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By CHRIS LARABEE and MAX BOWEN

A total of $223,079 in state grant funding is headed to four Franklin County and North Quabbin towns to help filter potentially harmful chemicals from their water systems.The Healey-Driscoll administration and the state Department of Environmental...

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — A Franklin County Superior Court judge has taken arguments under advisement following a hearing seeking to appeal the special permits for three solar arrays that were approved for Pine Meadow Road in Northfield.Judge Karen Goodwin said...

By CHRIS LARABEE

Various organizations and nonprofits around Franklin County and the North Quabbin region are opening their doors to the community on Thanksgiving, offering free meals and companionship.In Greenfield, Stone Soup Cafe will host A Day of Mourning and...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A Rhode Island man accused of hospitalizing seven motorcyclists while driving under the influence of drugs on Route 10 in Northfield last spring is still being held on $100,000 bail, Judge Michael Callan reaffirmed on Monday.Ryan T....

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — With a May 3, 2023 deadline to upgrade to a REAL ID, the Registry of Motor Vehicles is hosting info sessions across the state to help residents renew their licenses and ID cards in a more efficient manner.At the Northfield Senior Center...

By RORY SWEETING

NORTHFIELD — Inspired by It Takes a Village in Huntington, volunteers with the Ladies Benevolent Society of Northfield Farms are launching a free children’s clothing closet at the Field Library. A soft opening will be held at the library, located at...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

NORTHFIELD — Seven people were taken to area hospitals after an SUV collided with at least five motorcycles Sunday afternoon near the intersection of Route 63 and Route 10 past the boat ramp and Thomas Aquinas College.According to Gill Deputy Fire...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

ERVING — Clinician Leeanne Hadsel began her duty serving alongside local police departments last week, marking what she called a “cultural” next step forward in providing mental health services to those in crisis.Motivated by a regional history of...

By DOMENIC POLI

NORTHFIELD — At least 300 people donned their Sunday best as Bishop William Byrne, of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield, visited Thomas Aquinas College on Monday for the rededication of the Our Mother of Perpetual Help Chapel.The bishop...

By SHELBY ASHLINE

NORTHFIELD — Growing up in a low-income family in Brattleboro, Vt., and later Turners Falls, Jon Hall remembers the positive interactions he had with local police officers. That experience, coupled with wanting to help people, shaped his decision to...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A photographer best known for his pictures of nude adolescents was sentenced to three years’ probation after pleading guilty in Franklin County Superior Court to an unnatural and lascivious act with a child under 16 when he was a dorm...

By ZACK DeLUCA

NORTHFIELD — A fundraiser has been started to support a Northfield family of four who escaped a house fire after being woken by their smoke detectors in the early hours of Monday, June 28.The house, located on Millers Falls Road, was heavily damaged...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Opposing attorneys agreed to work together on a statement of facts so Judge Richard Carey can analyze the argument behind a motion to dismiss in the case of a man accused of raping a 14-year-old Northfield Mount Hermon School student when...

By ZACK DeLUCA

GILL — A former Northfield Mount Hermon School student has filed a legal complaint and is seeking a case against the school, claiming negligence and infliction of emotional distress from an alleged 2017 incident involving a current staff...

By ZACK DeLUCA

GILL — Northfield Mount Hermon School is being sued for more than $2 million in a case alleging sexual abuse of a minor female by a female teacher between 1999 and 2001, according to a complaint filed in Suffolk Superior Court.Received by the court...

By PASTOR DENNIS JACOB

(Each Saturday, a faith leader in Franklin County offers a personal perspective in this space. To become part of this series, email religion@recorder.com)The Hebrew word “kaphar” in the Old Testament Bible is translated into English as “atonement” and...

By MAX MARCUS

NORTHFIELD — Redemption Christian Academy, a prep school at 154 South Mountain Road, is closing at the end of the school year. The school’s campus in Troy, N.Y. will remain open.Students at the Northfield campus will finish out the year. Graduation is...

By ED FINCH

Today, a flagpole that was once on the Northfield Inn’s roof is the only physical reminder that’s left to mark where the building stood off Holton Street. The Northfield Golf Club occupies the land that was once home to the 125-bedroom hotel, but its...

By MAX MARCUS

NORTHFIELD — Town Administrator Willie Morales’ access to police emails is drawing scrutiny within the town and has police Chief Robert Leighton reaching out to state agencies and the FBI.Since the issue arose last week, the Selectboard has revised...

By DIANE BRONCACCIO

GREENFIELD – A photographer best known for his photographs of nude adolescents was arraigned Friday in Greenfield District Court on charges of statutory rape of a 14-year-old Northfield Mount Hermon School student about 40 years ago, when he worked...