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By BELLA LEVAVI

ROWE — Citing the housing shortage, Paul McLatchy III announced he will not seek reelection to the town clerk position in May. “I did not make this decision lightly as I love this town and love doing the job as town clerk. However, with an extremely...

By BELLA LEVAVI

HEATH — A series of break-ins targeting schools in western Franklin County — and in Heath’s case, a school turned into a municipal building — have left towns coping with minor building repairs.Ashfield’s Sanderson Academy and the Heath Municipal...

Shelburne town clerk shareselection details SHELBURNE — Town Clerk Joe Judd advises that this year’s annual town election is scheduled for May 21 at Cowell Gymnasium, 51 Maple St. Polls will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.Nomination papers will be...

Buckland Council on Aging hosting Conversation Café SHELBURNE FALLS — The Buckland Council on Aging will host a Conversation Café on Tuesday, Nov. 7, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Senior Center in Shelburne Falls. “Spending Grant Money on Ourselves” is...

By BELLA LEVAVI

Four Franklin County towns received a total of $117,637 as part of a $460,000 round of Woodlands Partnership Grants from the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs that will be used to improve access to outdoor recreation in town and...

By BELLA LEVAVI

ROWE — With Paul McLatchy III leaving his position this term, town clerk is the only contested race on the ballot in their year’s election. The election will be held Saturday, May 13, at Rowe Elementary School. Polls will be open from 10 a.m. to 2...

May 11: Meet the Candidates Night SHELBURNE — In cooperation with the Senior Center, the town will hold a “Meet the Candidates Night” at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 11, at the Senior Center, 7 Main St. Meet the candidates running for elected positions...

By EMILEE KLEIN

ROWE — Thirty-two voters approved all 31 articles on the warrants for a short Special Town Meeting and subsequent Annual Town Meeting on Monday, most of which concerned the fiscal year 2024 budget for government departments.The total budget for fiscal...

By BELLA LEVAVI

ROWE — With several articles not unanimously recommended by the Finance Committee and Selectboard, including the public schools budget and the expansion of a project to rebuild tennis courts, residents will have to decide for themselves what projects...

By EMILEE KLEIN and LIESEL NYGARD

A new broadband network for Colrain, Charlemont, Heath, Leyden and Rowe that prevents major outages and improves the resiliency of internet access will be completed by June 30.The system creates three backhauls and a 10-gigabyte circuit connection...

By BELLA LEVAVI

ROWE — Officials determined the fire at a three-story home at 39 Cross Road that occurred on Feb. 24 was caused by the unsafe charging of an electronic device. Jake Wark, public information officer with the state Department of Fire Services, explained...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

ROWE — A family was displaced after their three-story home at 39 Cross Road was rendered uninhabitable by a fire on Friday afternoon.First responders were dispatched shortly after 2:30 p.m. According to Charlemont Fire Chief Dennis Annear, the fire...

By DOMENIC POLI

ROWE — Three sheep died in a barn fire that was called in at 2:52 a.m. on Sunday.Fire Chief Dennis Annear said no humans were harmed by the two-alarm blaze at 51 Middletown Hill Road and his crew returned to the Fire Station by 8 a.m. after...

By BELLA LEVAVI

ROWE — Last summer’s severe drought is still having an effect on the region this winter, as evidenced by a Dec. 7 rainstorm’s impact on Rowe’s two dams.The Pelham and Mill Pond dams each feature a sluiceway with a gate that can be opened to allow...

By VIRGINIA RAY

Editor’s note: The Greenfield Recorder has been publishing stories about what Franklin County residents can likely expect to see happening in their towns in 2023. Details about projects in the western part of the county were shared in two parts. This...

By DIANE BRONCACCIO

ROWE — Although it happened 24 years ago, Leonard Laffond clearly remembers when the Yankee Rowe nuclear power plant announced it was closing for good.“That was the fateful day,” he said, finding a copy of the Feb. 27, 1992 Recorder, with its headline...