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Regarding the recent letter “Real Americans will be voting for Trump” [Oct. 11], “real Americans” are not those who vote for Donald Trump. Nor is the purpose of this election “to make liberals weep,” as another writer put it earlier this year.A real...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE FALLS — In November 1920, just months after the 19th Amendment was ratified, roughly 37% of the people who cast their ballots in the presidential election were women, according to the University of California at Berkeley Library.A century...

‘How to Love a Forest’ reading set for Friday SHELBURNE FALLS — Vermont author and forester Ethan Tapper will read from his debut novel, “How to Love a Forest,” at Raven Used Books on Conway Street on Friday, Oct. 11, at 7 p.m.The book follows...

Wildlife Weekend planned at Apex Orchards SHELBURNE — Apex Orchards invites residents to meet a collection of insects while enjoying fall activities at Wildlife Weekend on Saturday, Oct. 5, and Sunday, Oct. 6. The orchard will host numerous bug-themed...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

It’s never too late to follow a dream or pursue a passion, as proven by Haydenville artist Madge Evers, whose latest collection of mushroom spore prints, “The New Herbarium,” is now on display at Salmon Falls Gallery in Shelburne Falls.Evers said she...

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — The Whately Diner and Shelburne Falls’ Iron Bridge will soon return to the silver screen — alongside the debut of other Franklin County locations — as a local director prepares to begin filming his first feature-length...

It doesn’t bother me one iota that Donald Trump refers to Kamala Harris as “a low-I.Q. individual” and “dumb as a rock” [“Anti-Harris theme still elusive,” Washington Post commentary, Sept. 17]. Trump is just saying what everyone is thinking. He’s not...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE FALLS — Organizers of the first-ever Shelburne Falls Oktoberfest plan to bring family fun while raising money for Buckland-Shelburne Elementary School’s annual trip to Nature’s Classroom. The event will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on...

SHELBURNE FALLS — Trolleyfest is on track to return on Saturday, Sept. 28, celebrating the mode of travel of yesteryear and the restoration of Trolley No. 10. Trolley No. 10 is a relic of the trolley era of 1896-1927, according to the Shelburne Falls...

By LISA GOODRICH

School is back in session, and the emblematic apple is in season at local orchards. Courtney Basil, co-owner of Apex Orchards in Shelburne Falls, reports “beautiful, bountiful peach and apple crops this season.”Apex planted several new varieties in...

Learn how to pickle at Tyler Memorial Library CHARLEMONT — Blackstone Valley Veggie Gardens will lead a pickling workshop on Saturday, Sept. 21, at noon at Tyler Memorial Library.Blackstone Valley Veggie Gardens will be bringing a selection of locally...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE FALLS — A steady flow of art is arriving to the Shelburne-Buckland Community Center at 53 Main St. this week for the Colrain Historical Society’s fifth annual Colrain on Canvas.The show, to be held Saturday, Sept. 21, and Sunday, Sept. 22,...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

Award winning local poet Maria Williams will celebrate the publication of her new book, “White Doe,” with two readings next week. In “White Doe,” Williams cleverly uses exploring a snowy landscape as a metaphor for exploring memory loss. Williams says...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE FALLS — While working out of a space at 102 Bridge St., Hilltown Hair Salon owner Crystal Jarvenpaa aspired to move closer to the center of the village. When the former home of Bon Salon became available, she could not resist.“I really liked...

By TINKY WEISBLAT

I recently participated in Apex Orchards’ annual Peach Fest. Owner Tim Smith couldn’t quite remember whether it was the third or fourth such occasion. I couldn’t remember either, although I go every time it happens and always enjoy visiting the...

By ALAN HARRIS

 All signs point to Rome. With the Democratic Party resurrection, lifted by the joy and excitement of Kamala Harris, the gloom was gone. We have to be grateful for the fact that in the face of trailing polls, it dawned on them that the existential...

Colrain Fix-It Day set for SaturdayCOLRAIN — Instead of throwing their broken items away, community members are invited to bring them to Griswold Memorial Library on Saturday, Sept. 7, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to be repaired at the annual Colrain Fix-It...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The internet is littered with reports of two NASA astronauts “stranded” at the International Space Station and how they will survive until they can be brought home in 2025. But a Shelburne resident and retired colleague says Sunita “Suni”...

By BOB FLAHERTY

The New Yorker once called Jeffrey Foucault’s music “Beat-up troubadour folk whittled to dolorous perfection.” Now try all that with electric guitars.Foucault, a Wisconsin native who now lives in Shelburne Falls, will appear with his band Friday night...