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By CHRIS LARABEE

BOSTON — With the long-awaited announcement of storm damage relief funding at the Massachusetts Municipal Association’s annual conference this past weekend, Deerfield and Conway, as well as 35 other communities around the state, are finding themselves...

By BELLA LEVAVI

Editor’s note: The Greenfield Recorder is publishing stories about what Franklin County residents can likely expect to see happening in their towns in 2024. Details about projects in the western part of the county were shared in two installments. This...

By EVELINE MACDOUGALL

On a spring day nearly 20 years ago, Jon and Jane Severance drove along River Road, which connects Sunderland with the Cheapside area near the Greenfield-Deerfield line. They passed a 1945 Model D John Deere tractor with a sign: “It runs.” Jon...

Library to host climate change play readings BUCKLAND — Climate Change Theater Action will present “All Good Things Must Begin” at the Arms Library, located at 60 Bridge St., on Sunday, Dec. 10, at 3 p.m. The free show will feature several five-minute...

Dec. 2: Author Joan Livingston talk CHARLEMONT — Shelburne Falls author Joan Livingston will talk about her writing experience including her latest novel, “Northern Comfort,” on Saturday, Dec. 2, at 3 p.m. at Tyler Memorial Library. Like most of...

By BELLA LEVAVI

HEATH — Having conducted a study to help inform the Heath Free Public Library’s future, library trustees are hosting an Open House and Strategic Planning Party on Saturday to present a draft of their strategic plan for the next three to five years....

By PAM PORTER

For the first time in 16 years, there is a chance some residents of long-term care facilities could get their Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) increase. Bill H.626, introduced last January by Rep. Sean Garballey, D-23rd...

By BELLA LEVAVI

HEATH — Despite a request from the Mohawk Trail Regional School District School Committee, the Selectboard has opted not to call a Special Town Meeting for the town to revote on changes proposed to the district’s regional agreement that would alter...

By BELLA LEVAVI

HEATH — The Selectboard has referred a complaint against the police chief over his stop of a family riding golf carts at Mohawk Estates to the community’s board president after vetting the matter.On Sept. 18, a part-time resident of Mohawk Estates, a...

By BELLA LEVAVI

HEATH — The Finance Committee voted unanimously to not recommend holding a Special Town Meeting for the town to revote on changes to the Mohawk Trail Regional School District agreement, despite a request from the School Committee. This vote came after...

By DOMENIC POLI

Four years after chronicling the stories of 50 Gold Star families across the country, Heath native Keith Sherman has started another mission to ensure the legacies of service members killed overseas are not lost to the shrouds of time.Sherman, who now...

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...

By MARY BYRNE

HEATH — In the absence of money to acquire a new truck, town officials are working out an agreement with a private contractor for snow removal services this winter. Pending successful contract negotiations, Vermont-based Saladino Property Maintenance...

By BELLA LEVAVI

To help visitors learn about 20th-century painter Robert Strong Woodward’s mark on the area, the Friends group dedicated to keeping his memory alive has installed new signs at the locations of his Buckland and Heath studios.“We just think he is a...

By MARY BYRNE

HEATH — School officials are asking the town to convene a Special Town Meeting to approve an amendment to the Mohawk Trail Regional School District agreement that aims to bring it “in line with” the way the Department of Elementary and Secondary...

Square dance moved to November HEATH — Because Community Hall will be closed in September for repairs, the annual September square dance will be postponed until November this year.The square dance, hosted by local caller Doug Wilkins, will be held on...

By BELLA LEVAVI

HEATH — Community Hall will once again be bursting at the seams with art during this year’s seventh annual Heath Arts Exhibition. “It is a fabulous display of the community coming together and supporting each other,” said Jean Gran, one of the...

By BELLA LEVAVI

HEATH — Town residents were in heaven this weekend as the 105th Heath Fair took place at the Heath Agricultural Society’s Fairgrounds.The fair is an annual event and prides itself on being an “old school” agricultural fair with classic displays in the...

By BELLA LEVAVI

HEATH — Visitors can take a step back in time when the annual Heath Fair returns this weekend, which organizers say is what keeps guests coming back year after year. “It’s what hasn’t changed that makes us different,” said Jessica O’Neill, president...

By BELLA LEVAVI

HEATH — The Attorney General’s Division of Open Government found the Selectboard did not violate the Open Meeting Law on one occasion subject to complaints by resident Jesse Weigand.In the complaint submitted to town officials in December and brought...