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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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

By BELLA LEVAVI

CHARLEMONT — The Selectboard has approved renewing Stagecoach Auto Repair’s Class II license under the condition that the business complies with orders from the Conservation Commission and other boards that have expressed concerns about health,...

By BELLA LEVAVI

CHARLEMONT — With a once-in-a-decade practice having been carried out, it was a noteworthy year at Jay Healy’s Hall Tavern Farm.The roughly 350 acres owned by Healy’s family is the site of the oldest operational certified tree farm in the state....

Hawlemont students spearhead food driveCHARLEMONT — As a community service project, the Hawlemont Regional School 4-H Clubs have organized a food drive to benefit the Charlemont Good Neighbors Food Pantry. Three baskets located throughout the school...

By BELLA LEVAVI

CHARLEMONT — The day before the deadline to pay taxes owed on the historic building, Charlemont Inn owner Charlotte Dewey filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy for a second time, thus stalling the foreclosure process. Dewey indicated she has potential...

Carl Doerner’s recent column [“History happening behind the scenes,” Recorder, Nov. 27] along with recent critiques of Henry Kissinger’s reign, recalls the days of what Bill Moyers called “the secret government,” when a coup d’etat, as the Kennedy...

By EVELINE MACDOUGALL

Walking through the woods in late autumn with the Coates brothers is an eye-opening experience. “Look here,” said Brandin Coates, 42, crouching to brush leaves aside. “A doe was here within the last day or so.” When asked how he detected footprints...

By BELLA LEVAVI

The Massachusetts Forest Alliance, a Marlborough-based organization that advocates for a strong, sustainable local forest economy, has honored two Franklin County land stewards for their notable work in the industry. With nearly 80% of the county...

By CARL DOERNER

Back before succumbing to fame, poet and folksong creator Bob Dylan wrote a ballad about how people are used by the powerful titled “Only a Pawn in Their Game.” The subject — the rifle shot in darkness by a white man taking the life of Black civil...

Thank you, Daniel Brown, for your Nov. 15 column [“Hypocrisy Now! The American left and Israel”].In addition to the double standards and hypocrisy, there is the matter of our historical ignorance that he addressed.I feel like the old farmer Wang Lung...

By BELLA LEVAVI

CHARLEMONT — The butcher is back.Avery’s General Store has partnered with Heath’s Freeman Farm to bring hand-cut butchering back to the store after a five-year hiatus. Customers can now come to the meat counter and buy cuts of local grass-fed beef....

Dec. 2: Author Joan Livingston talk CHARLEMONT — Shelburne Falls author Joan Livingston will talk about her writing experience including her latest novel, “Northern Comfort,” on Saturday, Dec. 2, at 3 p.m. at Tyler Memorial Library. Like most of...