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By EVELINE MACDOUGALL

The western Massachusetts farming community is made up of hardworking folks who generally work with family members or small crews, but who also keep tabs on one another through farmers markets, agricultural meetings, and other events. When a farmer experiences hardships, their peers care deeply and offer support when possible. Over the last few years, concerned locals have followed staggering and mysterious challenges faced by Danny Botkin of Laughing Dog Farm in Gill. Botkin is widely considered a regional hero due to his generous dedication to educating others about seed saving, four-season gardening, and other aspects of growing and eating organically grown produce. 

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL — As the battlefield study of the Great Falls Massacre of 1676 brings about a new phase of community education on the history of King Philip’s War, the Montague Battlefield Grant Advisory Committee is floating ideas on what can be done to better present the Native American perspective.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — After more than a decade of research, the battlefield study of the Great Falls Massacre of 1676 has been completed.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — After the school resource officer position was cut during the last budget cycle, Officer Dan Miner and comfort dog Mack will be returning to the Gill-Montague Regional School District when time allows.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL — The town is installing a 98-foot-long guardrail after a vehicle crashed into a home at 253 Main Road on Sunday.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — The Gill-Montague Regional School District is preparing for the start of the school year with new hires, while interim Superintendent Tari Thomas begins her entry plan.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — For the 22nd year, the Franklin County Boat Club’s Christmas in July boat parade and fireworks celebration will return on Saturday, July 26.

By CHRIS LARABEE

While the Six Town Regionalization Planning Board awaits feedback from the state on its proposed regional agreement, it is also preparing assessment models for the potential Great River Regional School District.

“Dont tread on me.” These words appeared on a flag in 1775 and were used as a rallying cry during the American Revolution and became a symbol of liberty, individualism, and defiance against authorities.

By AALIANNA MARIETTA

Barbara Yue traveled more than 7,000 miles from Shanghai to visit the Giving Tree School in Gill.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL — Forty years ago this month, Gill resident Terri Rice remembers when the silence of anticipation broke inside Gill Town Hall.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — Tari Thomas, former superintendent of the Ralph C. Mahar Regional and Union 73 school districts, has been tapped for the interim superintendent position at the Gill-Montague Regional School District, pending successful contract negotiations and reference checks.

In the 1800s there was a political group called, the “Know Nothings” party. The liberal Democrats of today are the “We Know Everything” party. Most have more degrees than a thermometer.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — An administrative reorganization in the Gill-Montague Regional School District for the next school year, which includes cutting the family engagement coordinator role, was approved by the School Committee this week.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL — Voters defeated a motion to create a new principal assessor role during the second part of Annual Town Meeting Monday night, a proposal that had some town officials feeling caught off guard.

By DOROTHY STORROW

Lately, the news has been filled with references to habeas corpus. President Donald Trump’s administration is actively considering suspending habeas corpus. Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution provides a right to habeas corpus. As citizens, we all need to understand this right in order to have informed opinions about what is happening in our country.

I appreciated in the guest column “Everyone is entitled to due process” [Recorder, May 16] that Republican lawyer Isaac Mass was taking a stand against the injustices of the Trump administration. However, when stating “… deporting undocumented foreign born criminal gang members without a hearing is unconscionable” isn’t he assuming these people are gang members just because Trump says they are? They never had a chance to challenge the charges against them. Mr. Mass should have referred to them as “accused gang members.”

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL — The remaining financial articles for the second part of Annual Town Meeting will be taken up by voters next week, including a $5.17 million total budget for fiscal year 2026 that includes large assessment increases to the Gill-Montague Regional School District and Franklin County Technical School.

Summer is almost here, and with it will come deadly heat waves supercharged by the climate crisis. Yet in 27 states, it’s perfectly legal for utility companies to shut off electricity on the hottest days of summer for nonpayment, leaving individuals and families without air conditioning in extreme temperatures and threatening their health and safety.