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By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — As the Pioneer Valley Regional School District’s proposed fiscal year 2025 budget takes shape, administrators are emphasizing they want to continue to make “big investments” in Pioneer’s students.Director of Finance and Operations Jordan...

Homeschool Co-op hosting ‘Share the Love’ food driveWARWICK — The Warwick Community Homeschool Co-op is hosting a “Share the Love” food drive throughout February, with a special drop-off event planned on Saturday, Feb. 10, from 9 to 11 a.m. on the...

I appreciate Jack Hornor’s letter, “Trump backers aren’t somehow ‘less than’” [Recorder, Feb. 1]. He says that supporters of Trump aren’t less intelligent or less informed, rather “they simply see the United States in different ways than most...

By LIESEL NYGARD

BERNARDSTON — Cushman Library’s board of trustees is working to sanitize and declutter the library so that its doors can be open to the public again. The library has been closed since Jan. 9 after a building inspection was conducted by Regional Health...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A former Bernardston and Buckland police officer will spend the next four to five years in state prison after pleading guilty to eight child pornography charges in a change of plea hearing Monday.Jacob Wrisley, 42, pleaded guilty in...

Art class to share blotted linetechnique NORTHFIELD — Retired art teacher Ginny Rockwood will teach a class on the blotted line technique at the Northfield Senior Center on Tuesday, Feb. 13, from 10 a.m. to noon.The blotted line technique, once used...

By CHRIS LARABEE

Senior centers around Franklin County are preparing to dip their toes into the digital and hybrid worlds thanks to $151,500 in grant funding from the Executive Office of Elder Affairs.Through the agency’s Hybrid Programming for Councils on Aging grant...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A local man facing 15 charges stemming from an alleged shooting at Energy Park and a separate alleged home invasion in Bernardston will remain held without bail, a Franklin County Superior Court judge ruled on Thursday.Gabe Adams, 21, has...

Business plans ‘Saint Valentines Charcuterie Class’ NORTHFIELD — Cameron’s Winery and The Back Room Brewing Co. at 1046 Millers Falls Road invite residents to a “Saint Valentines Charcuterie Class” on Thursday, Feb. 1, at 6:30 p.m.Participants will...

By CHRIS LARABEE

BERNARDSTON — With the end of the first month of 2024 approaching, the Bernardston Kiwanis Club’s annual chicken pot pie fundraiser series is set to begin this weekend.On Saturday, Jan. 27, the first of four chicken pot pie dinners, which are held on...

I am writing to let our community know of the amazing care I received at Baystate Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield. I had surgery Thanksgiving week and was seven days in the hospital and five days in the ICU. I had the best care by caring and...

GREENFIELD — A Vermont man responsible for vehicle and house break-ins in Bernardston and Northfield last year has been sentenced to five years in jail after pleading guilty to criminal charges involving 11 victims.Schuyler D. Gibson, 40, of...

By LIESEL NYGARD

Editor’s note: The Greenfield Recorder is publishing stories about what Franklin County residents can likely expect to see happening in their communities in 2024.As 2024 gets underway, multiple towns in northern Franklin County are set on bolstering...

Two Happy Feet walks plannedNORTHFIELD — The Happy Feet walking group has two walks planned this month.On Monday, Jan. 8, at 10 a.m., walkers will meet at the Turners Falls canalside access road leading to Cabot Station. The walk is flat and great for...

Monthly puzzle swap planned for Saturday, Jan. 6 NORTHFIELD — Free used puzzles will be available at Dickinson Memorial Library on Saturday, Jan. 6, from 10 to 11:30 a.m.Attendees are advised to park in the back and enter through the side door of the...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A man who served nearly 10 years in prison after being convicted of manslaughter, motor vehicle homicide and drunken driving in 2011 has been granted a new trial, with the judge who sentenced him now deciding the defendant was deprived of...

By DOMENIC POLI

BERNARDSTON — The Farm Table restaurant on the Kringle Candle Co. property is set to reopen under new management at the end of May.Restaurateur Ashley Evans, who grew up in Turners Falls, was home from Florida visiting family last year when she...

By PAUL FRANZ

BERNARDSTON — A two-alarm fire consumed the home of Bob and Linda Raymond at 178 Turners Falls Road on Monday evening.A neighbor reported the blaze at around 5:45 p.m., and the first firefighter to arrive reported flames showing through the roof of...