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By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — City resident Mary Choiniere, 61, was killed and another adult injured after a fire ravaged a single-story house at 52 Silver St. late Wednesday night. A third resident escaped the blaze without injury.According to Fire Chief Robert...

By TOLLEY M. JONES

This morning I stood in front of my altar and lit its candles, held a stub of palo santo to the sputtering flame, and even before I spoke I felt the tingling and buzzing in my shoulders and arms that let me know The Ancestors were already there...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Taaniel Herberger-Brown, the 42-year-old man from Greenfield who is accused of killing 35-year-old Christopher Hairston, of Pittsfield, in April, was held without bail after pleading not guilty to murder and eight other charges in...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Conservation Commission members will draft a letter in support of removing the Wiley-Russell Dam after Mayor Ginny Desorgher signed a memorandum of understanding with the Connecticut River Conservancy earlier this month calling for the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — A $100 million fund to support the health and resilience of the Connecticut River watershed, including money that would go toward improving aging flood controls and dikes and upgrading water and sewer systems, is being sought by area...

FCCPR holding quarterly meeting post-election GREENFIELD — Franklin County Continuing the Political Revolution (FCCPR) will hold its quarterly meeting on Sunday, Nov. 17, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Guiding Star Grange, 401 Chapman St.“We invite people to...

GREENFIELD — Greening Greenfield is offering an Energy Fair to introduce residents to the new programs and incentives that can help people of all income levels with making energy-efficient building upgrades and reducing reliance on fossil fuels.The...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The Wendell man who was convicted five years ago of ending his girlfriend’s life in 2017 will not get the chance to have the alleged murder weapon tested for evidence, a Franklin County Superior Court judge ruled on Tuesday.Lewis H....

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GREENFIELD — Though the average resident’s experience with Election Day ends once their ballot is entered into the electronic tabulator or old-fashioned ballot box, for municipal clerks and their staff, it’s not over yet.City Clerk Kathy Scott and...

By PAUL JABLON

 Over the past two weeks there have been articles and letters in the Recorder, and much discussion on social media about safety in Greenfield schools. Although there was talk about physical fights and bullying, and reference to national gun violence,...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — After roughly three months at the helm of Newton School, Principal Sadie Cora announced her resignation, effective Nov. 27, in an email to parents Thursday morning.Cora was hired as principal in August, following former Principal Darlene...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The Planning Board is unanimously recommending a change to the city’s zoning bylaws that, if approved by City Council, would allow the development of first-floor residential units in mixed-use complexes.The vote in support of the...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI and ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GREENFIELD — Calling on the community to never forget, and never lose respect for, the sacrifices of veterans, Upper Pioneer Valley Veterans’ Services District Director Chris Demars recalled late U.S. Sen. John McCain’s legacy as a Vietnam War fighter...

By JESSICA DAY

 I don’t remember the first time I went to the library, but I heard the story so often over years from my mother that I can picture it: 3-month old me, lightly bundled in my carriage because it was September and summer’s warmth lingered, as we headed...

It seems that the so-called champions of democracy don’t like it when the democratic process doesn’t go their way.They are then forced to show their true colors: childish emotional extremes, infantile tantrums, pubescent histrionics, outbursts of...

Nov. 13: ‘Bach’s Lunch’ concert planned at church GREENFIELD — The next concert in the “Bach’s Lunch” series at the Episcopal Church of Saints James and Andrew, located at 8 Church St., will be held Wednesday, Nov. 13, at 12:15 p.m.Pianist Chonghyo...

Monday, Oct. 281:35 a.m. — Open door investigated at Parker on Main.4:01 p.m. — Illegal dumping reported at Poet’s Seat Tower. Services rendered. Tuesday, Oct. 299:02 a.m. — Glenda Lopez, 49, of Phillips Street in Greenfield, was arrested on Phillips...

By DOMENIC POLI

Though participation in veterans service organizations has waned considerably in the decades following World War II and the conflicts in Korea and Vietnam, group leaders in Franklin County say membership remains strong and the door is open to any...

By DANIEL CANTOR YALOWITZ

Today I ask a critical question that impacts the lives of so many people — both here and around our world. My question is “What is it to feel safe, and how do we get and stay there?” I have no easy answer nor any platitudes to offer, but especially...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The Historical Commission made its case for the preservation of the Wiley-Russell Dam Thursday in a meeting attended by officials from the Connecticut River Conservancy and Mayor Ginny Desorgher’s office.The meeting followed Desorgher’s...