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By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

NORTHFIELD — Before the 36 Pioneer Valley Regional School Class of 2025 graduates were handed their diplomas, their class advisor Brian Campbell challenged them to “show up” for one another as they take the first step into their adult lives.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — The 41 graduates in the Class of 2025 at Turners Falls High School were described by Salutatorian Ella Guidaboni as being able to create, cultivate and connect — characteristics she, her peers and school administrators spoke to during their remarks at Friday’s commencement ceremony.

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The Northwestern District Attorney’s Office dropped a charge of impersonating a police officer against the New Hampshire man who on Friday was sentenced to three years of probation for two gun-related charges.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — As the Historical Commission considers the creation of a historical district in the city’s downtown, discussion between members and the mayor’s Chief of Staff Erin Anhalt Thursday revealed that the process is likely to be longer and more arduous than anticipated.

By DOMENIC POLI

TURNERS FALLS — The man who bolstered the Montague Center Fire Department’s capabilities during a 35-year career and formed the Franklin County Firefighter Recruit Training Program died last month. He was 79.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

ROWE — A colony of cliff swallows, one of just eight known to be living in Massachusetts, will have its nests removed from Town Hall after the end of breeding season.

In the past two weeks I have noted several changes in the Recorder.

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — The town’s search for a developer to create affordable senior housing on the former St. James Church property will continue.

By CHRIS LARABEE

A Greenfield teen is making his silver screen debut in a new feature-length independent film.

BY MADISON SCHOFIELD

Pride Month is here, and to celebrate, LGBTQ+ nature and adventure enthusiasts are invited to gather for a day of paddling on the Deerfield River. 

By LUKE MACANNUCO

Rays of sunshine finally peeked through the clouds onto Energy Park on May 29 as members of the Franklin County Musician’s Cooperative, a non-profit collective of local musicians founded in 2004, worked together to set up the first Coop Concert of the summer.

By EVELINE MACDOUGALL

Fun, educational, and surprising things are happening this summer at – and through – the Greenfield Public Library. Although this column focuses on a fishy new pilot project, readers are encouraged to check out GPL offerings to learn about the astounding array of new and ongoing opportunities, including summer reading programs, the Common Seed Project, a community baby shower, free passes to regional museums, and Worldwide Knit in Public Day, coming up on June 14.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

A tradition for 28 years, the Taste of Amherst for most of its run brought restaurants to the Town Common in mid-June, with select menu items offered from various tents that attendees could enjoy while listening to live music.

By DOMENIC POLI

ATHOL — A lifelong resident has invented a shoe insert to help improve the lives of people like him, those with debilitating foot pain.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

TURNERS FALLS — An equipment malfunction caused FirstLight Hydro Generating Co.’s Turners Falls dam to leak roughly 300 gallons of hydraulic fluid into the Connecticut River this week, marking the facility’s fourth such incident since 2021.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — After six months, the Zoning Board of Appeals wrapped up its public hearing Wednesday regarding whether to grant a variance allowing Viridi Wireless to build a 170-foot AT&T cell tower near 112 Newton St.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

WENDELL — The 117 voters who convened at Town Hall Wednesday night passed a Proposition 2½ override, marking the first time the town has approved an override in two decades.

In the old cemetery in Buckland, Massachusetts there is a grave marker that reads: “He entered the service of the revolution in the year 1775 and after the toils and privations of eight years was returned to his family with the thanks of a free and happy country.”

GREENFIELD — The LAVA Center at 324 Main St. is presenting its third annual festival of new play readings by mostly local playwrights, “On the Boards.”