After six decades, River Rat Race paddles on
The first River Rat Race from Athol to Orange in 1963 may have been a more informal event, but it marked the start of a tradition that generations of North Quabbin residents have come to cherish.This year’s race will be on Saturday, April 13, at 1...
Post-pandemic hardship prompts Between The Uprights closure in Turners Falls
TURNERS FALLS — Between The Uprights, a sports bar at 23 Avenue A, has gone out of business, as owner Lew Collins closed the doors for good on March 31.Collins took to Facebook on Thursday to break the news to the community and explain the rationale...
Sports
High schools: Seventh inning rally lifts Turners baseball past Athol
It wasn’t looking good for the Turners Falls baseball team heading into the bottom of the seventh inning against Athol on Tuesday. The Bears held a 2-0 lead while Logan Cormier had held the Thunder to just three hits through six innings. Cormier came...
Opinion
My Turn: No place for politics in ‘family problems’
I’ve been around for 89 years and for most of my voting years, I have been leaning to the right more than to the left. I can even say, without emotion, that I voted for Donald Trump in the last two elections. However, I’m not so sure that he will get...
Arts & Life
A varied and appealing ‘American Table’: New book from the Smithsonian looks at American history through the lens of food
Food connects Americans to each other and to our history. Those connections were highlighted in a recent book and a library talk. The book is “Smithsonian American Table: The Foods, People and Innovations That Feed Us,” (Harvest) by Lisa Kingsley in...
Obituaries
[IMAGE]Kenneth J. Miner Millers Falls, MA - Kenneth J. Miner, 87, of Highland St., Millers Falls passed away unexpectedly at home on Tuesday April 2nd, 2024. Ken was born in Turners Falls, ... remainder of obit for Kenneth J. Miner
Greenfield, MA - Debra (Horta) Andrews, age 58, passed away unexpectedly March 23, 2024, in Murrells Inlet, SC. She was born December 13, 1965, in Fayetteville, NC, the daughter of Teresa ... remainder of obit for Debra Andrews
Edith Celia (Climan) Handleman Greenfield, MA - Edith "Edie" Handleman of Greenfield, Massachusetts, died on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at 101 years and 8 months of age. Edith Celia Climan w... remainder of obit for Edith Celia Handleman
Turners Falls, MA - Robert J. (Zum) Zamojski, age 88, of 14 Dell Street, Turners Falls, passed away on April 5, 2024. He was born in Turners Falls, November 26, 1935. He was the son of Jose... remainder of obit for Robert J. Zamojski