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By BELLA LEVAVI

CHARLEMONT — School and town officials have sent Gov. Maura Healey a letter urging her to fund an annual appropriation of $60 million directed entirely at rural and declining-enrollment schools.“Now is the time to act. The state has considerable...

How wonderful to wake to the news that our fearless leader just made a surprise visit to Ukraine. Of course that's much more important than going to our southern border, where undocumented immigrants are pouring over the border, Cartels are raping and...

By CARL DOERNER

On one hand, displayed in our country is an amusing rabble of Trump enthusiasts who, when interviewed, make claims about their idol no sane person would utter, e.g., “He won the election, is still president, and is running the country from his...

The Feb. 15 Recorder had two interesting articles that are related for those who know their Massachusetts history since at least 1978.That year a ballot question passed, and it was called Proposition 2½. While it is complicated in its execution, it...

By BELLA LEVAVI

CHARLEMONT — As the Mohawk Trail and Hawlemont regional school districts finish creating their proposed budgets ahead of a pair of public hearings, administrators have begun meeting with town officials to hear their thoughts.Superintendent Sheryl...

I was shocked and horrified by the report that someone in the Massachusetts Legislature has crafted a bill offering reduced sentences to prisoners of the state for donating their organs. Am I living in liberal, caring Massachusetts or China or India?...

By BELLA LEVAVI

CHARLEMONT — The Board of Health, Planning Board and Conservation Commission are drafting letters for the Selectboard about various health safety, environmental and permit violations they say are occurring at Stagecoach Auto Repair on Route...

By BELLA LEVAVI

CHARLEMONT — Inspired by a petition article that came before Annual Town Meeting last year, the Charlemont Recall Provision Committee has nearly finished a draft of a recall election provision that will soon head to town counsel for review.“Having...

By BELLA LEVAVI

CHARLEMONT — After not meeting for many years, the Historical Commission came together this week to request to be part of the discussion about altering the Native American statue outside the Native and Himalayan Views souvenir shop on Route 2.“I...

By SHERRILL HOGEN

I was in Palestine last October. It had been three COVID years since I had seen my adoptive family there. I prepared for the trip by buying gifts for all eight of them: my “sister,” her husband, their six grown children, and innumerable grandchildren....

By BELLA LEVAVI

CHARLEMONT — Families from all over soaked up the thrill of gliding on skis and snowboards down the trails at Berkshire East Mountain Resort over the weekend in what, for many, is a yearly tradition.“This season has been surprisingly good despite the...

By BELLA LEVAVI

CHARLEMONT — After a discussion with the creators of a petition to remove the large Native American statue from the Native and Himalayan Views souvenir shop on Route 2, the owner is seeking community input on possible new designs for the...

Salmon Falls Gallery reopens SHELBURNE FALLS — The Salmon Falls Gallery at 1 Ashfield St. reopened its doors on Jan. 19 following a winter break. The gallery will be open Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m.“We are fully...

By BELLA LEVAVI

CHARLEMONT — As Police Chief Jason Pelletier steers a staff of seven part-time officers, himself included, and three civilian traffic patrollers into 2023, he advises that residents may need to discuss changes as early as Annual Town Meeting.“If we...

By SHERRILL HOGEN

Thirty men have died since they were cleared and released from Guantanamo prison. What did they die of? Where were they? Does anyone know? Did we here in the U.S. care? Weren’t they “the worst of the worst” who plotted 9/11?Our government, through...

By VIRGINIA RAY

Editor’s note: The Greenfield Recorder has been publishing stories about what Franklin County residents can likely expect to see happening in their towns in 2023. Details about projects in the western part of the county were shared in two parts. This...

By BELLA LEVAVI

CHARLEMONT — William Harker won a five-month term on the Selectboard during Tuesday’s special election, earning six more votes than challenger Robert Handsaker.“I’ve been in this town since 1944. I’m just trying to help the board out,” Harker, 86,...

By DOMENIC POLI

CHARLEMONT — The three candidates vying for two Selectboard seats made their appeals to the public on Wednesday evening in a lightly attended meet-and-greet at Hawlemont Regional School.Robert Handsaker and William Harker are competing for the...

By BELLA LEVAVI

CHARLEMONT — Route 2 travelers have likely observed the large Native American statue towering over the Native and Himalayan Views souvenir shop. But will it be there much longer?An online petition seeking to remove the statue has garnered roughly...