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By DOMENIC POLI
Don’t talk to the American people until they’ve had their coffee.
Instead of planning for the ethnic cleansing of and proposed land grab of war-torn Gaza, President Donald Trump should be proposing a Marshall Plan for the wartime destruction in Gaza. Yes, Gaza needs to be rebuilt. America bears responsibility for supplying the weapons Israel used to destroy Gaza’s apartment buildings and homes and places of worship, along with its infrastructure, schools, and 11 colleges and universities.
By DOMENIC POLI
ORANGE — Tempers flared at Town Hall on Wednesday and the woman serving as the Selectboard’s vice chair walked out of a meeting for the second time in almost two years.
ORANGE — Jeff Cole, president of the Orange Scholarship Fund, was recently presented with a $9,000 check from the Mahar 50+ Club, made up of alumni from Ralph C. Mahar Regional School classes that graduated at least 50 years ago, to be put toward the scholarship fund.
By RICK MARBLE
By DOMENIC POLI
ORANGE — An elected committee responsible for the upkeep of the various veterans memorials in town has been invited to participate in the 2024 and 2025 rounds of grants from the Massachusetts Historical Commission.
By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN
ERVING — Though her midwife told her to be prepared for a quick birth, Amy Clukey expected to make it to Baystate Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield from her home in Templeton in time to deliver her second child.
By DOMENIC POLI
ORANGE — Selectboard members will use the next week and a half to mull over recommendations to resolve the issue of unlicensed docks and other structures along the Lake Mattawa shoreline.
ORANGE — The Orange Brown Bag Program is held on the third Wednesday of the month at St. Mary’s Parish Center at 10 West Myrtle St. from 10 a.m. to noon.
ORANGE — The Honey Farms convenience store and gas station at 167 Daniel Shays Highway in Orange recently sold a $1 million scratch ticket and will receive a $10,000 bonus for it, according to the Massachusetts State Lottery.
By DOMENIC POLI
ORANGE — A New Salem company has been tapped to construct an outdoor classroom pavilion at Fisher Hill Elementary School.
ORANGE — The spaghetti supper fundraiser held at Orange American Legion Post 172 on Saturday, Jan. 11, generated $500 for the North Quabbin Dog Park.
By DOMENIC POLI
ORANGE — There were no injuries after a landing gear issue forced a pilot to conduct an emergency landing at Orange Municipal Airport over the weekend.
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.
By DOMENIC POLI
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 DOMENIC POLI
ORANGE — Fran and Mike Bates are combining their two retail businesses for simplicity’s sake and to ensure a more personal connection with their customers.
By DOMENIC POLI
Wondering what to do with that Christmas tree now that it’s 2025? Well, at least two Franklin County entities have programs in place to take those festive symbols off your hands.The Greenfield Department of Public Works will remove Christmas trees...
Dog licensing going on in Orange ORANGE — Dog licensing for 2025 has begun at the Town Clerk’s Office. Licensing will take place until March 31. Starting April 1, there will be a $50 late fee per unlicensed dog. State law requires all dogs to be...
By DOMENIC POLI
ORANGE — Mark Monette wants to help senior citizens get their footing this winter.The nearly lifelong resident has started a program in which he delivers free sand to older people’s homes so they can spread it on ice and snow for increased traction.“I...
By DOMENIC POLI
ORANGE — The Selectboard voted unanimously last week to enter into a $3.6 million contract for the construction of a water tower at the Orange Industrial Park, after the pulp and paper company poised to benefit from the structure wired the town...
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