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New Franklin County sheriff sworn in
01-31-2025 5:45 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Franklin County has a new sheriff, as Lori Streeter took the oath of office on Friday afternoon with staff members looking on.


PVMA developing website documenting life of Lucy Terry Prince
01-31-2025 5:20 PM

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — Beginning Feb. 1, the start of Black History Month, the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association will begin a multi-year effort to bring to life a project exploring the experiences of Lucy Terry Prince, the earliest identified African American writer.


State board sees no easy answers on cellphones in classrooms
01-31-2025 4:55 PM

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON — Attorney General Andrea Campbell wants to stop students from using cellphones in schools, but education regulators seem unsure how far they should go — especially when that power lies not in the state’s hands, but with local school districts.


The LAVA Center in Greenfield celebrating fifth anniversary this weekend
01-31-2025 4:21 PM

GREENFIELD — Coinciding with the 103rd annual Winter Carnival, The LAVA Center at 324 Main St. is celebrating its fifth anniversary this weekend.


Repairs to Colrain Sewer District system to cost at least $262K
01-31-2025 3:48 PM

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — An initial review of the system evaluation study being conducted for the Colrain Sewer District has revealed the system will need at least $261,800 in repairs, with the total cost of the district’s needs expected to grow once a long-term solution for wastewater treatment is identified.


Engage: Deerfield event outlines budget planning process, where taxes go
01-31-2025 3:02 PM

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — As budget season begins to ramp up, Deerfield residents got a financial refresher Thursday evening at the first of several community conversations.


Chief says 2024 was Greenfield Fire Department’s ‘busiest year on record’
01-31-2025 2:31 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Announcing the Fire Department’s end-of-year report before the Public Safety Commission this week, Fire Chief Robert Strahan said 2024 was the department’s “busiest year on record.”


Deerfield receives $500K for Elm Street improvements
01-31-2025 2:00 PM

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Long-dormant plans for Elm Street upgrades are soon coming to the village, as the town received a $500,000 Complete Streets construction grant.


‘There’s a majesty to grief’: Poet and UMass professor Peter Gizzi wins prestigious 2024 T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry
01-31-2025 9:48 AM

By CAROLYN BROWN

Peter Gizzi, professor of poetry at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, recently won the 2024 T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry, one of the world’s most prestigious poetry awards.


‘Eyes on Freedom’: Audio documentary on Wally and Juanita Nelson will premiere at the Sunderland Public Library next week
01-31-2025 9:47 AM

By CHRIS LARABEE

Civil rights activists, war tax refusers, supporters of local agriculture and advocates of simple living Wally and Juanita Nelson left an outsized impact during their decades in Franklin County.


Inspired by Pessoa and his many personas: New anthology features American responses to a Portuguese poet
01-31-2025 9:45 AM

By TINKY WEISBLAT

Charles Cutler of Hawley first became fascinated by the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa in the early 1960s when Cutler was in Lisbon on a Fulbright Scholarship. Pessoa turned into one of his favorite writers to teach as a professor at Smith College for more than 40 years.


Valley Bounty: For the love of chocolate: Richardson’s Candy Kitchen maintains sweet relationships in a farming community
01-31-2025 9:43 AM

By LISA GOODRICH

Richardson’s Candy Kitchen in Deerfield celebrated its 70th anniversary last year. The Woodward family has operated the business since 1983, when they took over where the Richardsons left off. Owner Kathie Williams (née Woodward), grew up in the business, which has always had strong ties with the local farming community.


HS Roundup: Pioneer girls basketball earns third win in four games following 39-22 triumph over Franklin Tech (PHOTOS)
01-30-2025 9:00 PM

After a slow start to the season, a young Pioneer girls basketball team is finding its footing down the stretch. 


HS Notebook: Putting Max Millette’s scoring tear into perspective
01-30-2025 8:41 PM

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Since the return from the COVID-hiatus in 2020, there have been 15 occasions where a Recorder Area boys basketball player eclipsed 30 points in a game. 


My Turn: A terrible time to cut state funding for children to eat
01-30-2025 8:40 PM

By SUZANNE STILLINGER

 


Care Drive infrastructure marks key capital request as Erving begins FY26 budget talks
01-30-2025 6:20 PM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

ERVING — Department heads presented their fiscal year 2026 budget requests and hopes for capital projects on Monday, including multi-year, $2.35 million Care Drive infrastructure improvements.


UMass hockey: Minutemen prepare for important games vs. Merrimack, Maine
01-30-2025 5:47 PM

By RYAN AMES

The heat is on the No. 20 UMass hockey team.


Charlemont Board of Health concerned with lack of heat, kitchen at Oxbow Resort
01-30-2025 5:38 PM

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

CHARLEMONT — The Board of Health may be forced to shut down the Oxbow Resort, the split property offering traditional motel rooms and longer-term month-to-month apartments for rent, if the owner is unable to make upgrades that give tenants reliable access to heat and a kitchen soon.


Collision between helicopter and jetliner kills 67 in nation’s worst air disaster in a generation
01-30-2025 4:59 PM

By LOLITA C. BALDOR,TARA COPP,BRIAN MELLEYand LEA SKENE

ARLINGTON, Va. — A midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight killed all 67 people aboard the two aircraft, officials said Thursday, as they scrutinized the actions of the military pilot and reported that control tower staffing was “not normal” at the time of the country’s worst aviation disaster in a generation.


Healey aims to aid rural roads through Chapter 90 boost
01-30-2025 4:46 PM

By CHRIS LISINSKI

Gov. Maura Healey’s proposal to increase state funding for local road and bridge projects also overhauls the way those dollars are distributed, and includes major boosts for smaller and rural communities that have smaller property tax bases, but more road miles to care for.

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