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By JULIAN MENDOZA

MONTAGUE — The Selectboard, eyeing future development as demolition of the adjacent Farren Care Center looms, accepted the property and office building at 356 Montague City Road during Monday’s Selectboard meeting.Trinity Health of New England, the...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

A year ago, the Mohawk Trail girls alpine ski team dominated the mountains. They’ll be looking to do the same when the season kicks off on Thursday. The girls team took home the PVIAC North division title and placed first at the PVIAC Championship...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — A Franklin County Superior Court judge has ruled that a resident appealing the town’s North Main Street park project can conduct an independent review of the property’s wetlands, as an appeal of the project continues.In a decision...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

The Mohawk Trail varsity boys basketball season won’t continue.Following a pair of injuries, the already shorthanded Warriors — which had been playing this season with just six players — don’t have a roster large enough to field a team, leading the...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — When annual Town Meeting convenes in June it will mark the first time in 35 years Christopher Woodcock hasn’t called the session to order.The lifelong Orange resident has opted not to run for another term as the town’s moderator, ending a...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — Smoke drifting into New England from wildfires in the western United States last summer, tracked by sensors in Holyoke, Greenfield and other area communities, gave residents real-time information about its causing poor air quality.The...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — A new state law that was approved last week will expand and codify rights for foster parents, and better protect a child’s welfare, according to a state advocacy group.The Children’s League of Massachusetts said the Foster Parents Bill...

By STEVE PFARRER

Robert Harris is the author of a slew of bestselling thrillers and historical novels, covering ancient Rome, World War II, contemporary politics and more. According to one count, he’s sold over 10 million copies of his books, a number of which have...

By DOMENIC POLI

BERNARDSTON — Being led around Stony B Acres’ riding arena, Foxy walks with a slight but noticeable limp.A former show horse for an equestrian team at the University of Findlay in Ohio, the chestnut mare in her teenage years had her competition career...

By MARY BYRNE

Editor’s note: The Greenfield Recorder has been providing regular updates on the risk level of COVID-19 transmission as wastewater testing results are received.With the volume of virus in wastewater at its highest since tracking began last spring, the...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — After serving as vice president for the past year, Precinct 2 Councilor Dan Guin will assume the role of City Council president for 2023, a position most recently held by Precinct 6 Councilor Sheila Gilmour.“I look forward to the...

By DOMENIC POLI

CHARLEMONT — The three candidates vying for two Selectboard seats made their appeals to the public on Wednesday evening in a lightly attended meet-and-greet at Hawlemont Regional School.Robert Handsaker and William Harker are competing for the...

By STEVE PFARRER

SPRINGFIELD — Last month, when he stepped down from WRSI 93.9 The River after nearly 17 years of hosting a morning show at the station, Christopher “Monte” Belmonte said he was not stepping away from radio. But the popular radio personality wasn’t...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — In the old courtroom at the Hampshire County Superior Court, Northwestern District Attorney David Sullivan took the oath of office Wednesday for the fourth time after being reelected to the position.As in the previous two elections for...

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — Just a few years after Deerfield became the first community in the state to be approved for the Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Program (MVP), the town is again at the front lines of climate resiliency with an award-winning soil...

By CHRIS LARABEE

COLRAIN — The state Department of Fire Services has determined a Colrain fire that badly damaged a single-family home last week started in a trash barrel, but has yet to determine a specific cause.“They’re gauging between a couple of things,” said...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – Tyson Dyck pointed across the ice at Cal Kiefiuk. The UMass hockey freshman was credited with the opening goal on the score sheet in Tuesday’s 3-0 win over Brown at the Mullins Center, but he recognized the puck wouldn’t have left his stick...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — The proposed expansion of the industrial development zone near Route 2 — a zoning change that appeared to be a shoo-in at the start of the process — was ultimately voted down Wednesday night following a lengthy discussion among city...

By PAUL FRANZ

HEATH — Deirdre Gleason was driving home to 161 Colrain Stage Road with her boyfriend and two young children when she noticed a column of smoke.“Oh my God, what’s going on?” she exclaimed.Her home was not on fire, but the adjacent standalone studio...

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — The city and Police Chief Robert Haigh Jr. have officially filed their appeal of the May 6 jury verdict in Hampshire County Superior Court that found the chief and the Greenfield Police Department racially discriminated against former...