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By DOMENIC POLI

BERNARDSTON — The fire chief gave Selectboard and Fire Station Building Committee members a tour of the future station at 167 Northfield Road on Wednesday evening, saying he expects the department will be operating out of the facility by April.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

BERNARDSTON — The Selectboard has given its initial blessings to Greenfield construction company BRJ Builders to develop apartments and potentially retail space at 19 South St., the former site of the Four Leaf Clover Restaurant.

BERNARDSTON — The Bernardston Kiwanis Club’s annual chicken pot pie dinner fundraising series is returning this weekend, with proceeds from the first dinner going toward the Pioneer Valley Regional School’s athletic booster programs.

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — While the Winchester High School Selection Committee only moved Hinsdale High School to the next stage in its process of finding an anchor school for high schoolers from Winchester, New Hampshire, the Pioneer Valley Regional School District is planning on staying in the mix as a choice school.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

As the organization explores a new assessment model amid regionalization, the proposed fiscal year 2026 budget for Northfield EMS is seeing an increase in the contributions paid by the four communities it serves.

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — While the Pioneer Valley Regional School District opted last summer to revisit the idea of moving the sixth grade classes to the middle and high school, the conversation is again being put on pause.

By LIESEL NYGARD

Editor’s note: To mark the start of a new year, the Greenfield Recorder is publishing stories about what Franklin County residents can likely expect to see happening in their communities in 2025.

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — The Pioneer Valley Regional School District is one of three finalist districts that could serve as an anchor school for high schoolers from Winchester, New Hampshire, who will be without a district at the end of the 2026-2027 school year.

Next roast beef supper: Jan. 11 BERNARDSTON — The United Church of Bernardston’s next Second Saturday Roast Beef Supper will be held Saturday, Jan. 11, with seatings at 5 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. Suppers will continue on the second Saturday of each month...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

With a $75,000 Efficiency & Regionalization grant, Leyden and Bernardston will be launching a regionalization study to see how the two towns might further collaborate in hopes of maximizing efficiency and being most cost-effective.Over the next 18...

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — The Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) has invited the Pioneer Valley Regional School District into its eligibility program for building a new school, the first major step in what could be a years-long process.The MSBA’s board...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

BERNARDSTON — The Northwestern District Attorney’s Office has identified the Guilford, Vermont man who died in a crash on Brattleboro Road (Route 5) on Tuesday as 49-year-old Joshua Renaud.Renaud died after his vehicle, a Honda Civic, crashed into a...

By CHRIS LARABEE

BERNARDSTON — The Selectboard has tapped a longtime housing manager with deep experience in event coordination to succeed its outgoing Senior Center director.The board, in a special meeting Monday evening, appointed Pam Parmakian, former director of...

Ryder Band coming to Memory Cafe NORTHFIELD — The Ryder Band will perform old-time favorites during the Northfield Senior Center’s monthly Memory Cafe on Wednesday, Jan. 22, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.This program provides support and socialization for...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

BERNARDSTON — A 49-year-old man from Guilford, Vermont, died after crashing into a utility pole on Brattleboro Road (Route 5) on Tuesday morning just before 6 a.m.According to Northwestern District Attorney’s Office spokesperson Laurie Loisel, the...

Next puzzle swap set for Jan. 4 NORTHFIELD — Free used puzzles will be available at Dickinson Memorial Library on Saturday, Jan. 4, from 10 to 11:30 a.m.Attendees are advised to park in the back and enter through the side door of the library. Turn...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

BERNARDSTON — As Incandescent Brewing moves into the former Hitchcock Brewing Co. location on South Street, the reins will be passed from one husband-and-wife team to the next. The new space will be bright and colorful while still offering craft beers...

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — While it’s named the Greenfield Recorder’s Citizen of the Year award, it sometimes ends up serving as a lifetime achievement recognition and, perhaps, Friday’s recipient embodies that distinction of a life well-served more than anyone...

By CHRIS LARABEE

BERNARDSTON — In small communities, such as the 26 that make up Franklin County, life often requires people to don different hats.If you’ve lived here for decades, you can probably picture a local business owner who also serves on the Selectboard....

As he gets ready to deliver presents next week, Santa Claus will cruise through Franklin County this weekend with two parades, all while collecting last-minute letters up in Bernardston.Both parades will be held on Saturday, Dec. 21, with festivities...