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By MADISON SCHOFIELD

HEATH — The Colrain, Heath and Hawley selectboards have approved lowering their tax rates for the 2025 fiscal year.Colrain residents can expect a rate of $18.26 per $1,000 of assessed value and an average bill $4,421. Heath residents can expect a rate...

Colrain seeks new members for Cultural Council COLRAIN — The Cultural Council is looking for new members.The Colrain Cultural Council is responsible for the distribution of annual funding from the Massachusetts Cultural Council in support of cultural...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

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 towns in 2025. Details about projects in the western part of the county were...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — After being tasked with auditing the safety of the intersection of Jacksonville Road and Greenfield Road at Annual Town Meeting in June, the Selectboard has declared the intersection to be safe, citing safety upgrades made between 2018 and...

Recital Chorus hosting annual holiday concert SHELBURNE FALLS — The Recital Chorus, directed by Margery Heins, will present its 29th annual holiday concert on Tuesday, Dec. 17, at 7:30 p.m. at Trinity Church, located at 17 Severance St.The chorus is...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

HAWLEY — While town officials work out how to address Hawley’s ambulance needs, Colrain will step in and cover emergency calls for the foreseeable future.Hawley has been without a primary ambulance provider since last January, when its contracted...

As the postmaster for 01340, I want to assure you that the U.S. Postal Service is primed and ready to deliver exceptional service during the 2024 holiday rush. Thanks to the substantial progress USPS has made under the Delivering for America plan — a...

I did not appreciate the Recorder’s headline after the Nov. 7 election, “Trump back on top.” This headline is not neutral and shows bias, something every journalistic source should avoid. It inherently implies that if Trump’s on top, then Kamala...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — Voters have overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to adopt the Community Preservation Act and institute a 3% surcharge on real estate taxes to fund historic preservation, recreation and housing projects.Question 6 failed, with 573 “no” votes...

Chorus presents ‘Four Centuries of American Music’ SHELBURNE FALLS — The Greenfield Community College Community Chorus will continue its fall concert series with a full performance of “Four Centuries of American Music” at Trinity Church, located at 17...

COLRAIN — Celebrate 21 years of arts and crafts this weekend with the Crafts of Colrain Studio Tour. On Nov. 9 and 10,  20 artists will open their studios to all looking for a sneak peak into the creative minds that have made Colrain home.Visitors can...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — Voters will have a chance to reconsider a measure they turned down at Town Meeting in June. Colrain’s Question 6 on the Nov. 5 ballot asks whether or not the town should institute a 3% surcharge to its real estate tax in order to adopt the...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — Community members are rallying together to raise money for a couple who lost their supply of winter firewood in a blaze on Saturday. The Colrain Fire Department was dispatched to 83 Archambo Road at 3:17 p.m., where the woodshed of Walter...

By SAM FERLAND

In the wake of Phil Donahue’s death on Aug. 18, two Franklin County residents remember the renowned television host known for hosting “The Phil Donahue Show,” describing memories of their time producing a show hosted by Donahue in 1985.“A Citizens’...

By MARY REILLY PARSONS

 It is beyond my comprehension why any one would vote for Donald Trump.I have talked to a couple of pro-Trump people and both of them said they were better off financially under him. To them I say, think of your country, not of your pocketbooks. The...

Wiring inspection fees increasing COLRAIN — Effective Oct. 15, electrical inspection fees have increased from $30 to $50.Selectboard members agreed that an increase in fees is necessary to help cover Electrical Inspector James Slowinski’s rising costs...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — If the Selectboard’s application is successful, some of the funding from a nearly $1.5 million Barnhardt Manufacturing Co. settlement in 2019 following a sulfuric spill could potentially help the town explore removal of a lower reservoir...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

HEATH — Colrain resident Tyson Howard has been hired as the new highway superintendent, replacing Jeff Johnston, who left in July to take a job in Shelburne.The Selectboard invited Howard for a second interview on Tuesday, after which members...

By BETSY BROWNING, LYNN DITULLIO, DAVID GREENBERG, JILL LYONS, and JADE MORTIMER

 Why is approving the Community Preservation Act on Nov. 5 a good deal for Colrain? Because this small property tax surcharge is different.Revenues raised will be matched up to 100% by state funds. This is “buy one and get one free.” The CPA helps a...

‘How to Love a Forest’ reading set for Friday SHELBURNE FALLS — Vermont author and forester Ethan Tapper will read from his debut novel, “How to Love a Forest,” at Raven Used Books on Conway Street on Friday, Oct. 11, at 7 p.m.The book follows...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

Four Franklin County businesses and schools have been awarded $12,312 in micro-grants to aid in efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle.Swanson’s Fabrics and Hens & Chicks Consignment Store, along with Colrain Central School and Sanderson Academy, were...