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By SAM FERLAND
CHARLEMONT — Plans have been set to complete three construction projects that aim to make the historic Charlemont Fairgrounds more accessible to the community and draw larger crowds for events.Charlemont plans to pursue three construction projects...
By MADISON SCHOFIELD
HEATH — National Grid wants to replace poles and upgrade power lines in Heath and Charlemont, but many local residents don’t seem interested. During an almost two-hour public information session at the Heath Select Board meeting on Tuesday, residents...
By TINKY WEISBLAT
Growing up spending summers down the road from composer, conductor, and teacher Alice Parker in Hawley, I didn’t know how lucky I was. I assumed everyone attended festive pot-luck parties at which grownups and children alike dressed in costume, ate...
By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN
MONTAGUE — The Selectboard is introducing a new policy for Zoom meeting participation following a “Zoom-bombing,” or hacking, incident during the Aug. 5 meeting.Going forward, Executive Assistant Wendy Bogusz said, any person participating in a...
By MADISON SCHOFIELD
Community members, musicians, friends, family, and fans are all invited to a concert in honor of the late Hawley composer Alice Parker. Mohawk Trail Concerts will host Remembering Alice: A Joyous Celebration of Alice Parker in Words and Music at 3...
By DOMENIC POLI
SHELBURNE — The motorcyclist that collided with a pickup truck on Route 2 on Tuesday afternoon died of his injuries at Baystate Franklin Medical Center that day, according to the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office. Reynold Famosi Jr., 72, of...
Ashfield resident earns rank of Eagle Scout ASHFIELD — Henry Herland of Boy Scout Troop 18 has earned the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest rank a Boy Scout can earn.On Aug. 12, the Selectboard signed a proclamation celebrating Herland and thanking him...
My wife and I would like to extend our gratitude and best wishes to Gaby and Greg Rowehl for many years of delicious pizza right on our doorstep. Berkshire Pizzeria has served Charlemont well with its great pizza, served on a delightful deck...
By CHRIS LARABEE
CHARLEMONT — For its annual fundraising banquet, the Deerfield River Watershed Chapter of Trout Unlimited is welcoming the national organization’s senior scientist to speak to members and the public about how science informs Trout Unlimited’s work...
By MADISON SCHOFIELD
CHARLEMONT — Berkshire Pizzeria is up for grabs, as owners Greg and Gaby Rowehl are ready to hang up their aprons and pass the business on to someone new. Real estate agent Kaitlyn Giard said Berkshire Pizzeria has been a Charlemont staple since the...
By SHERYL HUNTER
“Rooted in love and positivity” are the guiding words behind the Charlemont Reggae Festival. Now in its 26th year, the festival will take place on Friday, Aug. 16, and Saturday, Aug. 17. For the first time, the reggae festival will run for two days...
Three weeks have passed since Kamala was anointed as the Democratic candidate for president, receiving zero primary votes. Since then, no press conferences. Like Joe, unless the questions are scripted, she is at a loss. The more she talks proves she...
By CHRIS LARABEE
More than half a million dollars in Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs grant funding is coming to communities in the Woodlands Partnership Program, with $271,372 coming to western Franklin County.Money from the grants will go toward...
By KATHE GEIST
I’m gratified to read various views of the Bible on the Recorder’s Opinion page in response to my July 2 My Turn [“A lot to learn from Bible”]. To the reader who doubts I have read the Bible: Yes, I have, cover-to-cover, and I study it daily. Another...
By ADA DENENFELD KELLY
The town of Charlemont and the Frontier and Union 38 regional school districts will further their efforts to protect against the growing risk of cyber attacks thanks to a pair of grants awarded through the state’s Municipal Local Cybersecurity Grant...
By DOMENIC POLI
GREENFIELD — A North Adams woman will spend at least nine months in jail after pleading guilty in Greenfield District Court on Tuesday to a charge of motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation in connection with a crash that killed a 66-year-old...
By TINKY WEISBLAT
I seem to write a lot of memorial columns these days. Fortunately, I’m not yet of an age where my own generation is dying a lot. My parents’ and aunts’ and uncles’ generation seems to be meeting the grim reaper with regularity these days, however.I’m...
By DOMENIC POLI
By sharing some of the photographs she took during her recent trip to the West Bank, Charlemont activist Sherrill Hogen said she hopes that attendees of her virtual presentation on Wednesday might “meet the people of Palestine and hear their stories.”...
Charlemont activist to speak on trip to PalestineCHARLEMONT — Activist Sherrill Hogen, who recently returned home to Charlemont from a trip to the West Bank, Palestine, will share her experiences and photos in a Zoom program on Wednesday, July 24,...
By CARL DOERNER
Despising one-man rule, nearly all of them slave owners, men of wealth and property gathered to create the U.S. They looked to ancient Greece, and to an Indian Confederation for models and designed a government in which “some” men ruled.Selecting a...
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