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Trailing 4-0 into the bottom of the seventh inning, it seemed like Greenfield Post 81 was headed toward a third consecutive loss to open its American Legion Senior Division season on Friday night.

Holly A. Boisvert, 49, homeless of Greenfield. Charge of possession of a Class B drug and possession of a Class E drug. Released on personal recognizance. Pretrial conference set for Dec. 6. The counsel fee was waived.Judge William Mazanec III...

Judge William MazanecGreenfield, Oct. 15Kevin K. Smith, 34, of Oak Grove Avenue, Springfield. Charges of resisting arrest, intimidating a witness/juror/police/court official, a marked lanes violation, failure to stop or yield, improper operation of a...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — With a Proposition 2½ override vote coming to the ballot boxes on Monday, roughly 50 people gathered in Town Hall’s Ruth B. Smith Auditorium this week to voice their thoughts to the Selectboard on the budget proposal.

By EMILEE KLEIN

NORTHAMPTON — In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision on Wednesday to uphold Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming health care for minors, locally based Transhealth is sending a clear message to its patients and the community: health and community services for trans individuals in Massachusetts will persist as long as trans people exist.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

ORANGE — Fixing a sinkhole that was caused by a broken clay sewer pipe on East Main Street closed a portion of the road from Cumberland Farms to Grove Street on Friday.

By CHRIS LARABEE

The federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture and President Donald Trump that was filed by Red Fire Farm and other organizations over frozen government money will move forward, as a judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has laid out a schedule of further proceedings.

BERNARDSTON — Folks who are interested in shaping the future of Bernardston’s forests, fields, farms and parks are invited to a public forum on Thursday, June 26, at 6 p.m. at Bernardston Elementary School, 37 School Road.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

HAWLEY — Voters will be asked to approve transferring $76,341 to cover budget overages for Highway Department supplies and vocational school tuition during next week’s Special Town Meeting.

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — From education and affordable housing, to agriculture and federal funding cuts, area legislators at the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce’s annual legislative breakfast shared their priorities for this session.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — After several years of darkness, the lights behind the clock faces at the South Deerfield Congregational Church finally flicked back on recently, brighter than ever.

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — A Special Town Meeting is set for next week, as residents are asked to register an official notice of interest for the 1888 Building’s rehabilitation that would allow the project to move forward.

By BOB KATZEN

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

When high school sports returned after the COVID-19 pause, it was a natural time to shake things up.

By ALLEN WOODS

The signs of summer are everywhere and hard to ignore. Birds surround the feeders, swooping and squabbling and feasting on a banquet of seeds and nuts, the grass threatens to grow up around my ears overnight, the sun lingers for hours at dusk, and the solstice brings more daylight than we’ve seen in a full year. It’s a glorious time in New England, bathed in verdant green and luscious gold, with months of heat and light ahead.

By JOHANNA NEUMANN

Today, as I was going through old Recorders, I came across two headlines that caught my eye — Nov. 28, 2024, Northfield: “AG pulls plug on energy bylaws” and Dec. 3, 2024, Shutesbury: “State overrules bylaw on battery storage.”

I want to thank the following media outlets for making local sports special in Franklin County.

By CAROLYN BROWN

Florence-based author and illustrator Grace Lin is known for books like “Where the Mountain Meets the Moon” (for which she received a Newbery Honor in 2010), “The Gate, the Girl, and the Dragon,” “The Ugly Vegetables,” and “A Big Mooncake for Little Star” (for which she received a Caldecott Honor in 2019). Now, the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst is celebrating Lin’s work with a career retrospective.

Good morning!The night before Madi Liimatainen pitched for Turners Falls in front of 2,000 fans at Sortino Field in Amherst, she gave my 12-year-old grandson Carter her softball jersey. They’re cousins, and over the years they’ve bonded.