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By TALIA GODFREY

GREENFIELD — Stones flew from hands into the Green River’s cold water this Sunday as a small group gathered at the swimming and recreation area to perform Tashlich, a Jewish High Holiday tradition for casting away heaviness and sins.Tashlich, a Hebrew...

By MARY BYRNE

A brewery with roots in Connecticut has found its way to South Deerfield. Powder Hollow Brewery, which opened its flagship location in Enfield, Conn. in 2014, opened its doors to customers Friday afternoon at its new location at Yankee Candle Village...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — People have been told not to “poke the bear.” But apparently, no one has said a bear shouldn’t poke a human.Matthew Bete got a text from his father, who lives around the corner, shortly before 2 p.m. Saturday to inform him of a bear...

By BILL DANIELSON

I’ve started my morning commute to work again, and for the past week, I’ve been listening to the daily weather summary on NPR. Covering a wide area of southern New England, this rundown of atmospheric conditions and regional statistics is always very...

By MARY BYRNE

SHELBURNE FALLS — After years of vacancy, a new use for the former Mole Hollow Candle building — the old candle store overlooking the Glacial Potholes — is beginning to take shape.“It’s a very nice building of great historic significance to the town,”...

By DAVID SIANO

This article is the perfect analogy using grades instead of dollars to show what you can expect with the radical Democratic Socialist plans of Biden, Sanders and Harris.An economics professor at a local college made a statement that she had never...

By MAX MARCUS

GILL — Cielito Lindo opened this week at the town line of Gill and Turners Falls, offering a menu of homemade Mexican staples and family recipes that have been passed down over generations.The restaurant is at the corner of Route 2 and the Turners...

The op-ed page is an important feature of a community newspaper in that it gives readers the opportunity to comment on issues they deem important.Certainly, the Recorder’s readers aren’t at a loss when it comes to opinions.Thank goodness for that.We...

By MAX MARCUS

MONTAGUE — As the historical namesake of Turners Falls has again become a point of controversy, the Montague Historical Commission hopes to provide an education on what really happened and who was involved in the incident that the name memorializes.It...

If Trump loses the upcoming presidential election, he is fully aware he could be facing a trove of federal and state felonies which if convicted, sent to prison. The possible federal offenses include: obstruction of justice, obstruction of Congress,...

By ZACK DeLUCA

CHARLEMONT — The Selectboard voted this week in favor of pursuing acquisition of the Charlemont Inn through foreclosure, so it can sell the property to a local developer to be turned into low-income elderly housing.Byron Gilchrest, a Charlemont...

By DOMENIC POLI

Are you searching for a furnished house with a tall painted fireplace? Or perhaps a beautiful Victorian with a vanity, hand-dressed metal bed and braided country-style rugs would suit your home needs?Orange native Nathaniel Ellis wants to find you...

The massacre of natives May 19, 1676, at Gill/Turners Falls, is unthinkable. We ask ourselves, “How did this happen?” and how to best work toward reconciliation.King Philip’s War was the bloodiest per capita of any American war. During the period of...

By JOE JABONASKI

Trumpism is a cult — a social pathology — not a political movement. If it were a movement, people would be following the facts and making rational judgements based on how those facts help or hinder their goals. None of that happens with cult...

The three Quabbin Reservoir Fishing Boat Launch Areas are now open for the 2020 fishing season, and as of Saturday, Aug. 1, visitors can rent boats, motors, canoes and kayaks on a first come, first served basis.According to a notice from the state...

By ZACK DeLUCA

GILL — A former Northfield Mount Hermon School student has filed a legal complaint and is seeking a case against the school, claiming negligence and infliction of emotional distress from an alleged 2017 incident involving a current staff...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The former Greenfield police sergeant convicted in January of vehicular homicide stemming from a 2017 incident has been released from prison early.James B. Rode, 50, was sentenced on Jan. 27 to two years behind bars, with 15 months of...

By MAX MARCUS

MONTAGUE CENTER — Recently under new ownership, the Montague Village Store on Main Street is rethinking its relationship with its community — both in its product offerings, and in the way the store styles and brands itself.Kathy Lynch, who took over...

By PAT LEUCHTMAN

The importance of pollinators in our own gardens and in public gardens like those at the Energy Park and the John Zon Community Center cannot be over estimated. Pollinators are vital to a healthy environment.That being said, there are other insects...

By BILL DANIELSON

In 1985, the piping plover (Charadrius melodus) was granted protected status under the Endangered Species Act. To make a very long story short, a species that had thrived along the Atlantic coast of the United States and Canada for hundreds of...