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As a forester with 50 years of experience, I found the article “Foresters, conservationists oppose Healey logging moratorium,” (Recorder, Jan. 28) interesting and also disturbing.The reason these “forestry battles” go on for decades is that the policy...

In Jon Huer’s column, “The art of the duel: How to really level the playing field,” (Recorder, Feb. 11) he essentially implies that Blacks and other races aren’t able to climb the social ladder because the rules aren’t tilted in their favor. In many...

What the hell is the matter with the Republican Party! I’m not politically aligned. Nor do I want to be. I am aware of the political goings-on in this country. As I watch and listen to the idiotic monkeyshines; the sophomoric and ignorant remarks made...

Thank you John Paradis! Great piece of journalism (“American’s love for football defines us,” Recorder, Feb. 9). Fun to read, meaningful to consider and important to impact.Our nation is seduced into the vicarious thrill of football violence. We’re...

While I certainly do admire Miriam Kurland’s passion for our forests and our environment I find her lack of understanding of environmental science and ecology troubling (“Wild forests play an important role,” letter, Recorder, Jan. 30). A: The main...

State Sen. Jo Comerford and state Rep. Natalie Blais are right to point out that Massachusetts ratepayers have been hammered by increased energy costs this winter. “Natural” gas costs have soared because of the war in Ukraine. But it didn’t need to be...

The passing of Professor John H. Bracey, Jr., faculty member in the Afro-American Studies Department at UMass Amherst, signals a profound loss for our community. Professor Bracey was generous in his concept of public scholarship, offering his time and...

I took note of the photo of Franklin County's Superior Court judges in the Recorder’s Feb. 3 edition. A photo of 13 current and former judges, all white, two women. Another white male is joining this group. I hope we can do much better in the future...

It’s good to see the debate about logging on state lands due to a promised public forest logging moratorium. However, editorial volleys are not a substitute for a thorough open public discussion of our state land policy. The Department of Conservation...

As a parent of a high school student, I would like to share some research that compares the Four Rivers Charter Public School to nearby schools, specifically the Greenfield High School. According to schooldigger.com, as of 2022, there are 342 public...

In recent years, I have been developing a “don’t care” attitude about heavy topics, as I have grown to hate such things as politics. There are arguments about which politicians are more evil than others. As for me, I don’t care for any of them at all....

To all who participated in “80 for Brady” from shooting the film, to the movie theaters showing it and customers watching it, I hope you said a prayer for 58,000-plus dead and thousands upon thousands of injured Vietnam Veterans who one of the actress...

There is a large, prominent sign on the front porch of a home on the main highway into Barre with the words “F JOE BIDEN.” In small letters the sign claims to be protected speech under the First Amendment. I disagree.Defining appropriate limits on...

On Jan. 23, 76-year-old Ellen Gilland fatally shot her terminally ill husband while he lay in his hospital bed in Daytona Beach, Florida as part of a murder-suicide pact. Mrs. Gilland was arrested and charged with first degree murder. This tragic and...

A Jan. 28 Recorder article detailed opposition to Gov. Maura Healey’s planned temporary moratorium on the roughly 20% of Massachusetts forest lands that are owned by the public.  The purpose of the moratorium is to review forest policy in the light of...

Once again, the opinion page of the Recorder was suffused with the thought-provoking insights of the Maven of Northfield, Judy Wagner. Whenever I see her name below an an opinion piece, I know it is time for me to focus, read and learn. Thank you,...

Trump cult?David Kempf’s Jan. 10 letter is interesting for he states he sees his cult leader’s faults but I doubt he would/could care to enumerate them. How about misogynist, narcissist, infantile calling of names to anyone who questions him,...

Missing from the great article in the Feb. 4 Recorder about the “Cancer Survivors: Stories of Hope and Resilience” event on Feb. 11 at the Academy of Music, are the names of all seven storytellers.Two of those participants are important benefactors to...

Everyone in this county will know someone effected by gun violence. It’s coming. It’ll happen. Our national scourge will come to affect us all. All who radically support the Second Amendment will say all their rights must be maintained. All the while,...

Reporter Chris Larabee’s recent article, “Foresters, conservationists oppose Healey logging moratorium,” (Recorder, Jan. 28) quotes state and local experts who believe that “Harvesting timber from forests, for both environmental and commercial...