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Report dedicated to Pamela SmithORANGE — The Selectboard voted to dedicate the 2023 annual town report to the late Pamela Smith.According to her obituary, Smith died peacefully on Dec. 24, 2022, following a brief illness. She is survived by her twin...

NEW SALEM — A man was airlifted to UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester after the vehicle he was driving crashed into a tree near 175 Neilson Road at around 8:30 p.m. on Monday.Firefighters and state troopers found the driver, a 36-year-old...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A New Salem police officer faces a charge of operating under the influence of liquor after he was arrested at a town official’s home in late January.Charles J. Brooks, 39, of Amherst Road in Belchertown, pleaded not guilty in Greenfield...

By CHRIS LARABEE

Many North Quabbin residents were greeted by a snowstorm to start their work week, as several inches of snow fell Sunday night into Monday, causing tough driving conditions and knocking trees onto power lines.As of Monday at noon, nearly 57% of both...

In the Recorder’s Jan. 20 article on the Land Court’s ruling nullifying the special permit issued to the New Salem Museum (“Ruling upends permit for museum”), the museum’s owners had ample space to articulate their vision for the museum and the...

By DOMENIC POLI

NEW SALEM — The future of the New Salem Museum and Academy of Fine Art appears uncertain after the state Land Court this week annulled the special permit the town’s Planning Board issued to the facility two years ago.Husband and wife Vincent and Laura...

Transfer Station stickers availableNEW SALEM — Transfer Station stickers for 2023 will be available at the station, 20 Blueberry Hill Road, on Wednesdays starting Jan. 11.Stickers are $25 for 10. Residents must have a new sticker by Jan. 28 to use the...

Village Neighbors seeks volunteers, call managersWENDELL — The nonprofit serving people ages 60 and older in Shutesbury, Leverett, New Salem and Wendell will hold a volunteer orientation on Tuesday.The hybrid meeting on Zoom and in person at the...

By DOMENIC POLI

NEW SALEM — The New Salem Museum and Academy of Fine Art is ready to get up and running, but has not obtained a certificate of occupancy — something the owners believe won’t be secured until a state Land Court lawsuit has been resolved.Husband and...

By CARLA CHARTER

In 1795, Samuel Adams, governor of Massachusetts at the time, signed the charter that created New Salem Academy, making it the ninth academy in the country, according to Daniel Hammock, a member of New Salem Academy’s Class of 1968 and an academy...

By DOMENIC POLI

NEW SALEM — When Joseph P. Camden joined the force in 1988, his police cruiser was a station wagon affixed with a blue light that would easily drain the vehicle’s battery. In the past 34 years, cruisers have gone through a striking metamorphosis.“We...

By DOMENIC POLI

NEW SALEM — The Fire Department and state troopers assigned to the state Fire Marshal’s Office are investigating the early-morning fire that destroyed a home at 17 Whitaker Road on Sunday, displacing a man and his dog.Jake Wark, public information...

By MICHAEL CONNORS

HOLYOKE — Police do not suspect foul play in the death of Cory Taylor, 41, the fugitive with a part-time residence in New Salem whose body was found last week after he made bail at a local county jail in August and then disappeared.James Leydon,...

HOLYOKE — The body of Cory Taylor, the alleged marijuana trafficker with a part-time residence in New Salem, who has been a fugitive since he disappeared in August after making bail at a county jail, was discovered by police in a vacant building at...

The three Quabbin Reservoir Fishing Boat Launch Areas are now open for the 2020 fishing season, and as of Saturday, Aug. 1, visitors can rent boats, motors, canoes and kayaks on a first come, first served basis.According to a notice from the state...

By DAVID McLELLAN

GREENFIELD — The New Hampshire man who stabbed Massachusetts State Police Trooper Mark Whitcomb last year was sentenced to 10 to 12 years in prison on Friday, after changing his plea to guilty.Nghia Le, 19, of Manchester, N.H., pleaded guilty to eight...

By DAVID McLELLAN

Editor’s Note: This story is part of a week-long series about the state of farming in Franklin County.People thought she was crazy.At 92 years old, Carol Hillman, owner of New Salem Preserves & Orchards, 67 South Main St., has started a new business...

By DAVID McLELLAN

NEW SALEM — In 1938, four Massachusetts towns bustled with farmers and factory workers along the Swift River. However, in April of that year, Dana, Enfield, Greenwich and Prescott all would be disincorporated and drowned in the creation of the Quabbin...