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By AMANDA ALIX

Dan Winslow’s melodramatic guest column for the Amherst Bulletin and Daily Hampshire Gazette casts Shutesbury as the villain and W.D. Cowls Inc., and Amp (now PureSky) Energy as the victims vis-a-vis the lawsuit filed by Cowls and Amp claiming the...

FRCOG hosting Lake Wyola visit to hear residents’ feedback SHUTESBURY — Residents of the Lake Wyola watershed in Shutesbury and Wendell are invited to share their concerns about water quality and stormwater management in and around the lake with...

After reading Dan Winslow’s guest column [“Wrongly blocking solar in Shutesbury,” Recorder, July 20], I felt compelled to write a response. The writer tried to convince us that we need to sacrifice our forests to create solar energy. He conveniently...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

SHUTESBURY — Designs for a new library to replace the 121-year-old M.N. Spear Memorial Library continue to be prepared by a Boston architecture company, with the latest plans bringing the building size to under 5,000 square feet as a cost-cutting...

By KEVIN WEIR

Our family is concerned about the recent events related to the amended bylaw passed by an overwhelming number of Shutesbury residents in a special Town Meeting last winter. We voted with our unanimous fellow townspeople for the amended bylaw regarding...

This summer the Pioneer Valley has seen the impacts of climate change in the form of significant amounts of precipitation. Wet conditions have impacted infrastructure like roads, and culverts, and has overwhelmed stormwater systems causing flooding in...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

SHUTESBURY — A Land Court lawsuit contending that Shutesbury’s zoning bylaw is overly restrictive and may doom plans to develop five large solar projects on 190 acres of mostly wooded land remains active, though the town’s attorney is seeking to have...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

SHUTESBURY — A significant drop in the level of Lake Wyola in mid-July, apparently caused by the intentional release of water through the dam, is prompting the Conservation Commission to issue the town a violation notice under the Massachusetts...

By JEFF LACY

Dan Winslow’s hard swipe at my town [“Wrongly blocking solar in Shutesbury”] was featured prominently as a guest column in both the Recorder (July 21) and the Gazette the next day. He accuses the town of being intolerant of large-scale, ground-mounted...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

SHUTESBURY — Expansion of an attorney’s work on behalf of the town’s Conservation Commission, including on matters outside the original scope of her appointment, is prompting the Selectboard to adopt a new policy aimed at bringing more control over...

By CHRIS LARABEE

As five Franklin County towns continue to build and implement pollinator habitat corridor plans, the Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG) is issuing a call for the public to get involved.Residents of Ashfield, Buckland, Colrain, Deerfield...

Mt. Toby Concerts presents Heather Pierson, Leah Boyd LEVERETT — Mount Toby Concerts is welcoming Peaceful Means, a new musical duo comprised of Leah Boyd and Heather Pierson, for a July 15 concert at 4 p.m. at 194 Long Plain Road (Route 63).Boyd and...

Shutesbury church hosting Hot Dog and Fun Fest SHUTESBURY — Shutesbury Community Church is sponsoring a free Community Hot Dog and Fun Fest on the town common on Sunday, July 9, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Residents are invited to the town common for hot...

By JILL BUCHANAN

Massachusetts is moving faster than just about anywhere in the country to implement a clean energy economy, with the intention of adding as many as 2.5 million solar panels across the state in the next 20 years. While we need to act promptly, the...

Deerfield Inclusion Group co-sponsoring second annual Pride party SOUTH DEERFIELD — The Deerfield Inclusion Group is co-sponsoring the second annual Pride party at Deerfield Elementary School on Sunday, June 11, from 1 to 4 p.m.Folks are invited to...

SHUTESBURY — Two newcomers will join the School Committee after winning the only contested seats in Saturday’s town election.Jeremy Mailloux and Anna Cederberg Heard, with 237 and 205 votes, earned election over Nathaniel Charles Longcope and Mary Lou...

By SHELBY BROCK

SHUTESBURY — By a vote of 40-37, residents at Saturday’s Annual Town Meeting narrowly shot down a bylaw that would ban public access to the Lake Wyola Dam and institute fines for trespassers.Other topics on the 33-article warrant that merited the most...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

SHUTESBURY — Establishing community choice aggregation that could provide residents with more green-sourced electricity, opposing the use of artificial turf in the new track and field project at Amherst-Pelham Regional High School and adopting a $6.91...

Shutesbury police chief presenting program on scams, frauds and phishing SHUTESBURY — Police Chief Kristen Burgess is presenting an information program on scams, frauds and phishing on Thursday, May 11, at 6:30 p.m. at the Shutesbury Community Church,...

By CHRISTI PAYNE and GREG DARMS

My husband and I moved to New England from Oregon five years ago, not knowing for sure where we would end up, and fortuitously landed in Shutesbury. We could not have chosen better than this forested rural hilltown we now call home.One of the very...