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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
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“Every Year, Every Day, I am Walking,” an award-winning play inspired by the stories of refugee children, has been performed around Africa, and in Europe, Asia and South America. It will premiere in the United States at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst’s Rand Theater.

‘Delightful & beautiful’: South African play explores art & the trauma of loss

Monday, January 28, 2013

From the Congo, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Barundi and other parts of South Africa, the refugee children told their “Suitcase Stories,” part of an art therapy research project that helped them come to terms with what they’d experienced while walking … 0

Ashfield man voluntarily helps grieving kids

Sunday, January 27, 2013

“Children don’t grieve like adults grieve. And they don’t grieve like adults expect them to,” says Michael Epstein of Ashfield. Epstein has been working with grieving children for the past nine years as a volunteer facilitator of children’s … 0

Recorder/Paul Franz Rico Traversa has worked at VSS for 4 1/2 years.

Good or bad, technology changes county workplaces

Friday, January 25, 2013

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the last in a series on the effect on middle-class jobs in the wake of the Great Recession, and the role of technology. If technology is hurting employment in Franklin County, that’s news to … 0

McGovern sponsors reversal of Citizens United

Thursday, January 24, 2013

One of Franklin County’s congressmen has proposed two constitutional amendments to overturn the Supreme Court’s decision that unleashed a flood of corporate and special interest money into the American political system. Rep. James McGovern, D-Mass, whose Worcester-based district … 0

Police warn of chimney scam, look at options

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Sunderland Police Chief Jeffrey Gilbert said his department is working with the District Attorney’s Office to find a way to respond to what police allege is an ongoing chimney cleaning scam throughout the county. Gilbert said he is waiting for clarification of whether larceny by false pretenses can … 0

Amandla’s members, ages 14 to 82, live all around the Pioneer Valley.

Struggle & hope

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

It all began with a hum.Eveline MacDougall, a 23-year-old carpenter who’d recently moved to the area from a Winchendon communal farm where everyone sang together, was humming to herself one of the South African freedom songs she’d learned … 1

Recorder/Paul Franz FCTS Student Megan Doull cares for her 13 year old brother Troy at their Colrain home using a feeding tube.

Student’s medical career began at home

Friday, January 18, 2013

COLRAIN — Megan Doull has been helping to care for her younger brother since both were small children. Now a high school student nearing graduation, she is in the unusual position of doing so professionally. Troy was born … 0

Tracy kidder, left, and his longtime editor, Richard Todd, chat Tuesday, Jan. 15, before their talk at Edwards Church in Northampton. They have co-authored a book, "Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction". JERREY ROBERTS

‘The right set of eyes’

Friday, January 18, 2013

“An editor can serve the writer  by being alert to his natural boundaries, his inner territory, his true interests.” — Richard Todd From the African refugee Deogratias who returns to help his homeland, to Holyoke schoolteacher Christine Zajac, … 0

Legislators consider Patrick’s plan

Thursday, January 17, 2013

“Bold” is the term area legislators are applying to Gov. Deval Patrick’s proposal to raise income taxes for the first time in two decades while dedicating a reduced sales tax for transportation and school building projects. They’re also reserving judgment on Patrick’s bare-bones proposal, which follows on the … 0

Local brew helps local farming effort

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Take plenty of wheat, spelt, barley and hops grown at Four Star Farms in Northfield, mix it with some malted local grains from Valley Malt in Hadley and honey from Warm Colors Apiary in Deerfield. Then add three … 0

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