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By DOMENIC POLI

NEW SALEM — The 1794 Meetinghouse on South Main Street typically lies dormant during its offseason, with the occasional passing vehicle or woodland creature providing the only soundtrack. But that silence was broken Thursday afternoon by the welcoming sound of the concert and theater venue’s piano on the stage.

NEW SALEM — Swift River School has kicked off sales for the 2025 Supermarket Sweep fundraiser.

By DOMENIC POLI

NEW SALEM – The nonprofit volunteer organization dedicated to increasing public awareness and appreciation of the Quabbin Reservoir and watershed is soliciting donations to help restore a stone arch bridge erected the year after the Civil War ended.

I am just sitting and wondering if President Musk is going to take his chain saw to the $757 billion in federal subsidies to the fossil fuel industry or the $20 billion that Space X gets in federal money?

By DOMENIC POLI

NEW SALEM – The town’s Planning Board hopes to vote on the New Salem Museum and Academy of Fine Art’s site plan application next week, after the institution’s attorney adds specific language pertaining to indoor events, fencing and event setup.

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Ralph C. Mahar Regional School could save $125,208 in the fiscal year 2026 budget by cutting two full-time positions.

By DOMENIC POLI

NEW SALEM — The kindergarten class at Swift River School has been named a District 2 winner in the state Department of Transportation’s third annual “Name a Snowplow” contest.

ORANGE — Jeff Cole, president of the Orange Scholarship Fund, was recently presented with a $9,000 check from the Mahar 50+ Club, made up of alumni from Ralph C. Mahar Regional School classes that graduated at least 50 years ago, to be put toward the scholarship fund.

By DOMENIC POLI

NEW SALEM — The attorney representing the New Salem Museum and Academy of Fine Art’s owners hopes to meet with some of the institution’s abutters to hash out differences as he works to secure site plan approval for this clients.

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 DOMENIC POLI

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

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...