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A new bench, a new rule: How one western Mass judge upended the state’s adoption procedure
01-01-2025 3:00 PM

By ZICHANG LIU

For decades, Massachusetts’ adoption procedures have been a catalyst for happy endings for families across the state, including out-of-state birth parents who just want their child to be smoothly transferred to a new, welcoming home.However, within...


Speaking of Nature: Last year in bird watching: A review of 2024, a record-breaking year for bird sightings and photos
01-01-2025 6:01 AM

By BILL DANIELSON

Happy New Year everybody! I was delighted to have a snowy celebration for this iconic winter holiday and I hope that you are sitting happily with your feet up and a warm beverage in your hand. I am just finishing an hour of bird watching at my kitchen...


Greenfield menorah lighting spreads message that ‘a little bit of light dispels a tremendous amount of darkness’
12-31-2024 11:44 AM

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

GREENFIELD — Residents gathered Monday evening for the second annual celebration of light and warmth with the lighting of the Hanukkah menorah on the Greenfield Common.“This moment rests on 2,000 years of my ancestors keeping this tradition alive. I’m...


Say cheese this New Year’s Eve: The surprisingly fascinating history of cheese balls
12-30-2024 6:31 PM

By TINKY WEISBLAT

On New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, we celebrate both the old and the new. We are looking — like the Roman god Janus, for whom January was named — in two directions.To me, this means that the transition to a new year often involves making new-to-me...


Growing in harmony with nature: Montague’s Bigfoot Food Forest shares the benefits of growing ‘three sisters style’
12-27-2024 10:11 AM

By EVELINE MACDOUGALL

Stepping into an animal enclosure after dusk on Friday the 13th, I moved slowly among feathery shapes that appeared grey in December’s early darkness. The full moon, low in the sky, was the only light source; the atmosphere was eerie and wholly...


Valley Bounty: Made with the essence of the full moon: Full Moon Ghee has a new owner but the same healing recipe
12-27-2024 10:09 AM

By JACOB NELSON

Golden, rich, and delicious, “ghee is basically clarified butter,” explains April Poirier. “But it’s so much more than that.”Poirier is the new owner of Full Moon Ghee, an Ashfield-based business she recently bought from founder Hannah Jacobson-Hardy....


Sounds Local: A variety of ways to celebrate New Year’s Eve: Reggae in Turners Falls, family-friendly in Orange, First Night in Northampton, and more
12-26-2024 6:01 AM

By SHERYL HUNTER

It’s time to dust off your party hats and dancing shoes because we’re about to welcome 2025! New Year’s Eve is only days away, and if you want music to be part of your New Year’s Eve celebration, we have a few suggestions, ranging from kid-friendly...


Adding light one day at a time: Hanukkah illumination starts Wednesday in Greenfield
12-24-2024 9:48 AM

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

GREENFIELD — With the goal of bringing “a little bit of light [to] dispel a lot of darkness,” in the words of organizer Jasper Lapienski, Greenfield will have a public Hanukkah menorah and community celebration for the second year in a row.Lapienski,...


A new approach to the ever-evolving latke: Trying out Southwestern Latkes for Hanukkah this year
12-23-2024 12:09 PM

By TINKY WEISBLAT

Hanukkah begins Wednesday night, Christmas night. I love having the two holidays coincide, which they don’t always do since Hanukkah is determined by a lunar calendar. I celebrate both so it tickles me to wallow in celebration and to sing Christmas...


And Then What Happened?: The best gifts of all
12-23-2024 11:37 AM

By NAN PARATI

I came up with a good cartoon this morning.The first panel is set in 1994. Two young women (with big hair) are wandering around a department store. One says, “I love shopping,” and the other says, “Me too! You can never have too much cool stuff.”The...


Light and laughter: Solstice Storytelling and Songfest Celebration marks 40th year
12-20-2024 1:02 PM

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

ASHFIELD — A collective of local storytellers will present an evening of storytelling and music this winter solstice to encourage warmth and community during the longest night of the year.“I think to most of us it means simply, at the darkest time of...


Book Review: Two books by former ministers in our area: ‘Postcards from Inner Space’ and ‘Where Do Butterflies Go at Night?’
12-20-2024 9:49 AM

By TINKY WEISBLAT

I recently read two books by former ministers in our area whom I am lucky enough to have known. Both books are full of life and color, and both show a sensitivity to nature. That’s about all they have in common, other than my hearty recommendation...


Sounds Local: More holiday merriment on tap this week: And Quiet Riot gets noisy at the Shea this weekend
12-18-2024 2:03 PM

By SHERYL HUNTER

The countdown is on! Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah or Kwanza, your big day will be here soon.Most holiday parties have passed, but if you are still looking to hear some seasonal sounds, there are a few chances left.Tonight (Thursday, Dec....


Speaking of Nature: Irregular in every way: For the first time, I’ve sighted a mockingbird at my feeder in December
12-17-2024 3:24 PM

By BILL DANIELSON

It was just another morning at the kitchen window. During the school year I am a prisoner of “teacher time,” which means that I wake up at 4:30 a.m. every morning, whether I want to or not. Weekends, holidays, you name it, I’m up. So, rather than...


The road ahead: North Quabbin history columnist retiring
12-17-2024 1:51 PM

By CARLA CHARTER

I saw a cardinal at the feeder today, which I thought was a bit ironic after searching the web and learning that they are believed to symbolize new beginnings and transitions. You see, this winged sign appeared at the same time I had decided to...


Kindling sales for Warm the Children charity lagging
12-17-2024 12:44 PM

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

GREENFIELD — Sales of kindling following this year’s “Break-athon” fundraiser are off to a slow start, says Greenfield Tae Kwon Do Center owner David Johnson.For the past 22 years, the “Break-athon” has allowed the center’s tae kwon do students to...


Food and family stories: Deerfield resident recalls ancestors’ seafaring pasts
12-16-2024 7:07 PM

By TINKY WEISBLAT

“You don’t have to have a big, fancy family tree, just some really nice stories,” Becky Baxter Clark of Deerfield recently told me. “Those are the ones that the kids remember.”Becky herself has a lot of family stories. She recently shared some of them...


Mass. lawmakers push to modernize decades-old wiretap law for today’s crimes
12-15-2024 6:30 PM

By ZICHANG LIU

In an era where communication is no longer confined to one medium, Massachusetts’ wiretap law remains frozen in time, a 56-year-old statute that doesn’t entirely fit into the realities of today’s digital landscape, raising questions for lawmakers,...


‘Beautiful disasters’ inspire monthly storytelling series in Greenfield
12-13-2024 1:59 PM

By AMALIA WOMPA

By creating monthly storytelling open mic sessions for community members to share their most disastrous moments, The LAVA Center provides an opportunity to “learn things about people that wouldn’t normally come up in conversation,” in the words of...


They get along swimmingly: 2025 calendar celebrates Franklin County YMCA water fitness class
12-13-2024 1:54 PM

By EVELINE MACDOUGALL

A rollicking group who bonded through a class at Franklin County’s YMCA in Greenfield have produced a calendar for 2025 that celebrates beautiful humans in their 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. Let’s meet some water nymphs who could grace your wall if you get...

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