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By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN
GREENFIELD — Archaeologists are continuing their work in Greenfield after an enlightening discovery that has changed the way historians view the path of conflict between British soldiers and Native Americans during the Great Falls Massacre of...
By CHRIS LARABEE
GREENFIELD — To mark the 79th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Traprock Center for Peace and Justice is holding a silent vigil to call for nuclear disarmament.The vigil will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 6, the day on which...
By DON STEWART
He was prominent in the court of Napoleon Bonaparte and painted the Emperor and Josephine and many of the significant figures of that time. Among his close friends were the General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, father of the famed author, and the Marquis de...
By EVELINE MACDOUGALL
Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series about the history and modern-day workings of Wheel-View Farm in Shelburne.Lifelong Shelburne resident Carolyn Wheeler is of the fourth generation to live and actively farm on familial land, and...
By CARLA CHARTER
The development of hydroelectric plants was widespread in the early 20th century. Some provided power to private industries, others to railway systems and the public. Among them was the Athol-Orange Power Plant at Wendell Depot. In 1909, W.G. Webber...
By ADA DENENFELD KELLY
The Hilltown History Trail was started out of a desire to enable community members to access the rich and thoughtful local history museums often open only a few hours per week. It is returning for its third year the first Saturday in August, despite...
By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN
It was 1970 when Greenfield Community College Professor Emeritus Richard Little first discovered Jurassic armored mud balls in the sandstone cable anchors of a now-dismantled suspension bridge over the Connecticut River between Turners Falls and Gill....
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
ERVING — The Historical Commission brought a proposed bylaw before the Selectboard this week that would, if passed, allow the commission to place a delay of up to a year on the demolition of historically relevant properties following a public hearing....
By CARLA CHARTER
The Full Moon Coffeehouse, located in Wendell Town Hall, has been a staple in Wendell and the surrounding North Quabbin towns for 38 years.“The coffeehouse is about supporting the arts, activism, creativity and helping those in need,” said Paul...
By ADA DENENFELD KELLY
The 1875 murder of a Civil War veteran named Joseph Riley Farnsworth is a story that is often forgotten in the annals of Colrain history, according to Catamount Hill Association historian Prentice Crosier.Farnsworth was coming back from a trip to...
By PAIGE HANSON
Driving down the road on Route 5 in South Deerfield, commuters are met with a prehistoric surprise: a giant volcano with a huge dinosaur statue smack in front of a bright-green shack. Most find themselves asking, “What in the world is this...
By CARLA CHARTER
Historical events abound this summer in the North Quabbin area. From learning about local mysteries, to Quabbin hikes, to a relaxing day on the porch, historical societies are offering something for everyone this summer.Orange Historical Society The...
By SAM FERLAND
GREENFIELD — The Conway School of Landscape Design is working with the Nolumbeka Project on designs to preserve the 61-acre Wissitinnewag site in a way that makes it more accessible through an efficient trail system and parking area, while also...
By ADA DENENFELD KELLY
GREENFIELD — As part of his Eagle Scout project, Junior Assistant Scoutmaster Sean Babineau, a recent graduate of Greenfield High School, created a historical walking trail highlighting landmarks that played important roles in Greenfield’s...
By CHRIS LARABEE
WHATELY — On Feb. 2, 1847, Dr. Myron Harwood and his wife Judith welcomed their daughter Mary Eliza into the world.Unfortunately, the sixth of eight children was not meant to be, as just six short weeks later, the newborn, like many in that period,...
By DOMENIC POLI
CHARLEMONT — Being born into slavery in a place called Libertytown is perhaps the ultimate irony.But that’s a significant part of the life story of Basil C. Dorsey, a self-emancipated man whose remarkable quest for freedom will be detailed by local...
By DOMENIC POLI
ORANGE — Three local women are awaiting the arrival of a bronze plaque to be embedded onto the face of a new memorial stone installed to commemorate the former Memorial Hall building that stood for 104 years before being demolished in 1996.Pam Rand,...
By DOMENIC POLI
WENDELL — If you go to Wendell Old Home Day on Sept. 21, understand that that’s not a Salvation Army volunteer you see and hear ringing a bell on the town common. That’s Kathy-Ann Becker — and she’s actually the town crier.Once the trusted messengers...
By CARLA CHARTER
Laura Barletta and her husband Vincent’s connection to New Salem began with Vincent’s grandmother Helen Truman, who attended school at New Salem Academy. After the school closed in 1969, the building, which originally housed the home economics classes...
By STEVE PFARRER
Not long after 20 years of war finally ended in Vietnam in 1975, another wave of horrendous violence erupted just to the west.The Khmer Rouge, the Communist party of Cambodia, seized control of the country and began a brutal “reeducation” campaign...
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