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By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Wheeler Memorial Library’s Children’s Room has reopened to the public nearly 10 months after flooding caused by a contractor’s error and a rainstorm.

Holly A. Boisvert, 49, homeless of Greenfield. Charge of possession of a Class B drug and possession of a Class E drug. Released on personal recognizance. Pretrial conference set for Dec. 6. The counsel fee was waived.Judge William Mazanec III...

Judge William MazanecGreenfield, Oct. 15Kevin K. Smith, 34, of Oak Grove Avenue, Springfield. Charges of resisting arrest, intimidating a witness/juror/police/court official, a marked lanes violation, failure to stop or yield, improper operation of a...

By DOMENIC POLI

SHUTESBURY — A man was taken by ambulance to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield on Monday after the 18-wheeler he was driving careened through the intersection of Daniel Shays Highway (Route 202) and Prescott Road, crashed through a guardrail and rolled onto its side.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

BUCKLAND — In conjunction with the “Voices and Votes: Democracy in America” Smithsonian exhibit on democracy that is now on display at Mohawk Trail Regional School, the school partnered with the Center for New Americans for a panel welcoming immigrants to tell their stories of becoming Americans.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE FALLS — Do you want to own a piece of the Bridge of Flowers?

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

The Amherst Invitational Ultimate Tournament took place over the weekend, with the Four Rivers girls taking second place overall after falling to Amherst in the championship game, 9-8.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — Residents will consider 31 articles during the Wednesday, May 7 Annual Town Meeting that will mark a “number of firsts” for Montague, according to Town Administrator Walter Ramsey.

By TINKY WEISBLAT

Spring is bringing trees and yards and farms to life all around us. In this season of rebirth, Shantigar and Raven Used Books are bringing a visionary thinker about land and community (and a delightful human being) to our area.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

BUCKLAND — After lengthy discussion, a tied vote and a recount, voters approved appropriating $12,500 for a Historical Commission grant match to update records of historical sites in town.

By DIANE BRONCACCIO

ASHFIELD — The 126 voters who attended the five-hour Annual Town Meeting on Saturday approved all 30 warrant articles and applauded several longtime volunteers who have given decades of service to the town.

By JOAN MARIE JACKSON and MITCH SPEIGHT

Most days in Greenfield you can find us talking with our neighbors at our three favorite local stops: the Public Library, the Greenfield Senior Center lunch, and Saints James and Andrew church. We listen closely to what our community friends say about the challenges facing our city.

By JENNIFER PEDERSON

When was the last time you visited your doctor for a regular check-up? Maybe annually, perhaps even twice a year if you’re diligent. Now, consider this: your drinking water gets checked hundreds, even thousands, of times every single month.

This paper should have done a better job of reporting the Anti-Defamation League’s claims of growing ”antisemitic acts of hate” on Massachusetts college campuses. ”Antisemistism incidents remain up,” [Recorder, May 1]. Buried deep in paragraph 14 is the ADL’s assertion that it “is careful to not conflate general criticism of Israel or anti-Israel activism with antisemitism.” But the content of the article proves quite the contrary. In it, the ADL admits that 63% of the purportedly antisemitic incidents reported last year “were related to Israel or Zionism” — i.e., were not acts of hatred toward humans who happen to be Jews. Two of the three specific incidents reported were similarly not attacks on Jews but on the state of Israel: at Smith College, an Israeli flag with a spray-painted swastika; and at Berklee College of Music, a student telling a Jewish classmate that he “cannot stop following Israel’s war against Palestinian children.” The third example was flagrant antisemitism which I won’t repeat.

Saturday, May 10 is opening day for the 31st season of Buddy Baseball! This year our team logo is the yellow Bumblebees. Buddy Baseball is a program for youth with disabilities to play ball with the help of peer buddies. We invite new players, buddies and coaches to join our enthusiastic, family and fun-oriented crew.

My most recent issue of Massachusetts Wildlife explains that relocating wild animals is both harmful and illegal. “Imagine, for a moment, if you were removed from your home and randomly “relocated” to a place where you had never been before and were given no money, means of communication, supplies, or directions. It would be disorienting and stressful, to say the least, and locating and obtaining the basic necessities in this circumstance would be incredibly difficult.” Uh-huh. This is the situation facing migrants who have lived in the United States for 10 or 20 years and are deported back to their “home” countries. It seems that the rabbit in your backyard enjoys more protections than the migrant who has lived in your neighborhood for 20 years. Of all the Trump administration’s abuses, its treatment of non-citizens is the most alarming if only because the line that this administration draws between citizens and non-citizens is razor thin and has already been crossed more than once.

Some years back, Greenfield changed its zoning rules to allow a single-family home to be converted into a two- or three-family dwelling — by right. This goes beyond the state law which only allows a two-family home by right.

By AALIANNA MARIETTA

LEVERETT — Roughly 100 residents voted to approve Leverett’s share of the Amherst-Pelham Regional School District budget, accept a 146.3-acre property gift and appropriate funds for a series of community preservation projects during Saturday’s Annual Town Meeting.

By H. PATRICIA HYNES

No one wrote more powerfully about humans’ poisoning the Earth and its consequences than biologist Rachel Carson — with a focus on one contaminant, the pesticide DDT. She traced its toxicity through the food chain of nature and the loss of beneficial insects and birds, and then warned of the ultimate destruction of the natural world. Other environmental writers of the time were perplexed by the tidal wave of impact “Silent Spring” had compared to their books: it was both the accuracy of her science and the powerful beauty of her science writing. The award-winning “Silent Spring” was translated into all the languages of the industrial world, influenced key environmental legislation and spurred the creation of the US EPA. It was a gift that kept on giving. That was 1962.

BY RANDI KLEIN

Americans’ voting rights are under assault from pending legislation and a presidential executive order. Led by the League of Women Voters (LWV) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Americans are fighting back against attempts to make it harder for millions of eligible voters to have their voices heard.