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By SCOTT MERZBACH

LEVERETT — A large-scale housing development, potentially with hundreds of homes and apartments, is being considered for the Kittredge Estate, the home of the late Yankee Candle founder that has been on the real estate market for $23 million since the...

I agree with columnist Al Norman that “the curse of living in a rural landscape like Wendell is having to endure unreasonable corporate development assaults.” [“Assault and batteries in Wendell,” Recorder, Nov. 15].We should not let Wendell fight this...

By GENE STAMELL

My teaching career has spanned well over four decades. I recall staining and ruining many perfectly good shirts and sweaters while hand-cranking copies of math papers on ditto machines. Yes, back then, teaching sometimes resulted in strong biceps and...

Deerfield Academy fixing Frontier’s fields SOUTH DEERFIELD — With a one-person field crew at Frontier Regional School, Deerfield Academy is offering the school a hand — and equipment — to help prep the fields for winter and spring.Superintendent...

This is a public letter of thanks to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office TRIAD Program. The deputies and staff of the program have helped us enormously over the past year or so with access to durable medical equipment. On every occasion, they were...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

LEVERETT — Leverett voters are being asked to accept a series of road layouts and pursue permanent easements to accommodate a $2.71 million state project to rebuild a bridge over the Roaring Brook at a special Town Meeting on Tuesday.The session,...

By SARENA NEYMAN

As a child of two Holocaust survivors and a product of Jewish day schools and Zionist summer camps, I was brought up to love Israel unconditionally.My great-grandmother moved to Palestine from Poland in the 1930s because she recognized the dangerous...

By SCOTT MERZBACHand DOMENIC POLI

A search is underway for a new superintendent to oversee Erving School Union 28, a district that includes four elementary schools serving preschool through sixth-grade students in Shutesbury, Leverett, Erving, Wendell and New Salem.With September’s...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

LEVERETT — As Leverett Elementary School sixth grader Layla Roderick maneuvers along the multivine traverse, grabbing ropes dangling from above while moving her feet on a taut line extended between trees, Vi Salacuse ensures her classmate stays safe...

Nov. 12: Photo essay, presentation on Deerfield’s transformation throughout its history SOUTH DEERFIELD — A panel of local historians will be presenting “And That’s the Way it Was,” a photo essay and audience discussion event where folks can learn...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

LEVERETT — During the pandemic, numerous cars parked daily along Rattlesnake Gutter Road up to the gates that have for more than 20 years kept a more than mile-long section of the narrow gravel road closed to through traffic, indicating that people...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

LEVERETT — Live music, horse-drawn wagon rides and a variety of artisan vendors will be set up at the Leverett Co-op Harvest Festival, being held on the grounds of the 180 Rattlesnake Gutter Road store on Sunday afternoon.Running from noon to 4 p.m.,...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

As the New England Peace Pagoda in Leverett celebrated its 38th anniversary this month, late Wampanoag medicine man Slow Turtle, as well as the intercultural peace he advocated for, were on the minds and hearts of those who visited the spiritual...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

LEVERETT — A large wooden cake that has served to mark milestone anniversaries for communities across the region, most recently being displayed for Deerfield’s 350th anniversary, will arrive in Leverett later this month.With the town preparing to...

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 GENE STAMELL

In the history of Major League Baseball (240,000 games, give or take a few thousand), pitchers have thrown exactly 24 perfect games, in which 27 consecutive batters have been retired without reaching base. So, in any given baseball contest, there is a...

Talk on Battle of Bloody Brook set for Sept. 17 SOUTH DEERFIELD — Local historian Peter Thomas is hosting a lecture on the Battle of Bloody Brook on Sunday, Sept. 17, at 2 p.m. in Frontier Regional School’s auditorium.Thomas will share information...

Need better priorities at UMassThis week, The Athletic released its ranking of 133 college football teams. UMass placed 133rd. This is really no surprise as UMass football team has won only three out of 40 games played since 2019.Despite this...

By GENE STAMMEL

“Always get married in the morning. That way, if it doesn’t work out, you haven’t wasted a whole day.” — Mickey Rooney“I always say, if you’re married 50 years and 10 of them are horrible, you’re doing pretty good.” — Michelle Obama“Keep your eyes...