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By DAVID PARRELLA

 By April 1865 the city of Charleston, South Carolina was in ruins. While the Confederates still clung to Fort Sumpter, eight months of bombardment by Union guns had turned the city into a shadow of its former glory.Much of the white population of the...

Sen. Mark’s staff holding office hoursBUCKLAND — State Sen. Paul Mark’s staff will hold office hours on Thursday, Dec. 5, from 10 a.m. to noon at Buckland Town Hall, 17 State St.Residents of any of the 57 municipalities in the Berkshire, Hampden,...

Seventh Grade High Honors: Jayden Baez, Autumn Belanger, Katelyn Bozek, Lillian Clark, Sallie Flynn, Augustus Foote, Elliot Franetovich, Sienna Franklin, Maddan Garcia, Hope Gilbert, Elizabeth Gilmore, Raelyn Hildreth, Carl Jernstrom, Grayson Johnson,...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE FALLS — After years of planning, the West County Senior Services District is nearing the finish line and will officially begin providing services to elderly residents of Ashfield, Buckland and Shelburne on July 1. With the existing...

By MARA MELLITS

Fifth-generation farmer Melissa Griffin’s life is anything but traditional.She operates Clessons River Farm in Buckland with her husband, Adam Griffin. She is also a classical trumpet player who studied trumpet performance at the University of...

Info session to discuss ADUsROWE — Residents who are curious about how a new state law regarding accessory dwelling units (ADUs) may impact the town and their properties are invited to attend an informational meeting with the Planning Board at Rowe...

By DOMENIC POLI

Though participation in veterans service organizations has waned considerably in the decades following World War II and the conflicts in Korea and Vietnam, group leaders in Franklin County say membership remains strong and the door is open to any...

Buckland reviewing progress toward Open Space and Recreation Plan goals BUCKLAND — The Open Space and Recreation Committee will meet at Town Hall, 17 State St., on Wednesday, Nov. 20, at 6 p.m. to review the town’s progress on the goals and tasks...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

LEYDEN — A frequently overflowing culvert on West Leyden Road is set to be replaced with help from a $126,600 grant from the Massachusetts Division of Ecological Restoration. The grant will cover engineering work for the replacement project through...

By DAVID PARRELLA

 Ever since I moved to Buckland eight years ago, I have been trying to track down the historic and abandoned cemeteries that can tell us so much about life and death in the previous centuries of European occupation in these hills. One that has eluded...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

SHELBURNE FALLS — Firefighters from six departments worked to extinguish a fire at 18 South St. on Tuesday evening after it burned a resident’s shed to rubble and spread to the railroad tracks behind his home.Homeowner Dana McNay said he had put his...

By CHRIS LARABEE

Restoration of Elmer’s Store in Ashfield, roadwork around the region and downtown management services in three towns around Franklin County are on the way thanks to more than $10.3 million in grants coming to Franklin County and the North Quabbin,...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

BUCKLAND — Forty voters filled Town Hall on Tuesday evening to approve the discontinuation of a portion of Old Upper Street and the borrowing of up to $150,000 for Avery Road repairs, as well as a couple housekeeping items, in a swift 24-minute...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

BUCKLAND — During a time of rising costs, stagnant state aid and declining enrollment, the 2 District, 8 Town Steering Committee, or 2D8T, has selected five options of possible reorganization for the Mohawk Trail and Hawlemont Regional school...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

BUCKLAND — Most of the decisions to be made at Tuesday’s four-article Special Town Meeting pertain to roads, including whether to discontinue a portion of Old Upper Street and borrow up to $150,000 to repair Avery Road.The meeting will be held at...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

A new conservation agent has been hired to serve the towns of Ashfield, Buckland, Hawley, Whately and Williamsburg.Greenfield resident Kelly Kowal was chosen out of 27 applicants. A hiring committee consisting of representatives from each town...

The Franklin County Solid Waste Management District will hold its next “Clean Sweep” Bulky Waste Recycling Day on Saturday, Oct. 19, from 9 a.m. to noon.The three collection locations are the Erving Highway Garage at 16 Public Works Blvd. (off Route...

In 1858, Abraham Lincoln announced his candidacy for president with what came to be known as the House Divided speech. Lincoln asserted about slavery that “a house divided cannot stand … I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave...

Renovations planned at Cowell Gymnasium SHELBURNE — Cowell Gymnasium at 51 Maple St. will soon get a fresh new look, now that the Selectboard has approved $12,490 for painting and fencing work.The Selectboard received multiple bids and reviewed them...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

BUCKLAND — A Mohawk Trail Regional School senior has been recognized as one of the top-scoring PSAT takers across the nation and named as a National Merit Scholarship Program semi-finalist.Eliza Crowell, a senior from Buckland, took the PSAT...

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — The Whately Diner and Shelburne Falls’ Iron Bridge will soon return to the silver screen — alongside the debut of other Franklin County locations — as a local director prepares to begin filming his first feature-length...