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By EVELINE MACDOUGALL

(Editor’s note: Last week’s column focused on the Colrain home of Jon Lagrèze and Judith Roberts; this week we learn about their garden.)Jonathan “Jon” Lagrèze built his first farm structure before losing any baby teeth. At age 5 – after “borrowing”...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — A study is underway to find affordable wastewater treatment solutions for the Colrain Sewer District.The sewer district has awarded a contract to Westfield environmental engineering firm Wright-Pierce to develop next steps for treating the...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

GREENFIELD — Gordon Randall Kehler was many things to those in his life: a father, brother, friend, pacifist, war-tax resister and social justice activist, to name some.Kehler, known to his loved ones as Randy, died on July 21, at the age of 80, at...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — The Council on Aging’s foot clinics are seeking a new home, prompting town officials to consider the broader question of where to offer senior services in a town without a senior center.The foot clinic, a by-appointment health clinic hosted...

By EVELINE MACDOUGALL

Years ago, while visiting the Colrain home of Jon Lagrèze and Judith Roberts, two elderly sisters were astonished and amused by an apparatus installed above the stove, from which hung pots and pans. Lagrèze fashioned it from parts of an old conveyor...

NAMI event to feature conversations on mental healthSHELBURNE FALLS — The Water Street Barn & Studio at 31 Water St. will host an afternoon of live music and conversations on mental health to support the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — More beer is in store now that Stoneman Brewery has secured more than $40,000 to buy new kegs and create an expanded storage space at its 20 Stetson Brothers Road facility. The brewery was awarded a $20,000 Massachusetts Growth Capital...

Aug. 11: Buckland Historical Society hosting open houseBUCKLAND — The Buckland Historical Society will host open houses at the Wilder Homestead, located at 129 Route 112, and at its museum, located at 20 Upper St., on Sunday, Aug. 11, from 2 to 4...

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...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A North Adams woman will spend at least nine months in jail after pleading guilty in Greenfield District Court on Tuesday to a charge of motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation in connection with a crash that killed a 66-year-old...

By DIANE BRONCACCIO

SHELBURNE FALLS — Randy Kehler, a war-tax resister whose opposition to the Vietnam War, advocacy for social justice and refusal to pay federal taxes gained national attention, died at home Sunday morning after a long battle with myalgic...

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

COLRAIN — As members of the Colrain Historical Society set their sights on projects to improve building insulation and create a fully accessible restroom for visitors, the need for a fundraiser became clear.Enter the Historical Society’s first-ever...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

COLRAIN — The Selectboard began considering implementation of a hybrid meeting structure on Tuesday, while also floating ideas for online community surveys that would be posted on the Colrain town website. New Town Administrator Diana Parsons said...

By VIRGINIA RAY

COLRAIN — Longtime Town Administrator Kevin Fox has retired and former town staff member Diana Parsons has returned to town to fill the role.“It’s been a pleasure to work in town government,” Fox said. “I’ve enjoyed it immensely. I will miss it and I...

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

The 1875 murder of a Civil War veteran named Joseph Riley Farnsworth is a story that is often forgotten in the annals of Colrain history, according to Catamount Hill Association historian Prentice Crosier.Farnsworth was coming back from a trip to...

Staff Report

COLRAIN — The Griswold Memorial Library in Colrain is one of 16 libraries to receive a $10,000 Building Library Capacity Grant from the American Library Association.The library will use the funds to continue and expand its partnership with the...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — With the June 13 opening of Dreamhouse, a brunch restaurant and bar, owner Jill Fishman of Colrain is living her dream.“It’s always been on the back burner,” Fishman said. “It wasn’t until right around the beginning of the year that I...

By GRACE LEE

GREENFIELD — After a representative from the Young Entrepreneurs Across America organization came to speak to Josiah Crosier’s college class, the Greenfield High School graduate was inspired to get involved with Student Painters and has since...

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 ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

COLRAIN — After lengthy debates, residents voted against putting the Community Preservation Act on the ballot in November and to preserve eight plaster busts of historic figures at the Griswold Memorial Library at Town Meeting Tuesday night.About 121...