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By GARRETT COTE

BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Four UMass men’s basketball players picked up Atlantic 10 Conference regular season awards, the league announced on Tuesday morning before the start of the conference tournament.Matt Cross and Josh Cohen picked up First Team...

By STEVE PFARRER

Augusta Savage rose to prominence as a sculptor and educator when she moved to New York City in the 1920s, where she soon became a key figure in the Harlem Renaissance.But Savage, who was also a determined advocate for equal rights for African...

Two more roast beef suppers this year BERNARDSTON — The United Church of Bernardston at 58 Church St. will hold two more Second Saturday Roast Beef Suppers this year on March 9 and April 13, with seatings at 5 p.m. and 6:15 p.m.At a price of $15, each...

By DOMENIC POLI

In the fall of 1973, Wendell resident Dan Keller drove to Bradley International Airport in Connecticut to pick up friend Sam Lovejoy and mentioned to his pal that he wouldn’t believe what had been built back home on the Montague Plains.The two drove...

By MAX BOWEN

WARWICK — Town and state officials are in the last leg of the planning process to remove dozens of trees from Winchester Road (Route 78) that are deemed a threat.According to Selectboard member Keith Ross, the plan is to remove an estimated 80 to 100...

Homeschool Co-op hosting ‘Share the Love’ food driveWARWICK — The Warwick Community Homeschool Co-op is hosting a “Share the Love” food drive throughout February, with a special drop-off event planned on Saturday, Feb. 10, from 9 to 11 a.m. on the...

By DON STEWART

There are those who see winter not as a season but as a siege. They tire of shoveling white glittering fractals from their driveways and see snow as the unnecessary freezing of water.If you’re among those who don’t consider the frozen monochrome of...

Jan. 20: ‘Souper supper’ and Butterfly Swing Band performance WARWICK — As part of the annual Wooden Fender concert series, the Warwick Arts Council will present a “souper supper” and a concert by the Butterfly Swing Band at Warwick Town Hall, 12...

By LIESEL NYGARD

Editor’s note: The Greenfield Recorder is publishing stories about what Franklin County residents can likely expect to see happening in their communities in 2024.As 2024 gets underway, multiple towns in northern Franklin County are set on bolstering...

By CARLA CHARTER

Inspired by an interest in crime and investigative journalism, Liesel Nygard, secretary and volunteer at the Warwick Historical Society, has begun a project researching the Warwick Prison Camp. The Warwick Prison Camp, located at what is now Warwick...

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

ORANGE — The waterfront properties on Tully Pond offer a setting that could be described as quintessentially North Quabbin. The charming homes and picturesque landscape are enough to melt away worry, and this isn’t lost on city dwellers, who have been...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Shortly before he was deployed to Vietnam to serve his country, Army 1st Lt. Bernard James Lovett Jr. had a nice dinner at the house of fellow Greenfield Junior High School teacher Courtney Woodcock and his wife.The three broke bread and...

By SHELBY ASHLINE

WARWICK — Help is being arranged for the survivors of a fire that claimed the life of a mother and four children early Saturday morning when it destroyed a single-family home at 405 Richmond Road.Authorities said Saturday afternoon that the father and...