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By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE FALLS — After a cloudy, rainy week, the village experienced a bit of holiday magic on Friday evening as hundreds of people swarmed Bridge Street for the 39th annual Moonlight Magic event. Marching from The Mill at Shelburne Falls down Conway...

When I was a young man the country was divided. The issue was American imperialism, and in particular Vietnam.How did this affect me? Well my country wanted me to quit my job and carry a gun through the rice paddies of Vietnam. Why? To fight an enemy...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

Moonlight Magic is back for its 39th year of celebrating light and community. The annual festival will be held from 4 to 9 p.m. on Nov. 29 in downtown Shelburne Falls. The village will  be transformed into a winter wonderland where visitors can view...

Indoor pickleball coming to Jacobs Road Municipal Center HEATH — Pickleball enthusiasts will not have to wait until it’s warm again to enjoy a game at the Heath Center courts. The Parks and Recreation Committee is creating an indoor court at the...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE FALLS — Repairs to the Bridge of Flowers are underway and on track for completion with a bridge reopening set for next summer. Crews are currently excavating old soil from the bridge which will allow for the northern section to be demolished...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE FALLS — After years of planning, the West County Senior Services District is nearing the finish line and will officially begin providing services to elderly residents of Ashfield, Buckland and Shelburne on July 1. With the existing...

By VIRGINIA RAY

Benjiman Durfee, the newest pastor at Trinity Church in Shelburne Falls, “tried to ignore the call” to ministry for years, but his college job as director of music ministry at the First United Methodist Church in Westfield changed that.A native of...

By DOMENIC POLI

On Oct. 22, 2005, the Recorder’s Life & Times section featured a full-page article by Karen P. Chynoweth, with a color photo of an 18-year-old woman and the headline “Nearly famous.” The piece told the story of Shelburne Falls native Kate Corriero,...

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 ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

SHELBURNE FALLS — Firefighters from six departments worked to extinguish a fire at 18 South St. on Tuesday evening after it burned a resident’s shed to rubble and spread to the railroad tracks behind his home.Homeowner Dana McNay said he had put his...

Chorus presents ‘Four Centuries of American Music’ SHELBURNE FALLS — The Greenfield Community College Community Chorus will continue its fall concert series with a full performance of “Four Centuries of American Music” at Trinity Church, located at 17...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE FALLS — Living in Franklin County, a helping hand is never far from reach, and to highlight just how close some of those hands are, the Mary Lyon Foundation held its second annual West County Community Resource Fair on Wednesday.There are so...

The op-ed “Vote ‘no’ on Question 3” on Oct. 17 contained a significant factual inaccuracy. The author stated that “the majority of Uber drivers do not want to be classified as employees.”This is misleading. According to an Oct. 22 article in The...

By ALAN HARRIS

 How vain our perceptions of what is real and what is illusion. I’m taken by how casually we can disregard suffering and how blithely we assume things to be true that are false. We’re in a moment of light vs. dark, and its magnitude is overshadowing...

Lately it’s the Republicans who are full of joy. But Democrats, not so much.I often look at this page to see what liberals are saying about Trump, and it ain’t pretty. Hitler, really? But I get why they’re so steamed. Their candidate is a dud, and the...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE FALLS — With Halloween just a few days away, nearly all the displays and decorations are set up, but for those seeking a final touch, consider a pumpkin with a heart carved into it.For eight years, community members have gathered to carve...

By SAM FERLAND

In the wake of Phil Donahue’s death on Aug. 18, two Franklin County residents remember the renowned television host known for hosting “The Phil Donahue Show,” describing memories of their time producing a show hosted by Donahue in 1985.“A Citizens’...

Over a month ago on a beautiful Sunday afternoon, my partner and I drove past the scene of a very recent motorcycle crash. We first noticed the shredded parts strewn across the road, the helmets. Neither of us is a trained medical technician or doctor...

“Mabe it will entertain us, move us, make us think and feel.” — excerpt from program notes for “Grounded,” by the Metropolitan Opera  On Saturday, Oct. 19, the Shelburne Falls Memorial Hall Association showed the Met Live in HD broadcast of...