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Hawlemont Regional School, timber farmers to launch wood bank
02-23-2024 1:43 PM

By BELLA LEVAVI

CHARLEMONT — Hawlemont Regional School has partnered with Jay Healy of Hall Tavern Farm to establish a wood bank at the elementary school, providing free wood to the broader community."I think this will be a great partnership given what the school...


My Turn: The root causes of Middle East war
02-21-2024 9:35 PM

By CARL DOERNER

 No one has explained why young GIs were sleeping in a Jordan desert when harm came to them. Those generals who appear on TV are only up to speed about attacks, counterattacks, counter-counterattacks and so on. The military has to justify its...


Forum with legislators explores rural school aid, recreation tax and more
02-20-2024 12:22 PM

By LIESEL NYGARD

CHARLEMONT — State Sen. Paul Mark and state Rep. Natalie Blais fielded questions on rural school aid, potential recreation taxes, affordable housing and more during a recent public forum attended by roughly 20 residents.The “ReMarks and Refreshments”...


West County Notebook: Feb. 16, 2024
02-15-2024 12:05 PM

Sen. Mark, Rep. Blais invite public to forum CHARLEMONT — State Sen. Paul Mark and state Rep. Natalie Blais invite the public to a “ReMarks and Refreshments” forum on Friday, Feb. 16, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Charlemont Town Hall, 157 Main St.The...


Dirt Church Brewing Co. of Vermont plans second location in Charlemont
02-08-2024 3:24 PM

By LIESEL NYGARD

CHARLEMONT — After blazing a trail at Thunder Mountain Bike Park, Anna Cronin and her partner, Bruce Lindsay, realized Charlemont “is a viable town worth investing in.”That’s exactly what Cronin and Lindsay are doing by opening a second location of...


Charlemont cell tower bylaws head to Town Meeting
02-02-2024 12:01 PM

By BELLA LEVAVI

CHARLEMONT — The Planning Board has recently finalized new bylaws for personal wireless service facilities and is poised to present them at a public hearing, with plans to bring them to Annual Town Meeting this spring.“In general, it is very positive...


Gordon Humphrey: He can dish it out, but can’t take it
01-30-2024 4:11 PM

It’s odd that the leader of the lemmings ( they’ll let you know that they are not sheep) can make fun of people’s weight and physical disabilities, make up childish names for his rivals, bash numerous races and religions, belittle a widow’s grief or...


Marguerite Willis: Letter’s point was educational failures
01-30-2024 4:11 PM

Maura Morrison is correct in her Jan. 18 letter to the editor on Franklin County’s demographics challenging my Dec. 29 column [“Repackaged old, failed education ideas still fail”]. I should have said “one of the poorest” when referring to Franklin...


My Turn: EMF bills put protection from growing exposure on the table
01-26-2024 8:58 AM

By JONATHAN MIRIN

It takes courage to be even a little ahead of the curve as an elected representative. We see this on the federal level, where typically bills are passed that are already law in many states.In the arena of safe technology — legislation that attempts to...


West County Notebook: Jan. 26, 2024
01-25-2024 2:50 PM

Library hosting cafe to talk about climate anxiety CHARLEMONT — Tyler Memorial Library at 157 Main St. will host a Climate Cafe on Saturday, Jan. 27, at 1 p.m. The Climate Cafe is a space for people who are concerned about climate change and its...


Charlemont business landscape changing quickly amid struggles
01-25-2024 10:34 AM

By BELLA LEVAVI

CHARLEMONT — Despite Berkshire East Mountain Resort attracting thousands of out-of-towners every winter, and Zoar Outdoor and Crab Apple Whitewater bringing people in during the summer, entrepreneurs in the commercial district say owning a business...


My Turn: The question never asked or answered
01-22-2024 5:05 PM

By CARL DOERNER

The Sept 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center echoed a devastating coup on Sept. 11, 1973 supported by Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger, by General Augusto Pinochet against the elected government of Salvador Allende in Chile. In retaliations,...


Marguerite Willis: Dr. Peabody’s Way-Back Machine
01-20-2024 12:39 PM

Please give me a few moments as I enter Dr. Peabody’s Way-Back Machine.Sometime within five years and before 2008 I encountered as a School Committee member a new line item in Hawlemont’s school budget: Homeless children charge. I noted to those in...


Working around Mother Nature: Ski mountains cope with mild, wet start to winter
01-15-2024 10:38 AM

By EMILEE KLEIN

The final clumps of melting snow in the backyard are no indication of snow on the slopes.With the power of snowmaking, gone are the days when winter sports relied on Mother Nature to provide powder for skiing, snowboarding and tubing. Ski resorts in...


Amid structural concerns, owner gives look inside Charlemont Inn
01-12-2024 7:49 PM

By BELLA LEVAVI

CHARLEMONT — Despite repeated concerns from town officials about the structural integrity of the long-vacant and condemned Charlemont Inn at 107 Main St., owner Charlotte Dewey stresses the building is not at risk of failure.“People keep putting this...


Rare Kerry heifer joins Hawlemont, Agriculture and You program
01-12-2024 2:37 PM

By BELLA LEVAVI

CHARLEMONT — The Hawlemont, Agriculture and You (HAY) program has welcomed a rare breed of cow to their barn, giving students a lesson on biodiversity this school year.The school welcomed the 6-month-old, yet-to-be-named Kerry heifer last week. She is...


Franklin County women try in vain to deliver peace petitions to Boston consulates
01-04-2024 7:31 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

BOSTON — Four Franklin County women returned from the state capital on Thursday, disheartened after attempting to deliver petitions and letters to consulates calling for peace in Gaza amid the ongoing war.Sherrill Hogen, of Charlemont, Priscilla...


My Turn: 
12-28-2023 7:54 PM

By MARGUERITE WILLIS

The Recorder’s Nov. 27 headline, “Plan falls short of goals,” is such an understatement concerning the state’s Student Opportunity Act, passed in 2019.As a 77-year-old white woman living in the poorest and whitest county in Massachusetts, I’d suggest...


Roads, bridges and green energy top of mind for West County towns
12-27-2023 5:39 PM

By BELLA LEVAVI

Editor’s note: The Greenfield Recorder is beginning to publish stories about what Franklin County residents can likely expect to see happening in their towns in 2024. Details about projects in the western part of the county will be shared in two...


My Turn: Kissinger: Wrong side of history in Chile
12-26-2023 3:46 PM

By CARL DOERNER

When he died last month, Henry Kissinger was lauded as preeminent diplomat of the past half-century. The news media didn’t shy from the fact that he was controversial, but for the most part they left graveyards he created unvisited.Growing up in...

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