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By ANDREA AYVAZIAN

Our granddaughter Fiona was about a year and a half old when she was playing with my husband and me in our backyard and a bug began circling around her. Her language skills were still quite limited at that time, and so we were surprised when she...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — After roughly 13 years with the city, the last 10 of which she’s served as director of the Department of Energy and Sustainability, Carole Collins is stepping down for a new role in Northampton.“It’s definitely bittersweet,” Collins said....

By BILL NEWMAN

The facts are startling. In December 2019, after Zackey Rahimi and his girlfriend, identified in court papers as “CM,” got into an argument in a parking lot, Rahimi grabbed her, knocked her to the ground, dragged her back to his car and threw her...

Regarding the $808,000 for the region’s climate resilience planning, I’m really happy that western Massachusetts towns are taking climate change seriously enough that they are looking to nature-based solutions to a hotter Earth and its consequences...

By J.M. SORRELL

It can be exhausting to engage in critical thinking and to listen to and learn from others who challenge your world view or your plans for activist work; however, without it, growth is stunted and opportunities are lost. People in identity groups who...

By DOMENIC POLI

If you’ve noticed more ants in your house, shed or basement this summer, you’re not alone.Heavy rain makes for the soggy conditions that are ideal for the insects, and a near-record level of precipitation in Massachusetts in July has resulted in ant...

By MADDIE FABIAN

NORTHAMPTON — With a sunny forecast and a schedule packed with agricultural events, music, motorsports, food and local art, the 206th Three County Fair will kick off Friday and run through Labor Day on Monday.First held in 1818, the Three County Fair...

By RICHARD FEIN

This column is about three “Dumb Wars,” a term borrowed from Barack Obama. I will use that term to mean wars that lacked justification to begin with and resulted in the aggressor nation being worse after the war. My purpose is to remind governments...

By SUSAN WOZNIAK

Several years ago, I arrived home as a neighbor was walking to her car. We waved and she called out that she was going to a nearby bakery and could she pick up something for me. I thanked her, adding that I did not need bread. “But, it’s (insert a...

The widespread flooding that hit our region in mid-July illuminates many truths: the vulnerability of many local farms, the hard reality of climate change, and the amazing response that is possible when the community, non-profit and foundation...

Thanks to reporter Chris Larabee for the article about our recent weather variability [“Region reeling from ‘weather whiplash,” Recorder, Aug. 5]. I appreciate the chin-scratching about which elements of our current weather can be attributed to...

By BILL NEWMAN

This time it really matters. I’m not saying that the federal indictment in Florida — which accuses Trump of absconding with and hiding national security documents and lying to federal law enforcement about possessing those papers and, additionally,...

I applaud Sen. Jo Comerford for sponsoring bill S.445 which limits or bans the use of insecticides and protects beekeepers and organic farmers. Harnessing the power of Mother Nature to control mosquito populations is effective; it’s also...

By AMY NEWSHORE

When infidelity has been revealed, the worst nightmare in a marriage or relationship has become a reality. The life that was known before has now drastically changed into one of uncertainty and immense pain.The term “infidelity” is used here to mean a...

By H. PATRICIA HYNES and TIMMON WALLIS

While planning this piece last month, July 3-6 set a record for the hottest world average temperatures yet measured. Western Massachusetts was saturated almost daily with heavy humidity and rain, and floods devastated $10 million worth of farm crops....

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Greenfield Savings Bank will close two underperforming satellite branches in downtown Northampton and Amherst this fall, while at the same time renovating other branches in those municipalities to provide additional services to...

By J.M. SORRELL

Honesty. The sin of telling the truth when no one wants to listen. When the brilliant and incomparable Sinéad O’Connor died on July 26, rapper and actor Ice-T summed it up perfectly: “Respect to Sinead. She stood for something. Unlike most people.”On...

By MADDIE FABIAN

On a cloudy and humid Thursday morning, John Briggs was doing the same thing he has done since 2014: placing mosquito traps and collecting them for testing in the lab.But this time, recent prolonged heavy rains and heat meant that he was facing more...

By SUSAN WOZNIAK

The public lecture has long been the source of informal, social opportunities and continuing education. There were several such movements in America during the 19th century that opened exploration, science, arts and politics to ordinary people.In the...

By MADDIE FABIAN

In July 2021, heavy rainfall caused a beaver dam to burst, leading to the collapse of a 20-foot-long portion of East Street in Belchertown and causing property damage to nearly half a dozen homes.While the beavers faced the brunt of the blame,...