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By VIRGINIA RAY

Benjiman Durfee, the newest pastor at Trinity Church in Shelburne Falls, “tried to ignore the call” to ministry for years, but his college job as director of music ministry at the First United Methodist Church in Westfield changed that.A native of...

By DOMENIC POLI

On Oct. 22, 2005, the Recorder’s Life & Times section featured a full-page article by Karen P. Chynoweth, with a color photo of an 18-year-old woman and the headline “Nearly famous.” The piece told the story of Shelburne Falls native Kate Corriero,...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

A New Hampshire glass blower and rug hooker has a new exhibit on display at the Shelburne Arts Co-op. Peter Bott’s “Wool and Glass” collection will be on display through Nov. 25.Bott has been an artist his entire life, and said he was inspired by his...

By DOMENIC POLI

Though participation in veterans service organizations has waned considerably in the decades following World War II and the conflicts in Korea and Vietnam, group leaders in Franklin County say membership remains strong and the door is open to any...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

SHELBURNE FALLS — Firefighters from six departments worked to extinguish a fire at 18 South St. on Tuesday evening after it burned a resident’s shed to rubble and spread to the railroad tracks behind his home.Homeowner Dana McNay said he had put his...

Chorus presents ‘Four Centuries of American Music’ SHELBURNE FALLS — The Greenfield Community College Community Chorus will continue its fall concert series with a full performance of “Four Centuries of American Music” at Trinity Church, located at 17...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE FALLS — Living in Franklin County, a helping hand is never far from reach, and to highlight just how close some of those hands are, the Mary Lyon Foundation held its second annual West County Community Resource Fair on Wednesday.There are so...

The op-ed “Vote ‘no’ on Question 3” on Oct. 17 contained a significant factual inaccuracy. The author stated that “the majority of Uber drivers do not want to be classified as employees.”This is misleading. According to an Oct. 22 article in The...

By ALAN HARRIS

 How vain our perceptions of what is real and what is illusion. I’m taken by how casually we can disregard suffering and how blithely we assume things to be true that are false. We’re in a moment of light vs. dark, and its magnitude is overshadowing...

Lately it’s the Republicans who are full of joy. But Democrats, not so much.I often look at this page to see what liberals are saying about Trump, and it ain’t pretty. Hitler, really? But I get why they’re so steamed. Their candidate is a dud, and the...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE FALLS — With Halloween just a few days away, nearly all the displays and decorations are set up, but for those seeking a final touch, consider a pumpkin with a heart carved into it.For eight years, community members have gathered to carve...

By SAM FERLAND

In the wake of Phil Donahue’s death on Aug. 18, two Franklin County residents remember the renowned television host known for hosting “The Phil Donahue Show,” describing memories of their time producing a show hosted by Donahue in 1985.“A Citizens’...

Over a month ago on a beautiful Sunday afternoon, my partner and I drove past the scene of a very recent motorcycle crash. We first noticed the shredded parts strewn across the road, the helmets. Neither of us is a trained medical technician or doctor...

“Mabe it will entertain us, move us, make us think and feel.” — excerpt from program notes for “Grounded,” by the Metropolitan Opera  On Saturday, Oct. 19, the Shelburne Falls Memorial Hall Association showed the Met Live in HD broadcast of...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

HAWLEY — After about nine months serving as Hawley’s primary ambulance service, the Shelburne Falls Fire District has announced it will no longer be answering calls in Hawley after Nov. 25.As a potential solution to its ambulance needs, the town is...

Regarding the recent letter “Real Americans will be voting for Trump” [Oct. 11], “real Americans” are not those who vote for Donald Trump. Nor is the purpose of this election “to make liberals weep,” as another writer put it earlier this year.A real...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE FALLS — In November 1920, just months after the 19th Amendment was ratified, roughly 37% of the people who cast their ballots in the presidential election were women, according to the University of California at Berkeley Library.A century...

‘How to Love a Forest’ reading set for Friday SHELBURNE FALLS — Vermont author and forester Ethan Tapper will read from his debut novel, “How to Love a Forest,” at Raven Used Books on Conway Street on Friday, Oct. 11, at 7 p.m.The book follows...

Wildlife Weekend planned at Apex Orchards SHELBURNE — Apex Orchards invites residents to meet a collection of insects while enjoying fall activities at Wildlife Weekend on Saturday, Oct. 5, and Sunday, Oct. 6. The orchard will host numerous bug-themed...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

It’s never too late to follow a dream or pursue a passion, as proven by Haydenville artist Madge Evers, whose latest collection of mushroom spore prints, “The New Herbarium,” is now on display at Salmon Falls Gallery in Shelburne Falls.Evers said she...