Search Results

By Line search: By DIANE BRONCACCIO

By DIANE BRONCACCIO

It’s showtime again for Pothole Pictures, a community-based movie series that showcases classic movies, live local music, occasional interviews with relevant film-makers, and sells popcorn that’s still only $1.Named for Shelburne Falls’s Glacial...

By DIANE BRONCACCIO

ASHFIELD — Longtime Town Moderator Stewart “Buz” Eisenberg is facing competition to retain his seat this year, with Evan Barth throwing his hat in the ring for the role’s one-year term.All other candidates are running unopposed in the May 4 town...

By DIANE BRONCACCIO

SHELBURNE FALLS — The Bridge of Flowers will be closed this season for extensive repairs, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be things to see and do in the village.Community organizers have started a beautification project called the “Village of...

By DIANE BRONCACCIO

Zeal, a soulful-eyed chocolate lab, may well be “man’s best friend” to 15-year-old Rain Sanborn. But if all goes well, Zeal will also be a great comfort to the boy who suffered through years of trauma and anxiety brought on by a near-fatal ski...

By DIANE BRONCACCIO

BUCKLAND — Despite all the trees felled by storms or cut down for utility access, about 13,000 rural households in Massachusetts still experience “energy insecurity,” according to the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR). But a fairly...

By DIANE BRONCACCIO

BUCKLAND — Residents will be able to weigh in on a proposed bylaw later this month that would allow short-term rentals while ensuring public safety, maintaining neighborhood character and preventing possible nuisances for abutters.By the end of 2022,...

By DIANE BRONCACCIO

The groundhog predicted an early end to winter: did that also mean an earlier start to maple sugaring? Apparently so, according to several maple sugarers in the Pioneer Valley.“This is the earliest we’ve ever started,” remarked Chip Williams of the...

By DIANE BRONCACCIO

Is it ever too late to start dancing?On a wintry morning at Greenfield Community College, podcast-host Denise Schwartz and GCC dance teacher Emily Fox discuss the benefits of dance as part of a podcast series called Backyard Oasis.Fox says dance helps...

By DIANE BRONCACCIO

In February 2020, documentary photographer and photo preservationist Terri Sevene Cappucci of Turners Falls was winnowing down decades of photographic materials in her scrupulously clean studio when she was offered about 4,000 glass-plate negatives...

By DIANE BRONCACCIO

SHELBURNE FALLS — A year before shocking charges of child molestation were levied against Richard Lavigne in 1991, I had two chances to meet with the then-admired priest of St. Joseph’s Parish.First, a parish member recommended I see him for...

By DIANE BRONCACCIO

SHELBURNE FALLS — Like Goldilocks, you can’t be too picky about finding a bicycle that is “just right” — especially if you take it on a 750-mile ride.That’s why the riders of custom bikes made by Alex Meade may spend a few hours on an adjustable...