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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