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By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL — After decades of service with the all-volunteer Gill Fire Department, Fire Chief Gene Beaubien is ready to retire as he turns 70 on Monday, Jan. 27.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A New Hampshire timber company has closed on a massive land buy of nearly 2,400 acres in seven communities in Hampshire and Franklin counties, acquiring five parcels for more than $20 million from Amherst-based W.D. Cowls Inc.

MADISON, Wisc. — Montague resident Julia Walkowicz was named to the dean’s list at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for the fall semester. Walkowicz is a student in the College of Letters and Science.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — Franklin County Technical School students and local senior citizens celebrated their “Tech Tuesday” partnership on Tuesday, marking the first year of tech support that will continue into 2026 thanks to additional grant funding.Tech...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

Editor’s note: To mark the start of a new year, the Greenfield Recorder is publishing stories about what Franklin County residents can likely expect to see happening in their towns in 2025.New phases of ongoing projects involving infrastructure,...

I’m responding to a recent My Turn by my fellow Gill resident, Gary Bourbeau. The writer is the minister of the church in our town common and I assume he considers himself a civic leader of sorts and a Christian. The piece that he submitted to the...

I found the “My Turn” piece by fellow Gill resident Gary Bourbeau on Dec. 21 completely insincere, and not an “opinion” piece in the tradition of the “My Turn” column [“Trashing thru the snow, as MAGA rules the day”]. Heavy on sarcasm, the piece...

By GARY BOURBEAU

 Well folks, the end of 2024 is hard upon us, and what a year it has been! The weather changes and the political winds have shifted, and because of that some of our neighbors are feeling a little blue. Here are some time-honored carols (with some...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL — Despite a late start, the “Busloads of Blessings” donation drive spearheaded by the bus company Travel Kuz was successful in collecting a variety of donations in one of its school buses to be distributed to families in need across Franklin...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — The Gill-Montague Education Association (GMEA) announced to the School Committee on Tuesday that it has taken a vote of no-confidence in Gill-Montague Regional School District Superintendent Brian Beck, as well as Heath Cummings, the...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL — Voters unanimously approved spending $50,000 to fund a feasibility study and schematic design for a new Gill Elementary School roof and at a special Town Meeting on Monday night along with rescinding a 2023 Town Meeting vote to create an Opioid...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL — Voters at Special Town Meeting on Monday will be asked to approve $50,000 to help further the Gill Elementary School roof replacement, as well as vote on three articles pertaining to the Opioid Settlement Stabilization Fund.The meeting will...

Let me continue highlighting the hypocrisy of our state and local government. No, I am not writing about our governor protecting people who crossed our border illegally who committed felonies from deportation.As many residents of Franklin County are...

I am wondering what the families of the more than 7 million people who have died from COVID as of April 2024 think about the notion that COVID was/is a hoax, and wondering why people think that, and wondering who they think benefits from promoting...

GILL — The Northwestern District Attorney’s Office has identified the 29-year-old man whose body was found in the Connecticut River near the French King Bridge on Monday afternoon as Northampton resident Daniel Esrick. No foul play is suspected,...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

GILL — The body of a 29-year-old Northampton man was pulled out of the Connecticut River near the French King Bridge on Monday afternoon at around 1:30 p.m.Laurie Loisel, spokesperson for the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office, said an...

28 Franklin Tech students join National Honor SocietyTURNERS FALLS — Franklin County Technical School recently inducted 28 new students into the National Honor Society, making this the largest group to be honored in the school’s history.With the new...

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...

GILL — The Selectboard has approved a contract with Commonwealth Electric Technologies to install 44 LED lights in Town Hall.Per the contract, the total project cost is $4,152. An Eversource incentive of $500 that expires at the end of the calendar...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL — After advocating for funding since 2017, the Gill Elementary School roof replacement project has been accepted by the Massachusetts School Building Authority’s (MSBA) Accelerated Repair Program.The Selectboard, detailing the status of the...