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GREENFIELD — In celebration of National Family Day on Monday, the Communities That Care Coalition’s PEER Ambassadors packed up meals for families at the Family Resource Center.National Family Day celebrates simple, everyday things parents can do to...

The Franklin County Solid Waste Management District will hold its next “Clean Sweep” Bulky Waste Recycling Day on Saturday, Oct. 19, from 9 a.m. to noon.The three collection locations are the Erving Highway Garage at 16 Public Works Blvd. (off Route...

ERVING — Erving Public Library will host an artist’s reception for fine furniture made by Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts students, instructed by Mitch Ryerson, on Sunday, Oct. 6, at 11 a.m.Wood for this furniture was sourced from Erving with...

SUNDERLAND — Families were welcomed to the Sunderland Public Library Tuesday afternoon to meet Leverett-based author and illustrator Micha Archer and celebrate Title I grant funding for the Union 38 School District.Title I grant funding provides extra...

TURNERS FALLS — The Fifth Street Bridge over the canal, otherwise known as the Green Bridge, will be closed on Tuesday, Oct. 1, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. for crews to perform repairs, the state Department of Transportation (MassDOT) announced Monday....

GREENFIELD — The Literacy Project will hold an open house to celebrate the opening of its new classrooms and administrative offices at 278 Main St., second floor, on Monday, Sept. 30, from 5:30 to 7 p.m.The Literacy Project is a nonprofit that...

Four women from Israel — two Arab and two Jewish who are diverse in their origins and traditions — will share stories, songs and art based on hope and healing during a series of “Women of Vision” programs that are now underway. Upcoming tour dates and...

GREENFIELD — The screening of Part 1 of Ken Burns’ “College Behind Bars,” originally scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 21, at 11 a.m. in the Greenfield Public Library Community Room, has been canceled. The screening will be rescheduled at a later date.

DEERFIELD — The Deerfield Elementary School community came together before school Friday morning to celebrate the completion of the school’s entryway improvement project.Superintendent Darius Modestow said the $340,379 project was funded by a $114,538...

GREENFIELD — The Griswold Memorial, Belding Memorial and Greenfield Public libraries, together with Greenfield Community College and the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, will host a screening of Part 1 of Ken Burns’ “College Behind Bars.”This event...

After an exciting season at Thomas Memorial Golf & Country Club in Turners Falls, the Knights of Columbus Golf League saw its season come to an end on Wednesday night with Steve Call capturing the league championship.Call’s plus-6 point quota led the...

GREENFIELD — The new music ministry team at the Second Congregational Church of Greenfield — made up of Michael Pfitzer, minister of music, and Dorothy Claire Glover, organist/pianist — is ramping up the fall music program and welcomes participation...

Ella Guidaboni buried a penalty stroke in the waning minutes of regulation, and the visiting Turners Falls field hockey team won their first game of the season on Friday.Guidaboni’s goal broke a scoreless tie and lifted the Thunder to a 1-0 Valley...

The Mohawk Trail field hockey team gave host Northampton everything it could handle on Wednesday.The visiting Warriors tied the game on a goal from Kylah Perris-Howard, but the Blue Devils notched the game-winner with less than two minutes to go in...

WARWICK — Route 78 will be closed to northbound traffic from the center of town to the New Hampshire state line for paving work between Monday, Sept. 9, and Friday, Sept. 13.Northbound traffic will be detoured via Northfield Road to the center of...

A weekend on Cape Cod saw the Frontier Regional girls volleyball team open its 2024 season with a pair of eastern Mass. opponents. The Redhawks went 1-1 on Sunday, sweeping Nauset 3-0 while dropping a 3-1 decision to Dennis-Yarmouth.“I think we...

SOUTH HADLEY — Mother Nature wreaked havoc on the afternoon wave Monday, as Orchards Golf Club hosted a qualifier for the 2025 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship.The top three teams (and two alternates) advanced to the Four-Ball Championship,...

The University of Massachusetts announced this week that four athletes have been selected to be inducted as the Class of 2024 in its George “Trigger” Burke Hall of Fame. Jeff Deren (men’s soccer, 1999-2002), Dennis Fenton (football, wrestling...

It’s been a busy summer for local golf courses. That’s been particularly true in regard to holes-in-one, and two more locals were at it this week.Jeff Jackman and Roy Emerson joined the ace brigade over the last two days, recording holes-in-one at...

The Greenfield High School football team joined the other Recorder area programs — Franklin Tech, Frontier, Athol and Mahar — in kicking off the 2024 high school football season on Friday.Schools moved through conditioning drills in preparation of the...

Due to smoke from Canadian wildfires, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) has issued an air quality alert effective until at least 11:59 p.m. tonight in five counties in western and central Massachusetts.Smoke is...