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 …
Friday, May 3, 2013
The Pioneer Valley Symphony, the 74-year-old community symphony and orchestra based in Greenfield, will be honored next week as one of the area’s “outstanding organizations.” The symphony will be one of four recipients honored at New England Public Radio’s 5th annual Arts and Humanities Gala on Tuesday night …
Friday, May 3, 2013
ASHFIELD Annual town meeting/election: Today 10 a.m. in Town Hall. Board of Assessors: Monday 6 p.m. in Town Hall. Conservation Commission: Wednesday 7:30 p.m. in Town Hall. BERNARDSTON Planning Board: Monday 6:30 p.m. in Antonio’s Pizza. Cultural Council: Monday 6:30 p.m. in Town Hall. Agricultural Commission: Tuesday 7:30 …
Friday, May 3, 2013
Six Franklin County towns have made the Boston Globe’s “Top 25 Places to Live in Massachusetts” list. Shelburne, Leverett, Rowe, Greenfield, Northfield and Gill all made the list, which can be found on Boston.com. The Globe did an online survey of its readers, saying it wanted to match …
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Hello neighbor. I have spent a good deal of time with dinosaurs over the past six months or so. Grandson Justin is absolutely fascinated and sometimes mesmerized by them. He calls them “Big Das,” because he can’t quite say “dinosaur” yet. I mention this because on Wednesday at …
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 …
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.” …
Thursday, April 25, 2013
WHATELY — The town will recommend to the townspeople on May 9 they support the proposed Frontier Regional School operating budget. The Finance Committee, Capital Planning Committee and the Board of Selectmen voted to recommend the budget as presented. A day after Whately gave its support, the Frontier …
Thursday, April 25, 2013
DEERFIELD — The Frontier Regional School Committee has cut its operating budget by $79,395. The cut is a result of a teacher retirement and comes in time for the annual town meetings in the four Frontier feeder towns — Deerfield, Whately, Sunderland and Conway. Sunderland will go first …
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 …
