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By CHRIS LARABEE

CHARLEMONT — Since 1974, the giant fiberglass Native American statue outside the Native and Himalayan Views souvenir shop has watched over Route 2.Now, more than four decades later, the controversial statue is on the move following months of...

By CHRIS LARABEE and JULIAN MENDOZA

With damage assessments sent to state and federal partners, the Deerfield and Conway selectboards are working together to bring more storm damage relief to their hard-hit communities, while other local towns look to prepare themselves in anticipation...

By BELLA LEVAVI

CHARLEMONT — Paddlers of all skill levels are invited to celebrate recreation on the Deerfield River.American Whitewater, a nonprofit founded in 1954 with a goal of preserving rivers for recreational purposes, will host the 29th annual Deerfield Fest...

By CHRIS LARABEE

Four school districts in the region will upgrade their security measures with the help of a state grant.The Pioneer Valley Regional, Hawlemont Regional, Four Rivers Charter Public and Warwick school districts each received Safer Schools and...

Thank you, Mr. Doerner, for your My Turn piece “Don’t Blame Roosevelt for Incarceration of Japanese-Americans,” [Recorder, July 14].I once heard a historian say that history can not be written for at least 50 years after an event. But there are also...

By BELLA LEVAVI

CHARLEMONT — Organizers of the Charlemont Forum are bringing discussions on climate change and resulting migration to town in this season’s second program.The Charlemont Forum will host Columbia University professor Alex de Sherbinin for his free talk...

By CARL DOERNER

We have a hateful national story we should never allow to be forgotten. That is the wartime action for which President Franklin Roosevelt is most commonly criticized, his 1942 issuance of Executive Order 9066. The result was incarceration in our...

July 13: Historical Society potluck COLRAIN — The Colrain Historical Society’s annual potluck will be held Thursday, July 13, at 6 p.m. behind the Pitt House at 8 Main Road.After a brief business meeting, the Historical Society will host a...

By BELLA LEVAVI

CHARLEMONT — With the Mohawk Trail State Forest campground closed for camping due to repairs and improvements to the water system and infrastructure, campsites countywide are filling up as the summer goes on. The work at the campsites at Mohawk Trail...

By SHERRILL HOGEN

I have been writing and rewriting this letter for a month. It is not time-sensitive, but it is urgent.There are things we — everyone including this writer — don’t want to look at, so we don’t. I don’t want to acknowledge how very close we are to a...

By CARL DOERNER

At pivotal moments in our history like the present — with indictments of a former president on multiple, substantive criminal charges — historians tend to look to circumstances and challenges of the past for insights or comparisons, and to speculate...

By BELLA LEVAVI

CHARLEMONT — For 53 years, summer in Charlemont has been synonymous with chamber music.With summer’s arrival, Mohawk Trail Concerts is preparing to start its season with a performance on Saturday, June 24, at 5 p.m. at the Charlemont Federated Church....

I found the article about Bart’s Ice Cream to be somewhat disturbing, although not surprising, that the Secretary of State got involved in the financial exchange among family and friends. [“Barts Ice Cream ordered to pay fines, restitution,” Recorder,...

I read in these pages a letter by Brad Brigham quite critical of my May column and of others I compose [“Angry columnist actually pretty lucky,” Recorder, June 7]. He writes to defend “our democracy” from me and and questions my background and...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A Charlemont man found guilty last week of four child sexual abuse charges has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.Richard Tinkham, 59, was convicted by a Franklin County Superior Court jury of one count of aggravated rape and abuse of a...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A Charlemont man was found guilty of four child sexual abuse charges last week and is due for sentencing on Wednesday.Richard Tinkham, 59, was convicted by a Franklin County Superior Court jury of one count of aggravated rape and abuse of...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

CHARLEMONT — While The Academy at Charlemont yields one of the county’s smallest graduating classes each year, the heart shown during commencement is anything but marginal. The 2023 ceremony, held Sunday afternoon, was no exception.The school...

By BELLA LEVAVI

CHARLEMONT — Academy at Charlemont biology teacher Will Miller does not take living and working along the Deerfield River for granted. In fact, he incorporates the rich resources around him into project-based learning. Now, Miller’s place-based...

By BELLA LEVAVI

CHARLEMONT — For its first event of the season, the Charlemont Forum will host Westy Egmont, former associate professor and founder of the Immigrant Integration Lab at Boston College’s School of Social Work.Egmont’s talk will take place on Thursday,...