Bears showing up everywhere
Thursday, May 23, 2013
The Brothers Grimm collected many fine fairy tales illustrating the dangers of antagonizing woodland creatures by, for instance, stealing their porridge. They neglected to mention, however, the dangers of enticing them with birdseed, garbage or undersized pets. The American black bear is native to the area and its local population has been showing up in Greenfield’s “urban” neighborhoods this week. Montague and Sunderland police also logged reports Saturday and Sunday of bears in backyards, singly or in family groups. A Montague Road, Sunderland, resident on Saturday reported a black bear active in the area for almost a month and in a neighbor’s yard almost every …
Thursday, May 23, 2013
In reference to the recent Shelburne town meeting, I have a few thoughts, particularly in regard to the Mohawk Trail Regional School budget. There was much debate about the increase to the 2014 school budget, which is about 48 percent of the total for the town. The voting body at the town meeting, 175 out of 1,200 registered voters (approximately), heard the Finance …
Thursday, May 23, 2013
People were forced underground as a tornado warning was issued for areas along and to the south of the Route 2 corridor Wednesday evening. Shortly after 5 p.m., the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for central Franklin County. It wound up all for naught, but better safe than sorry, as they say. The tornado warning was cancelled at about 6:15 p.m. …