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Transfer Station forum recording and slideshow available CONWAY — The slideshow and recording of the Feb. 9 public forum regarding the Transfer Station is now available online and can be accessed at bit.ly/40RPyyi.The Selectboard plans to hold...

By MARY BYRNE

Editor’s note: The Greenfield Recorder has been providing regular updates on the risk level of COVID-19 transmission as wastewater testing results are received. With copies of virus in the wastewater measuring at the lowest point since the start of...

By MARY BYRNE

Editor’s note: The Greenfield Recorder has been providing regular updates on the risk level of COVID-19 transmission as wastewater testing results are received.The COVID-19 transmission risk has returned to “low” in the four communities involved in...

By CHRIS LARABEE

For their continued dedication to serving patrons, including adapting operations on the fly in response to the pandemic, two local libraries were awarded 2022 Star Library ratings by Library Journal, a prestigious librarian journal.Royalston’s...

Conway Snowmobile Club’s pancake breakfast returns CONWAY — The Conway Snowmobile Club’s annual all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast returns Sunday, Feb. 12, at the Conway Firefighters’ Relief Association building at 41 Ashfield Road.The breakfast begins...

By MARY BYRNE

After a brief period of decline, the COVID-19 transmission risk has increased to “moderate” in the four communities involved in the Contact Tracing Collaborative, which consists of Greenfield, Deerfield, Montague and Sunderland.In the past week, the...

By CHRIS LARABEEE

SUNDERLAND — The first tenants are moving into Sanderson Place as Franklin County’s first new affordable housing complex in years opened its doors on Thursday. Located at 120 North Main St. and featuring 33 wheelchair-accessible apartments, Sanderson...

By MARY BYRNE

After several weeks in the “high” risk level, Greenfield Health Director Jennifer Hoffman says the COVID-19 transmission risk has dropped to “low” in the four communities involved in the Contact Tracing Collaborative, which consists of Greenfield,...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — What better way to build community than to break bread? Or, in this case, bake it.The fourth, fifth and sixth grade classes at Sunderland Elementary School came together Wednesday morning for one of the school’s first assemblies since the...

By DOMENIC POLI

The region’s state legislators are getting acclimated to their newly redrawn districts but say their day-to-day lives won’t change much, as they were elected to represent the people, regardless of political affiliation, and who share similar...

By KIM AUDETTE, SUSAN TRIOLO, and AARON FALBEL

“Healthcare in America is not a right but a commodity,” says Jeneen Interlandi, a contributor to “The 1619 Project,” a book edited by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones. Interlandi believes the system is designed to treat those with...

By DOMENIC POLI

The designs of municipal flags in western Massachusetts generally did not fare well in a survey conducted late last year, but those associated with the towns made it clear they are proud of the banners they feel encapsulate their beloved homes.The...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — Smoke drifting into New England from wildfires in the western United States last summer, tracked by sensors in Holyoke, Greenfield and other area communities, gave residents real-time information about its causing poor air quality.The...

By MARY BYRNE

Editor’s note: The Greenfield Recorder has been providing regular updates on the risk level of COVID-19 transmission as wastewater testing results are received.With the volume of virus in wastewater at its highest since tracking began last spring, the...

Watermelon Wednesdays raising money to support its operations WHATELY — As Watermelon Wednesdays heads into its 24th year of bringing music to Whately, the concert series is putting out a fundraising call to keep the music coming.Watermelon Wednesdays...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — A small explosion stemming from a gas leak resulted in minor injuries to an employee at Goten of Japan on Wednesday.First responders were dispatched to Goten of Japan on Old Amherst Road at around 4 p.m. in response to a small explosion...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — A huge grin spreads across Paul Mardas’ face as he recounts the story of when he and a Michigan couple took home stacks of money over the course of half a decade through the Massachusetts Lottery.By 2011, Mardas and his store, Billy’s...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — With April showers expected to bring May flowers, residents have a new opportunity to buy those flowers, trees and more at the recently opened Sugarloaf Gardens.The garden center, which takes the place of the former Sugarloaf Nurseries at...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — At first glance, it might seem like Jono Neiger’s 7-acre plot of land next to the Connecticut River is an unkempt, chaotic mess, with underbrush spilling from the rows of young chestnut trees.However, there’s a method to the madness for...