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By JUDY WAGNER

Winter can be a time of clarity. The colors of flowers, shrubs and grasses are stripped down to earth tones. Trees have lost their camouflaging leaves, baring the dark branches highlighted against chill blue or frost-colored skies ripe with unshed snow. The branch patterns are bold, or lacy, sometimes tangled with strangling vine designs. Broken branches become apparent; the squirrels’ nests, often precarious at the tips of limbs, are exposed.

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

NORTHFIELD — Selectboard members signed two letters of support this week as the town looks to make up the funding gap preventing the Schell Bridge reconstruction project from moving forward.

Hip hip hooray! President Donald Trump is back in the White House where he belongs, and, as expected, liberals everywhere are freaking out. Maybe I’ll put on my MAGA hat when I go to the supermarket. Yeah, I think I will. It’s time to ruffle some feathers.

BERNARDSTON — The Bernardston Kiwanis Club’s annual chicken pot pie dinner fundraising series is returning this weekend, with proceeds from the first dinner going toward the Pioneer Valley Regional School’s athletic booster programs.

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — While the Winchester High School Selection Committee only moved Hinsdale High School to the next stage in its process of finding an anchor school for high schoolers from Winchester, New Hampshire, the Pioneer Valley Regional School District is planning on staying in the mix as a choice school.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

As the organization explores a new assessment model amid regionalization, the proposed fiscal year 2026 budget for Northfield EMS is seeing an increase in the contributions paid by the four communities it serves.

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

NORTHFIELD — After voters shot down a proposal for a public safety complex in May 2023 due to concerns about the burden on taxpayers and wetlands encroachment, the Emergency Services Facility Committee is evaluating plans for a facility on the same property that would only house the Fire Department.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

Three Franklin County communities — Turners Falls, Shelburne Falls and Northfield — are set to be part of a pilot program adding a shared rural downtown coordinator position to lead revitalization efforts.

By MARGOT FLECK

By SHERYL HUNTER

There’s no denying that January is a slow time for live music, especially shows by more prominent musicians who choose not to tour this time of year. But all is not lost. You need not look further than our local breweries to find and enjoy some excellent local music. As a bonus, these shows are often free and in an intimate setting.

By DOMENIC POLI

NORTHFIELD — The bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield has decreed that the Our Mother of Perpetual Help Chapel at Thomas Aquinas College (TAC) will be an official pilgrimage site for the people of the diocese in observance of the 2025 Jubilee Year.

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — While the Pioneer Valley Regional School District opted last summer to revisit the idea of moving the sixth grade classes to the middle and high school, the conversation is again being put on pause.

By LIESEL NYGARD

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 communities in 2025.

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — The Pioneer Valley Regional School District is one of three finalist districts that could serve as an anchor school for high schoolers from Winchester, New Hampshire, who will be without a district at the end of the 2026-2027 school year.

Next roast beef supper: Jan. 11 BERNARDSTON — The United Church of Bernardston’s next Second Saturday Roast Beef Supper will be held Saturday, Jan. 11, with seatings at 5 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. Suppers will continue on the second Saturday of each month...

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — The Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) has invited the Pioneer Valley Regional School District into its eligibility program for building a new school, the first major step in what could be a years-long process.The MSBA’s board...

Ryder Band coming to Memory Cafe NORTHFIELD — The Ryder Band will perform old-time favorites during the Northfield Senior Center’s monthly Memory Cafe on Wednesday, Jan. 22, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.This program provides support and socialization for...

NORTHFIELD — While the Northfield Kiwanis Club has organized its Holiday Craft Fair and Raffle for decades each December, this year marked the first time in memory where the group partnered not only with Northfield Elementary School and its...

Next puzzle swap set for Jan. 4 NORTHFIELD — Free used puzzles will be available at Dickinson Memorial Library on Saturday, Jan. 4, from 10 to 11:30 a.m.Attendees are advised to park in the back and enter through the side door of the library. Turn...

Since the vote to remove the MCAS graduation requirement, I’ve noticed noise from the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) and the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education, about needing a new graduation requirement for...

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — The Planning Board unanimously denied BlueWave Solar’s special permit application for a second proposed solar project on Pine Meadow Road, with members citing a litany of reasons why they believe the project does not fit on the parcel.The...