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By BELLA LEVAVI

GREENFIELD — Organizers looked to ensure no one would be alone on Thanksgiving, banding together to host large community meals — as well as historically educational programming about Indigenous tribes’ relationship to the day — throughout the...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — After weeks of coordinating donations and organizing staff and volunteers, at least two local groups are ready to provide hot Thanksgiving meals to those in need on Thursday.“I’m going to cook for 500 [people],” said Kirsten Levitt,...

By MARY BYRNE and BELLA LEVAVI

Thanks to charity efforts across Franklin County, organizers have spread thanks far beyond their own dinner tables by distributing Thanksgiving meals to families in need.Helping HandsWith help from about a dozen Turners Falls High School students and...

By DOMENIC POLI

Heather Taylor knows how it feels to be a child waking up to zero gifts on Christmas morning.The 38-year-old Athol resident grew up in Spencer, in a household with parents “who chose their addiction over buying presents for me, or my brother or my...

Editor’s note: Below is a list of Veterans Day ceremonies being held across Franklin County. Know of an event that isn’t listed? Feel free to send details to news@recorder.com. Greenfield The Upper Pioneer Valley Veterans’ Service District will honor...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — Witches and wizards, angels and demons, superheroes and cartoon characters filled the downtown area on Tuesday evening for the city’s annual Halloween festivities.“It’s always so uplifting to see the streets filled with families and...

Editor’s note: Below is a sampling of events that are coming to Franklin County and the North Quabbin region to help residents celebrate Halloween. Additional music-related events were recently highlighted in Sheryl Hunter’s Sounds Local column.Rag...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

Weeks of research into a change they would like to see in the world prompted students at Fort River School in Amherst to champion the idea of Indigenous Peoples Day becoming a state holiday. This week, three sixth graders brought their expertise on...

By MARY BYRNE

SHELBURNE FALLS — Not even the rain could put a damper on the traditional Independence Day parade and chicken barbecue.“We’re here,” said Jim McCrory of the Marine Corps League Oak Ridge Detachment. “We don’t care if we get wet.” As the rain drizzled...

By BELLA LEVAVI

GREENFIELD — Staff and volunteers with the Recreation Department have been organizing the annual Independence Day fireworks celebration for so long, Recreation Director Christy Moore says they have it “down to a science.”While the Recreation...

By BELLA LEVAVI

SHELBURNE FALLS — The village will celebrate the birth of the country on Tuesday, July 4, with its traditional chicken barbecue and parade.The parade will head down Bridge Street at noon after lining up along Conway Street at The Mill at Shelburne...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — One of the city’s most beloved annual traditions is returning to Beacon Field on Saturday with a variety of food vendors and local performances. “People come from all over the valley for our fireworks,” Recreation Director Christy Moore...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

GREENFIELD — Hundreds of people congregated at Beacon Field on Monday for what Mayor Roxann Wedegartner called a “quintessential Juneteenth celebration,” unifying the community for an afternoon of food, art and Black history.“It is just a celebration...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — With as many as 38 vendors, a youth parade and the city’s first “Taste of Greenfield” event, the Juneteenth celebration is expected to return this year “bigger and better” than its inaugural version in 2022.“I wanted to do something this...

Ashfield ■A Memorial Day ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 29, on the Town Common. In the event of rain, the ceremony will move inside Town Hall.■The Ashfield Historical Society will be hosting an art show. The “Art of Ashfield” series...

By BELLA LEVAVI and JULIAN MENDOZA

Children scrambled for eggs across Franklin County throughout the holiday weekend, making Easter egg hunts a short-lived thrill as families flocked outdoors to enjoy the mild weather.GreenfieldThe Episcopal Church of Saints James and Andrew’s annual...

By TINKY WEISBLAT

Barbara Ann Veal of Sunderland has nothing but happy memories of Saint Patrick’s Day. They come from two different times in her life.One of those times was her childhood. Her Swedish-American father loved to bake Irish soda bread. Despite his ethnic...

By ROSEMARY CAINE

Naturally, things have changed a lot on St. Patrick’s Day since I landed here in 1972 with my trio, The Burren Flora. We were unprepared, entering into the fray of green employment, singing and performing the songs of our recently abdicated...

By BELLA LEVAVI

Between dances, cookie sales and card-making workshops throughout the weekend, Franklin County residents were feeling the love ahead of Valentine’s Day.One event that brought families together to celebrate the holiday was the Greenfield Moose Lodge’s...