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By BELLA LEVAVI

LEYDEN — Continuing a trend of regionalization with surrounding communities that began amid ongoing reviews of the town’s emergency response services, Leyden has signed an agreement with the Colrain Volunteer Ambulance Association for emergency...

By BELLA LEVAVI

COLRAIN — Route 112 will be closed to through traffic for approximately eight weeks for bridge repair work. According to the state Department of Transportation (MassDOT), the work will entail removing the concrete surface on two bridges over the North...

By BELLA LEVAVI

COLRAIN — Residents’ broken objects saw new life on Saturday as part of the fourth annual Colrain Fix-It Day at Griswold Memorial Library. Working under tents on the library lawn, volunteers specializing in a variety of repair methods fixed any object...

By JAMES PENTLAND

Picking apples is one of the rites of fall, with crisp, sunny mornings beckoning families out to the orchard to help gather in the season’s brilliant red and green bounty.This year, though, pick-your-own opportunities will be limited because so much...

By BELLA LEVAVI

COLRAIN — With the fourth installment of Colrain Fix-It Day, Griswold Memorial Library board of trustees Chair Nancy Rich Turkle says organizers are “reviving the noble act of repair.” Fix-It Day will be held at the library on Saturday, Sept. 16,...

Historical Society hosting ‘Root Hog or Die’ screening COLRAIN — The Historical Society will host a free screening of “Root Hog or Die” on Thursday, Sept. 14, at 7:30 p.m. in the Stacy Barn behind the Pitt House, located at 8 Main Road.The digitally...

By CHRIS LARABEE

COLRAIN — A third-alarm blaze at Hager’s Farm on Merrifield Lane on Saturday morning destroyed one of the main barns, killed 39 animals and melted equipment.Surveying the damage late Saturday afternoon, the Hagers — Kim, Sherry and Chip — said a...

By BELLA LEVAVI

COLRAIN — While the Griswold Manufacturing Co. and the businesses that came after it — most recently Barnhardt Manufacturing Co. — may be a thing of the past, the landscape is not without reminders of the village’s history. One such reminder is the...

By BELLA LEVAVI

COLRAIN — The Selectboard plans to speak individually with the remaining five homeowners who have not complied with the town’s unregistered vehicle bylaw. Over the past several years, concerned citizens have complained to the Selectboard about an...

By BELLA LEVAVI

COLRAIN — Residents enjoyed cornhole on the lawn and free shaved ice provided by the trustees during Griswold Memorial Library’s first summer social on Wednesday.The social was called in honor of the end of the summer reading program. More than 100...

Nothing against the beaver community, but it seldom repairs the damage of the swamps it constructs and the accompanying foul bacteria of its stagnant water. When President Trump coined Washington the “swamp” and called for the need to dredge it, he...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A North Adams woman pleaded not guilty Tuesday to two charges stemming from a crash that killed a 66-year-old Colrain motorcyclist on Route 2 in Charlemont on April 12.Melissa C. Repka, 38, was charged in Greenfield District Court with...

By CHRIS LARABEE

COLRAIN — With a federal farm bill on the horizon, U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern set out on his 13th annual farm tour Tuesday to get a sense of what Franklin and Hampshire county farmers need to continue bringing food to tables across the state.Following a...

By BELLA LEVAVI

COLRAIN — With Town Administrator Kevin Fox’s retirement less than a year away, the town is gearing up to find his replacement. “It is the most vital position in town,” said Selectboard member Thom Griffin. “It is important we find someone well...

Historical Society hosting author talk COLRAIN — Colrain novelist Alfred Alcorn will discuss his novel “Sugar Hill” and growing up on a dairy farm in South Chelmsford during a Colrain Historical Society program on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.The program will...

By BELLA LEVAVI

Residents can embark on a tour of the night sky this summer with teacher and pastor Jonathan Rehmus.On Fridays and Saturdays in August and September, Rehmus invites the public to discover the night sky through lore and science with free events in...

In my 60-plus years of life, I don’t ever remember feeling better about myself when the other team let me win or when academic standards were lowered for me due to sickness or hardship of one sort or another. Am I alone in feeling this way? I don’t...

By DOMENIC POLI

SHELBURNE — Calvin and Joan Clark’s business employs 24 people and occupies about 80,000 square feet of Quonset huts at 400 Mohawk Trail. Not bad for something that began out of a three-room apartment in a Colrain farmhouse 50 years ago.Clark’s...

By CHRIS LARABEE

As five Franklin County towns continue to build and implement pollinator habitat corridor plans, the Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG) is issuing a call for the public to get involved.Residents of Ashfield, Buckland, Colrain, Deerfield...

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...