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By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL — Marking the return of the annual Pocumtuck Homelands Festival, paddlers set off from Barton Cove on Friday, with a traditional Wampanoag dugout canoe called a mishoon leading a group of kayaks, canoes and paddle boards down the Connecticut...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL — The Christmas in July celebration has been a local tradition since 2003. In the last four years, though, cancellations or delays have become secondary traditions, impacting the event’s continuity.Longtime organizer Sharon Constantine is hopeful...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL — After two consecutive years of weather-related cancellations, organizers of the Gillbilly Paddle are hoping for fair weather to take to the water on Saturday, July 13. The Gillbilly Paddle has been a summer tradition since 2018 when Gill...

By ANNA LAIRD BARTO

Last summer, I chronicled my 68-mile paddle of Connecticut River through Massachusetts. Along the way, I became very well acquainted with the river, its bends and currents, dams and bridges, trees and wildlife — even its sewage overflows! Here are a...