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By MADISON SCHOFIELD

BUCKLAND — After a couple of years of closures and relocation, the Shelburne Falls Community Fridge has a new home next to Buckland Town Hall and will be loaded with food on Tuesday, Aug. 13. The motto is “take what you need, leave what you can,”...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

BUCKLAND — Road and culvert repairs are being planned for Avery Road, Elm Street and North Street, with the Selectboard and Finance Committee agreeing Monday to allocate roughly $610,000 toward the work.Heavy rain in early July prompted the...

By CHRIS LARABEE

BUCKLAND — As several residents find mile-a-minute vine in their neighborhood, the public is invited to join an invasive species walk this weekend to learn how to identify the vine and other invaders.Folks can join the Shelburne Open Space Committee...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMANand DOMENIC POLI

Six Franklin County municipalities are benefiting from a total of $3.9 million in Community Development Block Grants that will support housing, social services, water quality and infrastructure projects.The CDBG program is available to fund housing...

What do beautiful, collectible, vintage cars have in common with old women? Practically nothing! It is generally a man’s world.But in spite of nothing, I was valued and respected as an elderly female customer by the amazing staff at Greenfield Auto...

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

BUCKLAND — A budding organization is in the process of envisioning a network of trails that would expand recreational opportunities in western Franklin County.Chris Skelly, a passionate hiker and the leader of the effort, has taken inspiration from...

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

The Hilltown History Trail was started out of a desire to enable community members to access the rich and thoughtful local history museums often open only a few hours per week. It is returning for its third year the first Saturday in August, despite...

Charlemont activist to speak on trip to PalestineCHARLEMONT — Activist Sherrill Hogen, who recently returned home to Charlemont from a trip to the West Bank, Palestine, will share her experiences and photos in a Zoom program on Wednesday, July 24,...

By CHRIS LARABEE

BUCKLAND — Peggy Warwick was on a walk one day in her neighboring town when she came across a peculiar looking plant featuring triangular leaves, curved thorns and saucer-shaped leaves on the stem.Soon enough, Warwick, a member of Shelburne’s Open...

Ashfield Rod and Gun Club hosting archery shoot, pig roast PLAINFIELD — The Ashfield Rod and Gun Club, located at 161 North St. in Plainfield, will host a pop-up archery shoot and pig roast on Saturday, July 27.The archery shoot begins at 11 a.m. and...

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

BUCKLAND — For the eighth year, several Buckland organizations are joining forces to put on the “Summer Day on the Buckland Common” event.The free event will be held on Saturday, July 20, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Buckland Common is located at 17...

By DAVID PARRELLA

 There are few things that baby boomers like better than nostalgia. That is why a full house was on hand the other night at Tanglewood to listen to an extraordinarily peppy John Fogerty run through his catalog of hits backed by two of his sons.And...

Sanderson Academy seeks after-school enrichment leaders ASHFIELD — Sanderson Academy is looking for after-school enrichment leaders for the 2024-2025 school year.Visit tinyurl.com/SandersonEnrichment to fill out a survey to share what it is you are...

The Civil War was the cultural midpoint in our history. Everything about slavery since the founding foreshadowed it. Everything subsequently seems to refer back to the unfulfilled promises of reconstruction. In early 1861 Lincoln delivered his first...

Seventh GradeHigh Honors: Maya Baunsgard, Kayden Berry, Harper Briggs, Teagan Donahue, Oliver Ferris, Isabella Filiault, Zavel Gardner, Armando Gonzalez, Ava LaCross, Wyeth Miller, Abigail Osterman, Lydia Pinkham, Ryah Pizzi, Cole Raffa, Benjamin...

By SAM FERLAND

BUCKLAND — The Mary Lyon Foundation plans to build or renovate a resource center in western Franklin County within the next five years to help meet residents’ needs.“We’re looking to build a center that would be an intergenerational center where it...

History Society program to detail murder of Civil War vet COLRAIN — “Murder on Catamount” will be the topic of a program following this month’s meeting of the Colrain Historical Society at the Stacy Barn, 8 Main Road, on Thursday, June 13.Prentice...

By CHRIS LARABEE

BUCKLAND — Incumbent Selectboard Chair Clinton “Clint” Phillips fended off a challenge from Planning Board member Maria-Elena Mariel Olcoz in Tuesday’s town election, as he was reelected to his seat, 313-59.The Selectboard race was the only contested...

By CHRIS LARABEE

BUCKLAND — A woman was taken to Cooley Dickinson Hospital Wednesday afternoon following a single-vehicle rollover crash on Route 112 near Purinton Road.Shelburne Police Department Sgt. Kurt Gilmore said the driver, a woman in her 60s, suffered what...

Goodnow earns Deane Jones Memorial Scholarship Mohawk Trail Regional School student Sophia Goodnow of Shelburne received this year’s $1,000 Deane Jones Memorial Scholarship.This award is given through Trinity Church to a graduating high school student...