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SHELBURNE FALLS — The Bridge of Flowers Committee will host the second annual Bridge of Flowers Art Show & Sale on Saturday, Aug. 17, and Sunday, Aug. 18, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m at the Shelburne-Buckland Community Center on Main Street.An opening...

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COLRAIN — Longtime Town Administrator Kevin Fox has retired and former town staff member Diana Parsons has returned to town to fill the role.“It’s been a pleasure to work in town government,” Fox said. “I’ve enjoyed it immensely. I will miss it and I...

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SHELBURNE FALLS — Following a $900,000 increase to a grant from MassWorks, repair work on the Bridge of Flowers is expected to proceed later this month.The initial grant of $2,298,000 from MassWorks, which is run by the state Executive Office of...

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BUCKLAND — Following a request for proposals, the Selectboard has chosen Jay Heilman and Jake Orzechowski of JPH Building, a custom residential home design/contracting firm, to buy the former police station on Conway Street. “We’re very excited in...

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SHELBURNE FALLS — The Bridge of Flowers, closed at the end of the 2023 season for needed repair work, will reopen on the day of the annual plant sale, Saturday, May 11. The bridge was not expected to open this season, but a regional dearth of bidders...

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SHELBURNE — If you’ve wondered how to decide on solar options, or a heat pump, or how to reduce your home’s oil/propane use, you can find information at a free Energy Fair organized by the Shelburne Energy Committee.The fair will be held on Saturday,...

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Though her original idea to start a small community orchard at Buckland-Shelburne Elementary School doesn’t appear to be in the cards, Julia Godfrey will instead donate and move most of her fruit trees and bushes to the Demonstration Permaculture...

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BUCKLAND — The committee that’s working to create a bicycle-themed pocket park on Conway Street is holding a public information session to share the architectural plan developed by Walter Cudnohufsky Associates Inc.The meeting will be held Thursday,...

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SHELBURNE — Residents are invited to an informational meeting on Wednesday, April 17, from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Shelburne-Buckland Community Center to hear more about the planned streetlight conversion. Jeff Boettner, chair of the Shelburne Streetlight...

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BUCKLAND — When Shelburne glass artist Josh Simpson made his first visit to the Buckland Historical Society’s Wilder Homestead restoration project last year, the mention of hand-blown glass in the windows above the door to the barn caught his...

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BUCKLAND — The Mohawk Trail Regional School District School Committee is bringing a $26.97 million total operating and capital budget proposal for fiscal year 2025 to a public hearing this week, representing a 5.34% increase over this year’s...

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ASHFIELD — The Planning Board has granted telecommunications infrastructure developer Vertex Towers a six-month extension on its special permit to build a cell tower on Ridge Hill, a project that has been in the works for more than two years. “The...

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MONTAGUE — The town is one step closer to seeing a 3,200-square-foot mural painted on the east exterior wall of the Shea Theater Arts Center now that the Selectboard unanimously approved a contract with Common Wealth Murals LLC, a Springfield-based...

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MONTAGUE — Residents will have a chance to weigh in on a Community Solar Action Plan and solar energy possibilities for the future during a town-wide forum being planned for the spring.Energy Committee Co-Chairs Sally Pick and Tim Van Egmond met with...

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SHELBURNE — Following the recent death of Robert “Bob” Manners, longtime Shelburne Selectboard member, firefighter and EMT, local firefighters decorated the Shelburne Fire Station’s facade with black mourning bunting in memory of their friend, mentor...

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SHELBURNE FALLS — More than 60 local and regional artists will showcase their work celebrating the iconic Bridge of Flowers, the Deerfield River it spans and its surrounding views during the inaugural Bridge of Flowers Art Show and Sale.The event,...

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SHELBURNE FALLS — The Bridge of Flowers will close as usual in late October, but this time it will not reopen until major and much-needed repairs have been made, thanks to a $2.28 million state infrastructure grant.The Shelburne Falls Fire District,...

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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...