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By TAYLOR CONNELLY

Dear EarthTalk: How much “old-growth” forest is left in the U.S. today and what are we doing to protect it?— Paul Belaire, Chico, CaliforniaScientists have found it tough to settle on a precise definition for old-growth forests. There’s no single...

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 MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — After years of encouraging others to step into leadership roles and get involved in their community, Precinct 8 Councilor Lora Wondolowski decided to heed her own advice.“When this opportunity came up, I said to myself, ‘Instead of...

With a new city government team newly inaugurated, hope is in the air so it seemed a good time to check out the city’s opportunities for us to get involved. A quick look at the greenfield-ma.gov website showed an impressive list of openings for...

In 1933, in his first inaugural address, Franklin Delano Roosevelt asserted, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself …” Fear can paralyze and radicalize. George Creel and Edward Bernays used the Committee on Public Information to prove this...

In response to Daniel Brown’s column, “Why are feminists silent about Oct.7?” Recorder, Jan. 4, the writer’s generalized accusation that feminists are committing violence against the Israeli women brutalized on Oct. 7 (or at the very least, that women...

By CHRIS LARABEE

LEYDEN — With the town having achieved an intermunicipal policing agreement, a growing Fire Department and an ambulance contract, Leyden’s Public Safety Advisory Committee officially dissolved in December, just three days from its two-year...

Two Happy Feet walks plannedNORTHFIELD — The Happy Feet walking group has two walks planned this month.On Monday, Jan. 8, at 10 a.m., walkers will meet at the Turners Falls canalside access road leading to Cabot Station. The walk is flat and great for...

LAVA Center to host four-week theater workshop on directing and acting GREENFIELD — Led by theater artist Jan Maher, The LAVA Center at 324 Main St. will host a four-week workshop for writers, actors and directors, exploring the basics of different...

HADLEY — A 33-year-old Sunderland man died Saturday after he was struck by a car while walking along the edge of Route 116 in Hadley, according to the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office.Hadley Police, State Police assigned to the DA’s office and...

By JOHN BOS

This Christmas past I found myself searching for light at the end of the climate crisis tunnel. It was during the week of the shortest day and longest night of the year, a time when ancient holy people lit “yule logs” to push back the darkness and...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Two men are being held without bail following a dangerous hearing stemming from an alleged near-fatal incident in Millers Falls.Brendon Collette, 25, of Turners Falls, and Xavier Z. Chadwell, 21, of Greenfield, have pleaded not guilty to...

By MAX BOWEN

Following a nearly unanimous vote, the Six Town Regionalization Planning Board will begin work on a regional agreement that would combine the Gill-Montague and Pioneer Valley regional school districts.The 13-3 vote at the Jan. 3 meeting was only on...

By MARY BYRNE

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.GREENFIELD — The start of the new year will also mark new leadership at the helm of the...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — The Planning Board has approved the site plan for a temporary shelter on Arch Street, where Clinical & Support Options (CSO) plans to relocate beds from the Wells Street shelter while construction on that building gets underway.Approval...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — One of the Police Department’s most popular officers recently retired from the force following a career that spanned roughly six decades … in dog years.K-9 Orka fulfilled her final shift on Dec. 29 after 7½ years on the job, having joined the...

By MARY BYRNE

Twelve sites around Greenfield have been identified as historically significant to the abolitionist movement, from the home sites of those involved in the anti-slavery push to rumored areas of Underground Railroad activity.One of those locations was...

Orange Selectboard meetings to start at 5:30 p.m.ORANGE — Selectboard meetings will now be held at 5:30 p.m.Chair Tom Smith mentioned at the Jan. 3 meeting he has received comments from people who felt meetings were dragging on too late into the night...