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By BELLA LEVAVI

TURNERS FALLS — With Friday marking the deadline, FirstLight Hydro Generating Co. has filed its Flows and Fish Passage Settlement Agreement with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).FirstLight, which previously submitted its Amended Final...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

NORTHFIELD — Having recently received a $10,564 grant, jazz musician Terry Jenoure is set to make a years-long dream come true with a tour spanning the Northeast this summer.Jenoure, of Northfield, was awarded the grant in February by Atlanta-based...

Last Saturday’s My Turn raised questions worthy of consideration [“Is heaven a heirarchy ruled by a white guy?” Recorder, March 25]. Two things came up for me. First, the Adam and Eve story is actually the second creation story in Genesis. In the...

GREENFIELD — A Northfield man facing criminal charges for allegedly threatening gun violence upon his town’s elementary school last week was deemed too dangerous to release on bail and will be held for up to 120 days as the legal process...

By MARGOT FLECK

In 1948, writer Henry Beston lamented: “What has come over our age is an alienation from Nature unexampled in human history. It has cost us our sense of reality and all but cost us our humanity.”I agree with Beston but I don’t want to let my thoughts...

Several Franklin County residents were named winners of the National Corn Yield Contest this year, with winning fields located in three different states.■Northfield resident Frederick Llewelyn placed first in New Hampshire (where the winning field was...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A Northfield man faces criminal charges for allegedly threatening gun violence upon Northfield Elementary School and causing a shelter-in-place order there on Friday.Theodore R. Sweeney Jr., 46, of Millers Falls Road, pleaded not guilty...

By MARY BYRNE

NORTHFIELD — A Pioneer Valley Regional School senior was recently recognized by town officials with the 2022 Citizen Stewardship Award for his contributions to preserving natural resources. Cooper Bullock received the award at a Selectboard meeting...

NORTHFIELD — With spring having begun, Bonnie L’Etoile of Four Star Farms and fellow Northfield resident Corinne Fitzgerald, of Fitzgerald Real Estate in Greenfield, are planting the “seeds” for a fall farm-to-table event they have planned as part of...

By EMILEE KLEIN

In true transcendental spirit, former president and founder of the Northfield Bird Club Nick Fleck starts every club meeting with a poem. At a gathering in February, he pulled out “Natural Sustenance,” a collection of his own poems that emulate Henry...

By MARY BYRNE

NORTHFIELD — The Moody Center has withdrawn its participation in the Campus Center Community Collaborative Committee, also known as the C5, prompting the Selectboard to reconsider the committee’s future.“It is a setback for the committee,” Selectboard...

Eversource prepping for charging stationsLEYDEN — Municipal Assistant Michele Giarusso expects Eversource will be in town this week to work on utility poles that will be linked to two ChargePoint electric vehicle charging stations that are being...

By BELLA LEVAVI

NORTHFIELD — Should zombies receive education? This question and more is discussed in Pioneer Valley Regional School’s spring musical, “Zombie Prom.” Performances will be held Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m., followed by a matinee show at 2 p.m. on...

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — Between the lush foliage of the El Yunque jungle and the busy streets of San Juan, a group of Pioneer Valley Regional School students got a taste of the world outside of rural Franklin County.From Feb. 16 to 22, 17 students visited Puerto...

By PAKI WEILAND

FirstLight, the Canadian venture capital investment parent of the Northfield Mountain Pumped Storage Station, in its attempt to obtain another 50-year license to operate, is now required to provide biweekly reports to the Federal Energy Regulatory...

By BELLA LEVAVI

NORTHFIELD — As part of the year-long celebration of Northfield’s 350th anniversary, local historian David Brule will give a presentation on the town’s role in King Philip’s War between English colonists and Native Americans in the late 17th...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The online rumor mill started up as soon as Seana Pitts made an announcement on social media.“The minute I posted on Facebook people were like, ‘Are you and Shannon OK?’” she said. “Like it has to be something terrible that happened,...

Learn to draw a Celtic knotTo celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, retired art teacher Ginny Rockwood will teach participants how to draw a Celtic knot and then transfer it to a scratch board during workshops at the Bernardston and Northfield senior...

By DOMENIC POLI

NORTHFIELD — The town partnered with the state Department of Transportation and WSP Consultants to apply for a federal grant to help replace the Schell Bridge.MassDOT has requested $12.5 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Rebuilding...

By MARY BYRNE

NORTHFIELD – Whether you need an extra hand stacking wood, a ride to the doctor’s office or a new battery for your smoke detector, the community of volunteers involved in Neighbors at Home has your back. “Most people don’t ask for a lot of services....