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By BELLA LEVAVI

Four Franklin County towns received a total of $117,637 as part of a $460,000 round of Woodlands Partnership Grants from the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs that will be used to improve access to outdoor recreation in town and...

Vehicle stickers required at Transfer Station COLRAIN — Effective Thursday, Oct. 28, vehicles using the Colrain Transfer Station at 7 Charlemont Road must display a Transfer Station sticker. Two stickers will be issued to each Colrain household free...

CHARLEMONT — Organizers of Mohawk Trail Concerts will host a gala on Saturday, Sept. 23, in honor of the concert series’ founder, Arnold “Arnie” Black. The gala will start at 3 p.m. at the Charlemont Federated Church, 175 Main St. “We look forward to...

By EVELINE MACDOUGALL

Editor’s note: This is the second installment of a two-part series about Charlemont resident Karen Hogness. This segment explores her collaborations with Dennis Avery, her husband and longtime business partner. Karen Hogness knew exactly how her...

By CARL DOERNER

News reports inform us Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has repeatedly been the recipient of gifts of travel by a wealthy donor who, coincidentally, has business before the court and could therefore be seeking favorable rulings.Thomas’ wife,...

By BELLA LEVAVI

CHARLEMONT — To celebrate the start of the school year, Hawlemont Regional School students and families enjoyed a meal together and explored the school building, playground and barn as part of an open house on Wednesday.“It feels like magic,”...

By KATHE GEIST

With all due respect to Pastor Brett Reitenbach, Christian values — which might better be called Judeo-Christian values — and secular humanism are close to the same thing. Justice, mercy, truthfulness, compassion, loving your neighbor, caring for...

By BELLA LEVAVI

Homes in Franklin County are being brought up to code with a new round of grants. Through the Community Development Block Grant Program, the Franklin County Regional Housing & Redevelopment Authority received $800,000 to be put toward rehabilitating...

By BELLA LEVAVI

CHARLEMONT — Thanks to support from a grant and a legislative earmark, Charlemont is getting its first electric vehicle chargers.The town received a $20,000 Massachusetts Electric Vehicle Incentive Program grant. With that money, it will install an...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A North Adams woman pleaded not guilty Tuesday to two charges stemming from a crash that killed a 66-year-old Colrain motorcyclist on Route 2 in Charlemont on April 12.Melissa C. Repka, 38, was charged in Greenfield District Court with...

By CARL DOERNER

Having appreciated its splendid desert terrain, learned its early history, and protested continued focus on nuclear science on the hostile streets of Los Alamos, the world of Robert Oppenheimer has become a somewhat familiar place for me. The science...

Setting aside columnist Jon Huer’s tortured definition of crimes, the idea Trump should be judged by American voters via an election rather than by a jury of his peers is no doubt dear to Republicans but specious on all counts [“Between the White...

Donald is starting to get his shorts all twisted up with all the indictments coming down the pike. He’s lashing out at Democrats and what he calls “RINOs” (Republicans In Name Only).This is really rich, coming from a guy who, before he ran for...

By CHRIS LARABEE

CHARLEMONT — Since 1974, the giant fiberglass Native American statue outside the Native and Himalayan Views souvenir shop has watched over Route 2.Now, more than four decades later, the controversial statue is on the move following months of...

By CHRIS LARABEE and JULIAN MENDOZA

With damage assessments sent to state and federal partners, the Deerfield and Conway selectboards are working together to bring more storm damage relief to their hard-hit communities, while other local towns look to prepare themselves in anticipation...

By BELLA LEVAVI

CHARLEMONT — Paddlers of all skill levels are invited to celebrate recreation on the Deerfield River.American Whitewater, a nonprofit founded in 1954 with a goal of preserving rivers for recreational purposes, will host the 29th annual Deerfield Fest...

By CHRIS LARABEE

Four school districts in the region will upgrade their security measures with the help of a state grant.The Pioneer Valley Regional, Hawlemont Regional, Four Rivers Charter Public and Warwick school districts each received Safer Schools and...

Thank you, Mr. Doerner, for your My Turn piece “Don’t Blame Roosevelt for Incarceration of Japanese-Americans,” [Recorder, July 14].I once heard a historian say that history can not be written for at least 50 years after an event. But there are also...

By BELLA LEVAVI

CHARLEMONT — Organizers of the Charlemont Forum are bringing discussions on climate change and resulting migration to town in this season’s second program.The Charlemont Forum will host Columbia University professor Alex de Sherbinin for his free talk...