen and incumbents Marjorie Levenson and Joyce Phillips for second and seventh terms, respectively, on the Gill-Montague Regional School Committee. The School Committee race was close in Montague, with 340 votes for Levenson, 276 for Phillips … 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 Barton Cove Bald Eagle takes off from tree on the island. On eagle’s wings
Joshua Cerone age 2 with mom Elizabeth and Dad Ben check out the aferican wildlife Faraway lands
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
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Recorder/Paul Franz Erin Morrissey and Katy Morrissey water the first of five trees planted in Peskeomskut Park on Thursday evening in honor of domestic violence victims. Their mother, Vivian Morrissey was killed by domestic violence.

Trees planted in hope, memory

Thursday, May 2, 2013

TURNERS FALLS — Organizers had a message of hope and vigilance for the 80 or so gathered to plant new trees in memory of the four Montague women killed by their partners in the late 1980s — Vivian … 0

Letter: Right where they belong

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Of the prisoners freed from Guantanamo Bay, 60 percent of them went on to commit further acts of terror, injuring or killing innocent people, many of them women and children. Some of them were even involved in a foiled plot to bomb a line of kids and their … 0

Tree planting today to honor slain Montague women

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

TURNERS FALLS — New trees will begin to take root today in memory of four Montague women killed in the late 1980s. All are invited to the tree-planting at 5 p.m. in Peskeomskut Park, at the corner of Avenue A and Seventh Street. The trees replace the original … 0

Letter: We will miss it

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Bob and I want to thank Denise DiPaolo for the time we spent in her most elegant restaurant. Where will we get our elegant duck breast as good as the ones when we lived in France? Thanks to the wait people, chef and to you, my dear, who … 0

Democratic caucus set for selectman candidate in Montague

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

MONTAGUE — As a result of a recently declared vacancy on the Board of Selectmen, Montague Democrats will hold a special caucus on May 16 to select a candidate. The successful candidate receives the party nomination to appear on the June 25 special town election ballot. Only registered … 0

Recorder/Paul Franz Two portable pumps move sewage around a collapsed sewer line at the entrance to the Airport Industrial Park in Montague.

Pumps remain as Turners tries  to handle sewer line failure

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

TURNERS FALLS — The pumps set up at the Millers Falls Road entrance to the industrial park are likely to remain a little longer as the town works out how to handle the failure of a sewer line … 0

Montague town meeting set for Saturday

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

TURNERS FALLS — Successive special and annual town meetings Saturday will decide whether to allow a decrease in the minimum apartment size, investigate broadband expansion and authorize liens for unpaid fees, among other decisions. The day begins at 8:30 a.m. in the Turners Falls High School theater with … 0

Deerfield voters back keeping Baystate services in Greenfield

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

DEERFIELD — Voters here have overwhelmingly supported a resolution calling on Baystate Health System to keep services and resources at the Baystate Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield. At its Monday annual town meeting, Deerfield was the first of 10 Franklin County towns to vote on the resolution. It … 0

GCC taps Bilodeau as Distinguished Alum

Sunday, April 28, 2013

When former Deerfield police officer Christopher Bilodeau, 39, got the call that he had been selected by the GCC Distinguished Alumni Committee to receive the 2013 award, his first words were “I am honored to have been chosen.” … 0

Neighbors: Plenty to do as warmer weather arrives

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Hello neighbor. I’m not going to take up a lot of your time today, because I have a lot of events to tell you about. Many of us got to see the Full Pink Moon Thursday night. I’m writing this before it happens, but I’m sure it’s going … 0

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