By MAX BOWEN
GILL — Having struggled with an ongoing drop in enrollment since 2020, Four Winds School plans to close at the end of the academic year.Four Winds Director Hattie Adastra said the enrollment troubles began during the COVID-19 pandemic. Normally, the...
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
BUCKLAND — Residents will vote whether to approve bylaws regulating short-term rentals, such as Airbnb or Vrbo properties, in the commercial and residential districts at this year’s Annual Town Meeting on May 4.If passed, the bylaws would establish a...
Editor’s Note: The following is a collection of Easter egg hunts and festivities available in Franklin County. Know of an event that isn’t listed? Feel free to send details to news@recorder.com.BernardstonThe Farm Table restaurant, 219 South St., will...
Kiwanis Club hosting chicken pot pie dinner fundraiser for Pioneer seniors BERNARDSTON — Instead of cooking the night before Easter, folks are invited to take part in the Bernardston Kiwanis Club’s next meal in its fundraiser series, which will raise...
Deerfield building permits will soon be available online DEERFIELD — Beginning April 1, licensed contractors, property owners and business owners will be able to apply for, pay for and receive building permits online.Once the online system begins,...
By ANITA WILSON
Just like crocuses and daffodils, new scams emerge around this time of year.Warmer weather brings out individuals who knock on your door with offers to make repairs to your home, driveway or yard. They might say that they have materials such as...
By DOMENIC POLI
GREENFIELD — Business has started buzzing at Busy Bee Computers at 22 Federal St.The family-run venture opened in mid-January and patriarch Doug Ely said he has carried over most of the extensive clientele he built up while operating the business out...
ATHOL 667 Brickyard Road. $288,000. B: Johnathan Sibley. S: Tammy A. Bush. 34 Exchange St. $380,000. B: Vargas & Son Properties LLC. S: Lloyd K. Brooks. 146 Fredette St. $175,000. B: Norberto L. Mateo. S: Louise R. Sherman Estate and Daniel J....
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
GREENFIELD — The Board of Health is drafting new tobacco regulations that, if approved, would increase penalties for businesses caught selling tobacco products to underage customers, and would put loopholes used to sell flavored tobacco products up in...
By DOMENIC POLI
It seems people from all over are anxious for spring to arrive as bookings at the three state camping locations in Franklin and Hampshire counties are filling up fast.The state Department of Conservation and Recreation reports that at least 756 total...
By GARRETT COTE
SPRINGFIELD — Greg Carvel had his house to himself last Saturday, the date of the University of Denver’s NCHC title game with Omaha. If Denver won, the UMass ice hockey head coach and his team would be back in the NCAA tournament. A loss would mark...
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
While the brisk, chilly weather this week doesn’t make it seem like the spring sports season is here, local high school baseball, softball, tennis and volleyball teams will get their campaigns underway Thursday and Friday.With it being a light winter...
By WISTY RORABACHER
There is hidden treasure right here in Greenfield. Years ago, the treasure was in plain sight. Now it is practically unrecognizable except in the early spring. I discovered small nuggets of the treasure when Ted Watt, well-known naturalist and...
By JEREMY WILLIAMS
Since what we focus on is where our energy flows, why not focus on good. We create our own reality, every moment of every day. Since this is the case, there is great news. We no longer have to focus on negative things unless we choose to.It has been...
Mike Pence has made it clear he’s not going to hang around. King Con needs a replacement. George Santos is the obvious choice. He’s another New York con man. Both men are made of the same moral fiber. They both have disrespect, disdain and disregard...
I applaud writer Patricia Greene’s efforts to support peace in the world wherever it is threatened [“There would be no war in Ukraine without the U.S.,” Recorder, March 23], but I am unconvinced of the claim stated in the headline of her column. I am...
Thank you to reporter Anthony Cammalleri and the Recorder for publishing the article about the innovative programs supported by the Massachusetts Trial Court (“Promoting Justice,” March 21). I write only to make a minor correction regarding the...
A recent My Turn in the Recorder blamed our problems at the border on a deliberate Marxist-Globalist conspiracy to destroy our country. Many of those who seem to hold these views are descendants of the Irish immigrants in the nineteenth century who...
A pair of local athletes are heading to Colorado next month to compete against the best skiers in the country. Landon Allenby and Lucas Allenby, 12-year-old twins from Greenfield, began skiing at Berkshire East but have mostly taught themselves how to...
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
GREENFIELD — Greenfield Police are looking for the individual who allegedly robbed Call’s Corner Store on Conway Street on Tuesday night before fleeing the business with its cash register.According to Deputy Police Chief William Gordon, investigating...
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