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Talk on Battle of Bloody Brook set for Sept. 17 SOUTH DEERFIELD — Local historian Peter Thomas is hosting a lecture on the Battle of Bloody Brook on Sunday, Sept. 17, at 2 p.m. in Frontier Regional School’s auditorium.Thomas will share information...

Need better priorities at UMassThis week, The Athletic released its ranking of 133 college football teams. UMass placed 133rd. This is really no surprise as UMass football team has won only three out of 40 games played since 2019.Despite this...

By GENE STAMMEL

“Always get married in the morning. That way, if it doesn’t work out, you haven’t wasted a whole day.” — Mickey Rooney“I always say, if you’re married 50 years and 10 of them are horrible, you’re doing pretty good.” — Michelle Obama“Keep your eyes...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

LEVERETT — Upon moving to Shutesbury in 2017, Samantha Spisiak discovered a weekly story time at M.N. Spear Memorial Library, often bringing her toddler to the get-together with other families.“This has been a really big part of our lives,” Spisiak...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Playwright Annie Baker’s feature film directorial debut, featuring location shoots in Amherst, Hadley and Leverett in summer 2022, will be shown at the 61st annual New York City Film Festival this fall.The festival, running from Sept. 29 to...

The recent guest column “Wrongly blocking solar in Shutesbury,” [Recorder, July 21] by Dan Winslow, president of the New England Legal Foundation “a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that advocates for free enterprise, property rights, rule of law,...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

LEVERETT — A Leverett woman was transported to Baystate Franklin Medical Center for evaluation after her vehicle flipped at 137 North Leverett Road on Tuesday.According to Police Chief Scott Minckler, the woman, who was the gray Toyota Camry’s sole...

By MERCY LINGLE

LEVERETT — Over the next few months, a bird nook will appear in the Leverett Elementary School library.There will be outdoor bird feeders, bird charts, bird identification information, and bird guidebooks and textbooks. Students will even have the...

By GENE STAMELL

Thank you for choosing Green-Jet on this lovely Tuesday morning. We will begin pre-boarding for Flight 474 to Dallas just as soon as I gain the attention of passengers wearing headphones and earbuds. For all others,please excuse the volume of the...

Mt. Toby Concerts presents Heather Pierson, Leah Boyd LEVERETT — Mount Toby Concerts is welcoming Peaceful Means, a new musical duo comprised of Leah Boyd and Heather Pierson, for a July 15 concert at 4 p.m. at 194 Long Plain Road (Route 63).Boyd and...

By GENE STAMELL

I have concluded there are two types of people in the world: those who are content with a B and those who will settle for nothing short of an A. Perhaps the term “Type A Personality” has its origins in our grading system, though I am too lazy to do...

The night of the 2016 election I had stayed awake until the wee hours of the morning waiting for the results. Suddenly the word Trump appeared before my eyes on my computer screen. Now seven years later the former president still roams the earth...

South County Senior Center hosting romance scams talk SOUTH DEERFIELD — The South County Senior Center is partnering with the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office to hold a talk on romance scams on Wednesday, June 28, at 10:30 a.m.The DA’s Consumer...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

LEVERETT — One of the people in the first delegation from Letcher County, Kentucky to come to Leverett to share her worldviews, Gwen Johnson, found the Hands Across the Hills project to be a successful way to bridge the country’s political divide and...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

LEVERETT — A community-led project to preserve and rehabilitate the 263-year-old North Leverett sawmill for future generations, as well as make it an integral part of the community for cultural, educational and recreational activities, is underway.The...

Deerfield Inclusion Group co-sponsoring second annual Pride party SOUTH DEERFIELD — The Deerfield Inclusion Group is co-sponsoring the second annual Pride party at Deerfield Elementary School on Sunday, June 11, from 1 to 4 p.m.Folks are invited to...

I would like to thank you for the coverage of the LifePath program and services to help those veterans who desire to age in place. [”With $25K grant, LifePath helps veterans age in place,” Recorder, May 26]. I did want to bring out that that same...

By GENE STAMELL

I changed my razor blade this morning. I realize this revelation falls far short of being categorized as earth-shattering news. But if you bear with me, dear reader, you may recognize some parts of yourself in the following self-reflection — and I’m...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Change is brewing at Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee Co., which is set to become a worker-owned cooperative on July 1.Dean Cycon founded the business in 1993 and, having recently turned 70, is ready to hand the reins to his 16 employees.“Who...