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By AALIANNA MARIETTA

Hidden in a Greenfield basement was the breakthrough for Christine Pifer-Foote’s research on Anna Feron Pierce Judah, a ghost of Greenfield’s past: a watercolor painting of a flower from the 1800s.Until recently, Anna Judah, who Pifer-Foote describes...

By BELLA LEVAVI and JULIAN MENDOZA

TURNERS FALLS — Organizers of the Pocumtuck Homelands Festival celebrated a decade of bringing people together to learn about Native American culture and history over the weekend.The 10th annual festival, put on by the Nolumbeka Project with help from...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Now that’s a lot of candles to blow out! The Revival Wheeler Mansion turns 120 years old this year and owner Cynthia Butler is planning an outdoor shindig on Saturday, Sept. 2, to celebrate the life of the only Gilded Age mansion in the North...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

TURNERS FALLS — The annual Pocumtuck Homelands Festival will serve as an intertribal confluence once again this weekend, returning to Unity Park for its 10th year.Organized by the Nolumbeka Project — a nonprofit dedicated to cultural and historical...

Good morning and welcome to our therapy session. I think there are enough chairs for all of you — wait, don’t trip over the cat. Here, I’ll put him outside.I’ve asked you all here to discuss another round of This Very Cool Old House. We do this fairly...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Orange Historical Society is gearing up for the return of the formerly annual summer event “Music on the Porch” for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.The free outdoor event is slated for 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Aug....

NORTHFIELD — Dwight L. Moody biographer Kevin Belmonte will deliver the presentation “D.L. Moody: A Life,” based on his book of the same name, on Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Trinitarian Congregational Church, 147 Main St., as part of Northfield’s 350th...

By BELLA LEVAVI

WENDELL — Following a crowdfunding campaign, the Wendell Historical Society officially owns the former depot store and post office, and is ready to turn the space into a museum showcasing the town’s history. “So many people made it happen,” said...

By CARLA CHARTER

In 1964, Frank Judice and his mother, Kathryn Judice, of Bellmore, New York, left the noise of New York and settled into the former Parsonage in Wendell, according to Edward Hines, Kathryn Judice’s grandson, who currently lives in the Parsonage. The...

By CHRIS LARABEE

CONWAY — In honor of the enslaved man who sued for his freedom in the 18th century in a case that laid the foundation for the abolition of slavery in Massachusetts, July 8 is officially Massachusetts Emancipation/Quock Walker Day.Following the lead of...

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — Did you know a major force in the abolitionist movement had roots in Franklin County? In 1863, a now-iconic photo of Peter, an escaped slave with a mass of twisting scars on his back, was published in Harper’s Weekly. After quickly...

DEERFIELD — A Deerfield resident and local historian has been tapped to kick off Historic Deerfield’s summer lecture series.Peter Thomas, an independent historian involved in helping plan the town’s 350th anniversary celebrations as well as several...

SHELBURNE — The Senior Center, in collaboration with the Shelburne Historical Society, plans to take residents back in time to explore life from the 1930s to the 1970s during a program on Tuesday. The presentation, “The Social History Project:...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Native American history is a standard element of the fourth grade curriculum. However, with Deerfield celebrating its 350th anniversary this year, Jennifer Smith’s class went one step further.Throughout the year, Smith’s students at...

By BELLA LEVAVI

DEERFIELD — Some rain on their parade didn’t stop the Deerfield community from celebrating the town’s 350th anniversary in style.“How often do you have a 350th?” said Peter Thomas, who serves on the 350th Anniversary Committee. “Of course we came out...

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — A slew of family-friendly events is slated for Saturday as the state’s oldest Grange celebrates its 150th anniversary.With an arts and co-op fair, a buffet dinner, dedications to former members and contra dancing, the Guiding Star Grange...

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...

By DOMENIC POLI

WENDELL — The Democrat representing the 7th Hampden District in the state House of Representatives toured the proposed home of the newly official Wendell Historical Society on Friday afternoon, as the end nears for the crowdfunding campaign set up to...

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — For the first time in six years, Historic Deerfield and the Antique Dealers’ Association of America are bringing the annual antiques show back to Deerfield.The show will take place in Deerfield Academy’s Hale Family Gym on Saturday, June...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Orange Historical Society aims to recruit new members as one way of offsetting the rising costs of insurance and other expenses.Twenty members gathered earlier this month for the society’s annual spring meeting, held at Witty’s Funeral...