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By KATIE KOERTEN

In a few short weeks, dandelions (Taraxacum officinale) will be blooming in earnest. There’s usually one week — the last week of April or the first week of May, depending on the year — in which dandelions (from the French dent-de-lion, or “lion’s...

By SHERYL HUNTER

Before long, we will be packing up a picnic basket and heading down to the Energy Park to soak up the sounds of the Coop Concerts. But until then, we have All Coop’ed Up, the annual spring concert presented by members of the Franklin County Musicians...

By EMILEE KLEIN

CHARLEMONT — The Hawlemont Regional School District School Committee approved a $2.49 million budget last week for fiscal year 2024, which includes a Charlemont town assessment increase of 3.96% and a Hawley town assessment decrease of 4.22%.The...

By EVELINE MACDOUGALL

A decade before Bryant Stewart and Jeanie Schermesser began transforming a former church into their home and art studio, Stewart spotted the Erving building from Route 2. “I stopped in and met the owner, Clessen Field,” said Stewart, 73.Stewart had...

By LIESEL NYGARD

LEYDEN — Residents will consider discontinuing portions of two roads, adopting a Stretch Code and enacting bylaws governing solar arrays during a Special Town Meeting on Monday, March 20.The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. at Town Hall, located at 16...

By SHERYL HUNTER

As I write this, the sky is dull and gray and a few mounds of snow litter the ground.They say a significant snowstorm is coming, but right now it’s warm out and it feels like that weird time of year when we are stuck in limbo between winter and...

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 EMILEE KLEIN

LEYDEN — The Bernardston Police Department will provide policing services to Leyden for up to 25 years in the new long-term agreement that goes into effect on July 1.Under the long-term agreement, which further solidifies the interim agreement that...

By SHERYL HUNTER

We know that music helps us through difficult times, not only by listening to music but also by creating it. Western Mass.-based musician Kimaya Diggs found this out when she was working on “Quincy,” her new album, released today.She will celebrate...

By GEORGE MILLER

NORTHFIELD — Tuesday night's last four minutes barely sufficed to contain the high tournament drama squeezed into that narrow space.Pioneer built a nine-point lead early in the fourth quarter, lost it to KIPP Academy, grabbed it back and needed two...

By GEORGE MILLER

NORTHFIELD – The new-look state basketball tournament reached back a full quarter-century Friday evening and served up a silver-anniversary rematch, straight out of the Golden Era of Pioneer basketball.The 2023 Panthers encountered little difficulty...

By GEORGE MILLER

GREENFIELD — It's never easy, despite what the scoreboard may say, but Greenfield has certainly made it look easy while mopping up its first two opponents in the boys MIAA Division 5 basketball tournament.The Green Wave used a dominant second quarter,...

By SHERYL HUNTER

If you are interested in immersing yourself in an entire weekend of music, look no further than the Back Porch Festival. This celebration of roots music presented by Signature Sounds and the Northampton Arts Council will take place this weekend. The...

By TINKY WEISBLAT

Bonnie Brown is bright in appearance and in personality. “I love what I do,” she told me last week as she tidied up her kitchen at Bonnie B’s Country Kitchen on Main Street in Greenfield.She has been in the food business for more than four decades....

By EMILEE KLEIN

GILL — When Northfield Mount Hermon School senior Angus Chang engineered an artificial leaf, a sustainable battery of microalgae and metal suspended in hydrogel, he felt his creation was too simple to consider impressive. After all, Chang’s...

By EMILEE KLEIN

HEATH — Community Hall remains closed after a broken pipe flooded the facility and damaged the sink cabinet, tile floor and the elevator pit earlier this month. While the leaks have been repaired and the elevator is operational, the floor on the...

By LIESEL NYGARD

NORTHFIELD — With exterior designs for a proposed public safety complex entering the final stage, the town is looking at future uses for its current fire station.The station at 93 Main St. was built in 1952 for use by both the fire and highway...

By HOWARD HERMAN

CHESHIRE – The Pioneer girls basketball team had already beaten one Berkshire County team in the Western Mass. Class D tournament.Taking down top-seeded Hoosac Valley proved to be a bridge too far.Hoosac, winners in last year’s inaugural Class D...

By LIESEL NYGARD

LEYDEN — As the lone member of the Fire Department, interim Officer-in-Charge Nikolas Adamski hopes to help rebuild Leyden’s firefighting services, a move that may require more regional collaboration.Adamski, who has been with the department for 12...

By TINKY WEISBLAT

One of my favorite things about life in the country (perhaps life everywhere, but it’s more obvious in the country!) is that hardly anyone has just one occupation. I myself have six jobs. When I was first asked to be on the television program “Mass...