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TURNERS FALLS — After a fallout with her personal and professional partner in 2022 led to the closure of Deerfield’s Arts & Antiques on Routes 5 and 10, Danielle Marie began searching for “something that felt right.” With Sweet Phoenix, her new...

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GREENFIELD — On one evening per December for more than three decades, cities around the world have come alive through the cherished holiday tradition that is Phil Kline’s “Unsilent Night.” Although a bit late to the party, Greenfield surely has a seat...

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TURNERS FALLS — Even after moving to Fourth Street in 2012, the former 2nd Street Baking Co. kept its name, a message from owner Laura Puchalski to her faithful patrons that she wouldn’t forget the business’ history. Now, more than a decade later and...

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Dearest readers, it’s with mixed feelings, countless memories and boundless gratitude that I am leaving my full-time position at the Greenfield Recorder and moving back home to eastern Massachusetts.On the surface, this difficult decision was...

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TURNERS FALLS — Song, poetry and testimony will flow freely at the Shea Theater Arts Center on Saturday as environmental advocates protest FirstLight Hydro Generating Co.’s operations on the Connecticut River.The Connecticut River Defenders’ “A...

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MONTAGUE CENTER — Watershed restaurant will close its doors on Dec. 2, having served as a hub for fine dining for nearly two years.“We had an absolute blast,” said James Fitzgerald, who co-owns the restaurant alongside his partner Melissa Stetson. “At...

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TURNERS FALLS — The future of a planned housing development on First Street is uncertain after environmental tests showed six contaminants in the parcel’s soil.A Phase II Environmental Site Assessment was conducted at the town-owned, 0.65-acre lot by...

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NORTHFIELD — What was initially going to be a solo piano concert at the Trinitarian Congregational Church has blossomed into a star-studded, “musical, magical afternoon,” organizer Leslie Kellogg announced.The benefit concert, headlined by pianist Dan...

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MONTAGUE — Steve Ellis announced Monday that he will step down from his position as town administrator on June 30, having completed his mission to “make an impact” on the place he calls home.“When I took this job, I said I wanted to form great...

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TURNERS FALLS — Nine Franklin County Technical School students embraced last week’s national FFA Convention and Expo as an invaluable opportunity to connect with agriculturally inclined youth from all over the country.FFA, which originally stood for...

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MONTAGUE — Having been signed by Gill-Montague Regional School District School Committee Chair Jane Oakes, the contract between the committee and the teachers union is now official, Superintendent Brian Beck announced Thursday.The contract, a product...

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MONTAGUE — Town officials have affirmed that the Strathmore mill complex’s Building 11 is beyond repair, having observed the extent of its deterioration at a site tour Monday morning.A private party composed of Town Administrator Steve Ellis,...

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TURNERS FALLS — Ecologists and researchers observed more than three decades worth of conservation efforts with their own eyes during a recent tour of the Montague Plains Wildlife Management Area.Attendees discussed seven subtopics across as many stops...

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BOSTON — Experts from Amherst College and Greenfield Community College advocated for Jurassic armored mud balls to become the state’s “official sedimentary structure” during a legislative hearing on Tuesday, with the deadline for written testimony...

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TURNERS FALLS — No one was harmed after a problem with the heating unit filled Walgreens on Avenue A with a thick haze and forced the store’s evacuation on Tuesday afternoon, according to Deputy Fire Chief Kyle Cogswell.The Fire Department was...

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GREENFIELD — As the archaeological search for artifacts from the Great Falls Massacre continues, landowners and interested residents are being invited to a question and answer session to learn more about the ongoing work.The meeting, hosted by the...

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ERVING — The roughly 100 residents who attended Wednesday’s Special Town Meeting rejected all but one of the warrant articles pertaining to a $1.83 million tax levy limit override, forcing the Selectboard to reconfigure a new dollar amount for a...

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TURNERS FALLS — Saturday’s inaugural Falls Festival is being postponed until next autumn due to anticipated inclement weather, Town Administrator and Festival Committee member Steve Ellis announced Wednesday evening.The Falls Festival, which would...

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MONTAGUE — Residents and Selectboard members present at the board’s Monday meeting were reluctant to endorse a design that would reduce a planned six units of housing on First Street to five when the option was presented by Habitat for Humanity,...

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MONTAGUE — The Selectboard was supportive of a standard 12% increase to department stipends proposed by Finance Committee members, who cited a desire for increased consistency in compensating town officials.Finance Committee Chair Francia Wisnewski...

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SHELBURNE FALLS — Despite some unforeseen circumstances casting a shadow on the event, art, music and food highlighted the beauty of Indigenous culture during the Shelburne Historical Society’s third annual Indigenous Peoples Celebration on...