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By MARY BYRNE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — In anticipation of this year’s fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, Relay For Life of Franklin County is hosting its annual kickoff event at the Polish American Club.“We want everyone to come,” commented Relay For Life...

Further to Judith’s Truesdale’s column “Election Reform Needed,” (Recorder, Jan. 13), whether or not you believe the last election was “stolen,” the fact remains that this foundation of democracy is not just rusty it is distorted to the point of...

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — With the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners’ grant paperwork signed, the town has appointed a Library Building Committee and is seeking a temporary location for Tilton Library materials and operations for when construction begins...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — After several months of discussion, the town has appointed an eight-person ad hoc group that will be charged with outlining the role and responsibilities of a full Human Rights Committee.The ad hoc committee will be tasked with...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — As the Frontier Regional and Union 38 school districts continue the diversity, equity and inclusion work that started three years ago, they are prepared to undergo an “equity audit” to examine how it can provide an equitable...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Each year, the graduating senior girls of Frontier Regional School would walk across the street to join Principal Martha “Marti” Barrett for a traditional tea time at her home.“She used to invite the graduating girls to her house for...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — With the School Committee’s approval, Frontier Regional School will undertake more than $1.2 million in capital projects over the next two years.The School Committee unanimously approved the appropriation of $850,000 to rehabilitate...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — A Franklin County Superior Court judge has ruled that a resident appealing the town’s North Main Street park project can conduct an independent review of the property’s wetlands, as an appeal of the project continues.In a decision...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — Smoke drifting into New England from wildfires in the western United States last summer, tracked by sensors in Holyoke, Greenfield and other area communities, gave residents real-time information about its causing poor air quality.The...

By MARY BYRNE

Editor’s note: The Greenfield Recorder has been providing regular updates on the risk level of COVID-19 transmission as wastewater testing results are received.With the volume of virus in wastewater at its highest since tracking began last spring, the...

Watermelon Wednesdays raising money to support its operations WHATELY — As Watermelon Wednesdays heads into its 24th year of bringing music to Whately, the concert series is putting out a fundraising call to keep the music coming.Watermelon Wednesdays...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — A foreign language scholarship that was established in 2017 to support Frontier Regional School students has grown, thanks to an additional bequest from a local family.Each year, the Charles Mark Foreign Language Scholarship awards...

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — Just a few years after Deerfield became the first community in the state to be approved for the Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Program (MVP), the town is again at the front lines of climate resiliency with an award-winning soil...

Life is full of surprises. One surprising thing is when you open the Recorder and find a letter to the editor with your name under it but which you never signed.This was recently the case (“Farmers Market musicians stipend,” Dec. 29). Clearly, there...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — With farms and other locally grown produce generating large amounts of revenue for the region, an $87,000 state grant awarded to Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA) will ensure local producers can compete with larger...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

Before looking ahead to what 2023 could bring, many Franklin County residents spent New Year’s Eve celebrating what they already have.Beginning at 6 p.m., hundreds of guests congregated inside Deerfield Academy’s dining hall for the town’s 350th...

Seventh Grade Maximum Honors: Bennett Bardwell, Joseph Bobala, Anneke Bosman, Mark Brennan, Elsa Brown, Ber Calhoun, Evva Campbell, Brendan Carey, Griffin Casey, Liv Christensen, Maia Christensen, Oliver Cranston, Jack Cusson, Saskia Ebling, Dean...

By MARY BYRNE

DEERFIELD — In its 40th year, 40 individuals from across the county were nominated to be the Greenfield Recorder’s Citizen of the Year — a record number of nominees — with some receiving several nominations. “It’s an honor that has our readers and...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — After four years operating on Routes 5 and 10, Wool-ology is closing its brick-and-mortar shop and will be expanding its online footprint.The fabric and fiber shop specializing in wool at 242A Greenfield Road is closing its doors on...