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By MARY BYRNE

NORTHFIELD — With its fall production, Pioneer Valley Regional School will poke a little fun at students’ propensity for procrastination.The play, “How to Kill a Mockingbird,” tells the story of five students who are working together on a school...

By LIESEL NYGARD

NORTHFIELD — By joining forces, volunteer Tierney Sodders and Librarian Linda Chapin were able to create a space that’s not only a library, but a place where people of all ages can get clothing, expanding the library’s capacity as a community...

Reading the Oct. 30 My Turn [“Protests against Israel sow hatred, dread”] by Frank Roberts, I found a sentence that, in my opinion, feeds a feeling of dread and hopelessness because it shows a part of the very complex problem in almost all instances...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

NORTHFIELD — What was initially going to be a solo piano concert at the Trinitarian Congregational Church has blossomed into a star-studded, “musical, magical afternoon,” organizer Leslie Kellogg announced.The benefit concert, headlined by pianist Dan...

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — Through a municipal grant program, Northfield is hoping improvements to existing storefronts can draw more people — and businesses — to town.Using $100,000 it received as part of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), Northfield has been...

By JUDY WAGNER

The fall of the summer is subtle, at least at first. You might momentarily think those few slim bright yellow shapes flirting to the ground are goldfinches, but you’d be wrong. With closer attention you note they are the first leaves to declare their...

By MARGOT FLECK

Bertolt Brecht wrote:“What kind of times are these when a conversation about trees is almost a crimebecause it implies silence about so many atrocities.”Again and again we ask, what kind of times are these. We ask as individuals, and as countries,...

Volunteers planting treesNORTHFIELD — Volunteers will meet behind Town Hall at 69 Main St. starting at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 4, to plant five new evergreens to enhance the area behind the historic town fountain to the left of Town Hall. They will...

Cider pairing kicks off CiderDays weekend NORTHFIELD — Cameron’s Winery will kick off CiderDays weekend on Friday, Nov. 3, at 7 p.m. with a pairing of nine cider varieties with nine foods. Tickets are $30 per person and can be reserved by calling...

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — Ahead of this week’s second public forum on facilities planning, the consulting company leading the process briefed the Pioneer Valley Regional School District School Committee on its initial survey data.At the School Committee’s Oct. 26...

By BELLA LEVAVI

NORTHFIELD — Federal funding will likely be the only hope for replacing Schell Bridge, Massachusetts Director of Rural Affairs Anne Gobi told those gathered for the annual Friends of Schell Bridge meeting on Saturday.“I wish we could give you a $25...

By MARY BYRNE

NORTHFIELD — After a review of four years worth of financial data for the Pioneer Valley Regional School District, officials recommended Thursday that the district return $740,214 to its three member towns, decreasing the overall assessment compared...

New rural affairs director to speak at Friends of Schell Bridge meeting NORTHFIELD — Massachusetts Rural Affairs Director Anne Gobi will be the keynote speaker at the Friends of Schell Bridge annual meeting on Saturday, Oct. 28, at 9:30 a.m. at The...

Monthly puzzle swap planned for Saturday NORTHFIELD — Free used puzzles will be available at Dickinson Memorial Library on Saturday, Oct. 7, from 10 to 11:30 a.m.Attendees are advised to park in the back and enter through the side door of the library....

The Franklin County Solid Waste Management District will hold its fall “Clean Sweep” Bulky Waste Recycling Day on Saturday, Oct. 21, from 9 a.m. to noon at three locations. The bulky waste drop-off sites are Mohawk Trail Regional School at 26 Ashfield...

Planning Board OKs Camp Northfield subdivision NORTHFIELD — The Planning Board recently approved a subdivision requested by a Baptist summer camp on Wanamaker Road.Camp Northfield had sought a lot subdivision of 1.150 acres, with frontage on Pierson...

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — Grab your paddles, lace up your shoes and strap on your helmet as you prepare to row, run and bike around Northfield in the eighth annual Great River Challenge this weekend.On Saturday morning at 10 a.m., participants of all skill levels...

By BELLA LEVAVI

NORTHFIELD — The 350th anniversary has been about celebrating and remembering all aspects of the town and its history that led up to this big milestone. Organizers kept that theme strong on Saturday with a two-hour parade. “What this does is it...

By DOMENIC POLI

NORTHFIELD — The Planning Board chair updated his colleagues this week on the status of two Moody Center projects in town.Stephen Seredynski explained lots have been designated for prefabricated cabins at the center’s proposed Pierson Road campground,...