Search Results

Keyword search: new salem ma

By DOMENIC POLI

NEW SALEM — The new year means a new town coordinator for New Salem.

ORANGE — The Orange Brown Bag Program is held on the third Wednesday of the month at St. Mary’s Parish Center at 10 West Myrtle St. from 10 a.m. to noon.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A New Hampshire timber company has closed on a massive land buy of nearly 2,400 acres in seven communities in Hampshire and Franklin counties, acquiring five parcels for more than $20 million from Amherst-based W.D. Cowls Inc.

By DOMENIC POLI

Editor’s note: To mark the start of a new year, the Greenfield Recorder is publishing stories about what Franklin County residents can likely expect to see happening in their communities in 2025.

By DOMENIC POLI

NEW SALEM — Town officials are working to determine ways to improve safety along Route 202, the site of numerous crashes over the years.

Website survey available WENDELL — The town’s Website Committee and the Selectboard want community feedback now that the municipal website has been up for more than a year.The results will be used to make improvements and adjustments. The survey is...

Dog licensing going on in Orange ORANGE — Dog licensing for 2025 has begun at the Town Clerk’s Office. Licensing will take place until March 31. Starting April 1, there will be a $50 late fee per unlicensed dog. State law requires all dogs to be...

By BRUCE SPENCER

The colonists had not been long in New England before they noticed that there were tall conifers rising above all others as groups or groves of column-like trees. When word got back to England concerning these majestic trees, they soon became the...

Wendell author to read from memoirNEW SALEM — Wendell resident Kai Carol Jud will celebrate the release of her memoir “Life of Kai: a memoir of awakening” as part of the New Salem Public Library’s Local Author Series on Thursday, Dec. 12, at 7...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

NEW SALEM — The Northwestern District Attorney’s Office has identified the two Gardner residents who were killed in a three-vehicle crash on Daniel Shays Highway (Route 202) as Gerald and Margaret Patriquin.The Patriquins, ages 89 and 74, were...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

NEW SALEM — Two Gardner residents were killed in a three-vehicle crash on Daniel Shays Highway (Route 202) on Friday, according to Northwestern District Attorney’s Office spokesperson Laurie Loisel.Both the driver and passenger, ages 89 and 74, in one...

Elon Musk has cozied up to Donald Trump and is leading the charge to cut government services and make our government more efficient. In 2018, Tesla was the first electric vehicle car company to hit the 200,000 ceiling for the $7,500 federal tax...

Rep. Saunders to visit New Salem Public Library NEW SALEM — State Rep. Aaron Saunders, D-Belchertown, will visit the New Salem Public Library on Thursday, Dec. 5, from 2 to 4 p.m.Saunders is expected to open with an introductory statement about what...

Orange employees to give away Walmart gift card ORANGE — Town employees are pooling their funds to give away a Walmart gift card to a local family in need this holiday season.They are asking for nominations from the community for families that would...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Ralph C. Mahar Regional School’s athletics program is running out of time to replace its playing surface and track lanes.The rubber-and-sand mixture making up the turf and the track at the James S. Woodward Athletic Complex has another...

By DOMENIC POLI

Joshua Jay Dostis, better known locally as the politically charged jester Waffles T. Clown, died on Nov. 9. He was 83.Friends in Franklin County are mourning the loss of the New York City transplant and longtime New Salem resident who spent his final...

‘Suzy Polucci Films in Memoriam’ event at Wendell MeetinghouseWENDELL — The Wendell Meetinghouse plans to host a “Suzy Polucci Films in Memoriam” event from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Nov. 2.Organized by Nina Keller and local filmmaker Dan Keller, archival...

By DOMENIC POLI

NEW SALEM — The 1794 Meetinghouse’s executive director plans to step down at the end of the year, feeling he no longer has the time the 501(c)(3) nonprofit performing arts center requires.Brad Foster was appointed to the part-time position 10½ years...