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By DIANE BRONCACCIO

SHELBURNE — By a two-vote margin, Special Town Meeting voters narrowly backed a new Mohawk Trail Regional School District assessment formula that includes out-of-district and School Choice students from each town in determining that town’s share of...

By BELLA LEVAVI

SHELBURNE — The town will host a four-article Special Town Meeting on Wednesday to discuss amendments to the Mohawk Trail Regional School District’s regional agreement. The meeting will start at 6:30 p.m. at Shelburne Town Hall, located at 51 Bridge...

SHELBURNE — The Open Space Committee is updating the town’s Open Space and Recreation Plan for the first time since 2014 and is seeking input from residents.A public forum will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 10, at 6:30 p.m. in the Town Hall meeting room....

By BELLA LEVAVI

A day of activities related to traditional skills awaits at Fabric of Life’s annual Barnfest. The free event, which was first held in 2014, will begin at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14, at 80 Bassett Road in Shelburne. Workshops, demonstrations, parades,...

By JULIAN MENDOZA, BELLA LEVAVI, MARY BYRNE and MAX BOWEN

Gill Elementary School and Petersham Center School have emerged as two of the state’s 66 strongest-performing schools relative to MCAS test taking, while 10 others in Franklin County and the North Quabbin region have been classified as “requiring...

By BELLA LEVAVI

Seven Franklin County fire departments are benefiting from a total of $15,934, thanks to a recent round of grants through the state’s Volunteer Fire Assistance Program.The funding will help with training and fire prevention efforts, as well as...

By TRICIA YACOVONE-BIAGI

In the same week that Leominster flooded and a September hurricane threatened Cape Cod, more than two dozen people, including elected and appointed officials and members of local environmental, social, and educational organizations, gathered at...

By BELLA LEVAVI

SHELBURNE — Town officials are getting up to speed on their emergency preparedness plans by learning the basic principles of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and considering how they might play a role during potential disasters. “We are...

By BELLA LEVAVI

SHELBURNE — The dogs owned by Andrew and Kelly Nolan on Zerah Fiske Road must be confined to their home and be muzzled when outside until an appropriate fence is constructed in their yard, the Selectboard ordered this week following complaints from...

By BELLA LEVAVI

SHELBURNE — With the construction of a new office building at 1211 Mohawk Trail, Lewis Goodnow’s two businesses will be united at one location, despite offering considerably different services.Goodnow and his partner, Jonathan George, are moving...

By TOM WILLIAMS

Wildfires in Hawaii, dry river and lake beds in the West, extreme heat from Texas to Minnesota, torrential rains here in the Northeast and now a hurricane season that has already shown the type of property destruction and human misery it can...

By BELLA LEVAVI

SHELBURNE — The Selectboard has allocated $9,100 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding for an industrial audit of the town’s streetlights to prepare for the possibility of buying the lampposts and fluorescent bulbs from Eversource, and switching...

Square dance moved to November HEATH — Because Community Hall will be closed in September for repairs, the annual September square dance will be postponed until November this year.The square dance, hosted by local caller Doug Wilkins, will be held on...

By JUDITH TRUESDELL

I was struck (as by lightning) by columnist Jon Huer’s column “Between the White House and prison — The case for a national jury,” [Recorder, Aug. 12] in which he proposed that the voters judge Donald Trump in the next election. I would like to rebut...

By DIANE BRONCACCIO

SHELBURNE — About 60 residents quickly backed four articles at Monday’s Special Town Meeting, but heard a lengthy discussion on streetlight options during the preceding Selectboard meeting that will continue on Aug. 28.Energy Committee Chair Tom...

By BELLA LEVAVI

SHELBURNE — In a four-article Special Town Meeting on Monday, residents will consider buying a new police cruiser, as well as three other articles spending between $300 and $40,000 on various recommended town projects. The meeting, to be held at...

By BELLA LEVAVI

SHELBURNE — Ahead of a Selectboard vote on Monday, members of the Energy Committee presented their recommendation for the town to acquire its lampposts and light bulbs from Eversource, a move they argue would save both energy and money.During a...

By BELLA LEVAVI

SHELBURNE — Energy Committee members will present their recommendations about the town’s options for streetlights in Shelburne Falls and field questions from the public on Wednesday.The presentation, to be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Fellowship Hall,...

By JUDITH TRUESDELL

Capitalism, as I understand it, is an economic system (not a political system, though the Republican Party likes to claim it as their own) that relies on private ownership of capital and the sanctity of contracts to allow individuals produce wealth...