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By BELLA LEVAVI

LEYDEN — The National Transportation Safety Board has released its preliminary report on the Jan. 14 fatal plane crash in the Leyden Wildlife Management Area, detailing eyewitness accounts as well as the plane’s flight path and conditions.Fly Lugu...

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — With final campaign finance reports filed, new figures from the Office of Campaign and Political Finance show the city’s two mayoral candidates raised similar amounts of money, and that former incumbent Roxann Wedegartner outspent newly...

By JON HUER

American society is now facing a choice between capitalist democracy (if Democrats win) and fascist democracy (if Trump wins). Whichever side wins, both capitalists and fascists —as advertisers do — count on one cardinal weakness that is abundant...

By CHRIS LARABEE

The 33rd annual Poet’s Seat Poetry Contest is now seeking submissions through the end of February, as the Friends of the Greenfield Public Library prepares to bring the contest’s awards ceremony to the new library.The Friends of the Greenfield Public...

By PAT JAMES

Community gardens grow on all kinds of land. Many gardens start as derelict lots, long abandoned by owners who sometimes reclaim the property after community gardeners reveal its beauty and productivity.Schools and parks are common sites for community...

I am a school bus driver, one of several well-trained, dedicated individuals. When we get behind the wheel of a bus we are keenly aware of the extraordinary responsibility that we choose to accept. We are deeply committed to safely transport our kids,...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Roughly 40 Greenfield High School students convened in the building’s library Thursday to talk with policymakers about the issues important to them.The YELO (Youth Engage with Legislators and Officials) forum fostered roundtable...

By NANCY HAZARD

As a person greatly concerned about our climate, I want to tell you my story of pursuing living more lightly on the Earth professionally and personally.In 1974 I was a “solar home” builder, then I became an employee of the Northeast Sustainable...

I read the opinion piece “Fuel Assistance for Who?” [Recorder, Jan. 21] and respectfully disagree with its premise. I’ve tried to get fuel assistance (for Afghan refugees specifically). It’s hard! The application process asks for a lot of paperwork...

By SHERYL HUNTER

With a new year comes new music, and 2024 looks like it will be an excellent year for both recordings and live music. Now that the holidays are over, some local musicians have dropped new singles in recent weeks as they gear up for full-length...

By MARY BYRNE

It isn’t in my nature to be the news, so I’ll keep this short.Nearly four years ago, I arrived in Greenfield just as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold of the region. I knew nobody, and frankly, having grown up in eastern Massachusetts, I knew very...

By MICHAEL FLECK

Most people consider Secretariat to be the greatest racehorse who ever lived. If you watch the grainy YouTube video of his final race of the Triple Crown, you might not believe your eyes: He won that race by an astonishing 31 lengths, and his official...

By PATRICK MCGREEVY

Fifteen years after the 1607 founding of the New World’s first permanent British settlement at Jamestown, a group of Powhatan warriors attacked white settlers, killing almost 350. The brutality of the attack stunned settlers, and inspired the...

By CHRIS LARABEE

BOSTON — With the long-awaited announcement of storm damage relief funding at the Massachusetts Municipal Association’s annual conference this past weekend, Deerfield and Conway, as well as 35 other communities around the state, are finding themselves...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — Having received an initial nod of support from City Council to pursue an automated single-stream recycling program, Public Works Director Marlo Warner II can move forward in the process of accepting and signing for a $2.05 million grant...

Book talk to discuss Greenfield women and their historic businessesGREENFIELD — Local authors Sara Campbell and Shari Strahan will talk about their recently published historical book, “Did Grandma Have a Filling Station? Greenfield Women and Their...

By SUSAN WORGAFTIK and PAUL JABLON

At the Jan. 17 City Council meeting, Department of Public Works Director Marlo Warner and grant writer Athena Bradley presented an overview of the EPA recycling contract that Greenfield has been awarded. The presentation clearly outlined three...