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Real Estate Transactions: Feb. 7, 2025
Following change in regulations, Greenfield cannabis seed bank founder shifts gears to massage therapy
My Turn: Awaiting symptoms, 1 foot in front of the other
Gill board reviews erosion conditions in draft FirstLight certification
SunnyDayz Cannabis making progress in Deerfield, expects to open in August
Legislative push renewed to raise farmworkers’ pay to state minimum
Annual Point-in-Time Count tallying region’s homeless population
UMass basketball: Minutemen fall apart down the stretch, hand Saint Louis key A-10 victory
Shelburne Falls Natural Healing looks to provide alternative treatment for range of health issues
SHELBURNE FALLS — Feeling under the weather? A natural healer believes she can find the root of your health issues by tapping into your body’s energy field.
Innovintage Place moves from Greenfield to Amherst
AMHERST — The vintage and artisan collective that Skye Wellington opened on Black Friday six years ago has reopened in Hampshire County.
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Cause of death deemed homicide in case of NH woman found in Warwick
With double the space, Bridge Primary expanding services in Greenfield
Erving officers, CSO clinician commended for suicide prevention at French King Bridge
Isaac Mass forms exploratory committee for Franklin County sheriff campaign
Pushback: Shutesbury and Wendell appeal seizure of our home rule
Area schools draft policies on responding to ICE agents
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Sports
HS Roundup: South Hadley boys basketball pulls away in the second half to defeat Greenfield, 68-57 (PHOTOS)
GREENFIELD — It was a competitive game at halftime between the Greenfield and South Hadley boys basketball teams on Wednesday at Nichols Gymnasium.
UMass football: Minutemen sign five athletes from high school ranks on opening day of spring signing period 
HS Roundup: Athol boys basketball defeats Hampshire, 65-43, in key Hampshire League North showdown (PHOTOS)
Alpine Ski: Mohawk Trail’s Addie Loomis earns seventh straight victory
Where Recorder Area teams sit in MIAA power rankings, Western Mass. tournament Opinion
Columnist Joanna Buoniconti: Learning the importance of taking breaks
Benjamin Miner: Nobody voted for Elon Musk's national treasury coup
Conor Power: MAGA, I need your help
Larry Dean: World Eye closing sad
Pushback: Shutesbury and Wendell appeal seizure of our home rule
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Business
Mesa Verde pop-up events in Greenfield part of growing partnerships with restaurateurs
GREENFIELD — The Five Eyed Fox kitchen was roaring for a few fleeting hours on Monday, albeit under a different roof.
New Deerfield yoga practice seeks to ‘tend to the soul’
Where ‘steampunk meets Victorian meets funky’: Mo’s Fudge Factor getting new look in Shelburne Falls
McGovern Automotive Group selling Greenfield dealerships
‘This is where it all began’: Couple moving crafters gallery into Bates Down Under in Orangee-Edition
Arts & Life
Sounds Local: A side project of his side project: Christopher Elliott, aka Buzzard, aka Satiricus Doomicus Americus, releases new music
Most local music fans know Christopher Elliott as half of the indie folk duo Austin & Elliott. Montague resident Elliott, and his partner Lisa Austin, have played their edgy brand of acoustic music at Coop concerts and other local venues for many years now. The songs he’s written for the pair sometimes included elements of darkness, but this material has nothing on Elliott’s recent solo projects.
Speaking of Nature: A rare visit from our largest woodpecker: At long last, a Pileated Woodpecker came to explore my dead pines
A generous food writer and her biscuits: Remembering Nathalie Dupree, ‘the Julia Child of the South’
‘There’s a majesty to grief’: Poet and UMass professor Peter Gizzi wins prestigious 2024 T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry
‘Eyes on Freedom’: Audio documentary on Wally and Juanita Nelson will premiere at the Sunderland Public Library next weekObituaries
Eleanor J. Goodman
Eleanor (Ellie) J. Goodman Northfield, MA - ELEANOR (Ellie) J. GOODMAN of Northfield, longtime counselor and teacher at Greenfield Community College, passed away on January 2, 2025, at 93. Born in Rupert, Idaho on June 8, 1931, Ellie was... remainder of obit for Eleanor J. Goodman
Dallas A. Willor
Greenfield, MA - Dallas Anthony Willor, 25, of Abbott Street passed away unexpectedly on Sunday 2/2/2025. He was an adventurous boy who loved skateboarding and playing his drums. Dallas went on a trip to Colorado to go outback snowboar... remainder of obit for Dallas A. Willor
Jonathan C. Bassett
Montague, MA - Jonathan (Jon) Craig Bassett, 69, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, January 29, 2025. Born in Greenfield on May 7, 1955, Jon was the son of Ronald and Barbara Bassett. He married Eva Marie Brown in 1984 in Ber... remainder of obit for Jonathan C. Bassett
Ernest Chagnon Jr.
Ernest "Ernie" Chagnon, Jr. Turners Falls, MA - Ernest "Ernie" Chagnon, Jr. 87, of Turners Falls, MA. passed away on January 30, 2025, he was born February 10, 1937. Calling Hours for Ernie will be held on Monday, Feb. 10, from 10 11:... remainder of obit for Ernest Chagnon Jr.
