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Golf club members, TRIAD assemble boxes of food for sixth year ahead of Thanksgiving
11-26-2024 9:52 AM

By DOMENIC POLI

GILL — For the sixth consecutive year, members of the Thomas Memorial Golf & Country Club in Turners Falls and the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office TRIAD Program gathered to assemble 150 boxes of food for people in need on Monday — albeit in a new...

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Home on Winter Street in Orange rendered uninhabitable after fire
12-02-2024 5:27 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — No injuries resulted from a fire that was caused by the ignition of combustible materials near a pellet stove’s flue pipe early Sunday morning, according to the town’s fire chief.James Young said his department was dispatched to a reported...


2 water tower articles top Orange Special Town Meeting warrant
11-29-2024 10:05 AM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — A Special Town Meeting is asking voters to address two warrant articles pertaining to land acquisition for a crucial water tower, which officials believe will take up the bulk of public discussion on Monday.Town Administrator Matthew Fortier...


Locals: Put politics aside at Thanksgiving
11-27-2024 5:30 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

Want to break bread without breaking up the family this Thanksgiving? Try leaving politics at the door.This month’s presidential election was particularly polarizing and the internet is rife with stories of people planning to skip holiday gatherings...


Wendell mulls adding position to handle grant applications
11-27-2024 11:58 AM

By DOMENIC POLI

WENDELL — As they weigh adding another job to the staff roster, town officials intend to talk with Northfield’s grant development director to try to determine the effectiveness of having such a position.Wendell is considering adding someone to the...


Orange opts against outdoor air quality sensor program
11-23-2024 3:01 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Selectboard members voted unanimously on Wednesday not to participate in an outdoor air quality sensor program after learning the data collected would not directly benefit the town.The Hitchcock Center for the Environment, located on the...


Land acquisition for water tower causes stir at Orange Selectboard meeting
11-23-2024 1:48 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — A Selectboard meeting on Wednesday grew heated after the vice chair expressed outrage over a perceived lack of communication relating to two upcoming Special Town Meeting warrant articles seeking to acquire land to build a water tower at the...


11th Giving Back Together Toy Drive coming up
11-21-2024 3:26 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

The Giving Back Together Toy Drive is gearing up for its 11th year and founder Heather Taylor said the charitable effort is extremely low on gifts to give to youngsters up to 18 years of age.The Athol resident started the toy drive to ensure no child...


Lifelong home baker starts business, The Sourdog, in Orange
11-21-2024 2:56 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Kristin Geyster officially started her own small business last month. But you won’t see a new storefront or signs in town.That’s because her new enterprise, The Sourdog, is a cottage bakery, meaning she sells bread out of her residential...


Mahar putting on first-ever fall production with ‘Aladdin’
11-21-2024 2:49 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — It’s a whole new world for the Ralph C. Mahar Regional School theater program as it puts on its first-ever fall production later this month.The program, which typically has only a spring play, will hold five performances of the Disney...


AG’s office rejects Wendell’s battery energy storage bylaw
11-20-2024 5:13 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

WENDELL — A battery energy storage bylaw that voters overwhelmingly approved in May has been rejected by the state Attorney General’s Office for failing to comply with procedural safeguards embedded into state zoning laws.Wendell residents voted 100...


Mahar athletics in need of new track, field turf
11-19-2024 9:21 AM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Ralph C. Mahar Regional School’s athletics program is running out of time to replace its playing surface and track lanes.The rubber-and-sand mixture making up the turf and the track at the James S. Woodward Athletic Complex has another...


Orange lamppost contest opened up to families
11-18-2024 10:50 AM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Orange Merchants Group has opened the seventh annual lamppost-decorating competition’s contestant field to include local families.The tradition that had previously been reserved for Orange businesses and organizations will have more...


Friends remember multi-talented political activist Joshua J. Dostis, aka Waffles T. Clown
11-15-2024 5:29 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

Joshua Jay Dostis, better known locally as the politically charged jester Waffles T. Clown, died on Nov. 9. He was 83.Friends in Franklin County are mourning the loss of the New York City transplant and longtime New Salem resident who spent his final...


Shelburne Falls native pens book about Great White frontman
11-15-2024 9:52 AM

By DOMENIC POLI

On Oct. 22, 2005, the Recorder’s Life & Times section featured a full-page article by Karen P. Chynoweth, with a color photo of an 18-year-old woman and the headline “Nearly famous.” The piece told the story of Shelburne Falls native Kate Corriero,...


Northfield voters approve EMS site purchase, reject citizen’s petition to eliminate town admin
11-14-2024 6:52 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

NORTHFIELD — Voters at a Special Town Meeting this week opted to acquire a Bernardston parcel to house Northfield EMS, allowing the service to move out of a converted gas station on Main Street.The fourth article on Wednesday’s Special Town Meeting...


Franklin County police chiefs speak to spike in stolen or damaged political lawn signs
11-14-2024 2:56 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

Despite the presidential election having passed, reports of stolen or damaged political lawn signs appear to be continuing in some areas of Franklin County.After a rash of incidents on Montague and Old Wendell roads, Shutesbury Police Chief Kristin...


Judge denies motion to test shotgun in 2017 Wendell murder
11-12-2024 5:39 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The Wendell man who was convicted five years ago of ending his girlfriend’s life in 2017 will not get the chance to have the alleged murder weapon tested for evidence, a Franklin County Superior Court judge ruled on Tuesday.Lewis H....


Nonprofit founder speaks at Orange library on community prosperity
11-11-2024 1:12 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The founder and president of a nonprofit dedicated to helping American cities and towns achieve or return to prosperity delivered a presentation at Wheeler Memorial Library last week.Charles Marohn of Strong Towns spoke to an audience of...


Four Orange firefighters to receive honors for actions in fatal blaze
11-10-2024 2:01 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Four Orange Fire Department members are slated to be honored this month for their actions during a fatal fire last year.Lts. Phillip Dupell and Jason Rushford, firefighter/paramedic Nino Rodriguez, and Tim Matthews, who is now an acting...


Veterans organizations’ membership in Franklin County declining but strong
11-10-2024 11:01 AM

By DOMENIC POLI

Though participation in veterans service organizations has waned considerably in the decades following World War II and the conflicts in Korea and Vietnam, group leaders in Franklin County say membership remains strong and the door is open to any...

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