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By BELLA LEVAVI

With an eye toward increasing climate resilience and reducing public safety risk, preliminary design studies to examine the removal of three dams in Franklin County and the North Quabbin region are being backed by funding from the state Department of...

By MARY BYRNE

COLRAIN — Voters packed the Colrain Central School gymnasium on Thursday evening to vote for a second time on the town’s request to transfer $50,000 from the Highway Department wages account to a new account for contracted snow and ice removal...

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — Massachusetts Environmental Police arrested two brothers Saturday night after they allegedly shot a deer from their truck while in Colrain.Police arrested Colrain resident Seth Doull, 51, and Worthington resident Ira Doull, 46, on...

By BELLA LEVAVI

COLRAIN — The town has a new wood bank providing a system of wood sharing for local residents. The wood bank is located outside the transfer station on Charlemont Road. It is open for anyone to give and take wood as needed.“This is a mutual aid...

By BELLA LEVAVI

COLRAIN — Following complaints from residents, the Selectboard has opted to keep South Green River Road open for the winter, provided it does not become dangerous. “The logical conclusion is to keep it open until it becomes a safety issue,” said board...

By CHRIS LARABEE

COLRAIN — Following a lightly attended Special Town Meeting, the town will return to voters with the same ask it had on Nov. 14: fund snow and ice removal services, while it searches for a full-time Highway Department employee.With just three Highway...

By BELLA LEVAVI

COLRAIN — In a 12-6 vote, residents voted down transferring $50,000 from an account for Highway Department wages to a new account for contracted snow and ice removal services. Officials called a Special Town Meeting on Tuesday so voters could have...

Route 112 reopens COLRAIN — The state Department of Transportation (MassDOT) reopened Route 112 to through traffic on Nov. 3. Route 112 was previously closed to through traffic starting Tuesday, Sept. 19, to allow for repair work to be conducted on...

By BELLA LEVAVI

COLRAIN — The building where Barnhardt Manufacturing Co. and earlier companies processed cotton will go up for sale in an online auction.Bidding for the property at 247 Main Road starts at $250,000. The auction will take place from Nov. 13-15 through...

By BELLA LEVAVI

COLRAIN — In hopes of easing the strain on Highway Department employees, the town will hold a Special Town Meeting on Tuesday to discuss transferring funds to contract snow removal services.The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at Colrain Central...

By BELLA LEVAVI

SHELBURNE FALLS — The Shelburne Falls Eagles Auxiliary is organizing a fundraiser for the Hager family after a third-alarm fire on Sept. 9 destroyed a barn, killed 39 animals and melted equipment at their Colrain farm. The benefit on Saturday, Nov....

By BELLA LEVAVI

Skilled craftspeople will open their home studios to the public once again for visitors to see their work and buy art straight from the artists.Crafts of Colrain will celebrate its 20th anniversary with an open studio tour on Saturday and Sunday, Nov....

Little Big House Gallery show ends this weekend SHELBURNE — This is the last weekend of the Little Big House Gallery’s fall show, and its first to feature photography. The photos were taken by John Kudukey.“We’ve shown paintings, sculptures and...

I live in Colrain and we recently were told to get special stickers because only residents of the town of Colrain will be allowed to bring trash and recycling to our town’s transfer station. Evidently people from other towns are bringing in their...

Candlelight tour being postponed HAWLEY — The state Department of Conservation and Recreation and the Hawley Historical Commission have postponed their interactive tour of the Old Town Common to Monday, Oct. 9, at 7:30 p.m. due to anticipated rain....

For the last many years, the Recorder thinks it’s great to celebrate the clean up of the Green River. Good people come together and give freely of their time and energy to clean up other people’s criminality. The trashing of the Green River goes on...

Walter Billiel of Shelburne was recently honored for laying down his life while serving in the Korean War. Walter was a corporal in the 13th Engineer Combat Battalion of the Army. He was killed in action on Dec. 1, 1950 at the age of 19.A ceremony was...

By BELLA LEVAVI

COLRAIN — A short-term solution for the Colrain Sewer District has been found, with the district trucking its own sewage.“I don’t envy the homeowners. They had a great deal and that was changed,” said Jan Ameen, executive director of the Franklin...

Vehicle stickers required at Transfer Station COLRAIN — Effective Thursday, Oct. 28, vehicles using the Colrain Transfer Station at 7 Charlemont Road must display a Transfer Station sticker. Two stickers will be issued to each Colrain household free...

By BELLA LEVAVI

SHELBURNE FALLS — Organizers of the annual Colrain on Canvas art exhibit are broadening their scope of accepted submissions in the event’s fourth year.While the exhibit, organized by the Colrain Historical Society, has traditionally focused on art...