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You can probably beat me in the Bridge of Flowers Road Race on Aug. 10. Here’s why:I like running up hills. Somehow my gait and posture seem well adapted to uphill running. In many cases if someone is the same speed as I am on flat ground, I can run...

Athol alumnus Harvey Krupnick was inducted into the Holliston High School Athletics Hall of Fame earlier this year. Krupnick, a 2007 Massachusetts Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame inductee, graduated from Athol in 1962. He briefly played in...

As the first moments of daylight crept over the horizon like a sedated manatee on the last day of turkey hunting season, I was mesmerized at how long it took for the sun to appear that day. I honestly don’t know why this was, or what was making me...

By GEORGE MILLER

GREENFIELD — Over the last handful of years, Greenfield has made Western Massachusetts softball championship games a familiar destination, and now a very familiar local foe awaits the Green Wave there.MacKenzie Paulin buzzed through the McCann Tech...

By JEFF LAJOIE

It took two days, but the Greenfield baseball team is one step closer to a sectional title.The third-seeded Green Wave led 4-0 when their Western Mass. Class C quarterfinal game with No. 6 Athol was halted in the second inning on Tuesday. Twenty-four...

By GARRETT COTE

WESTHAMPTON — The Hampshire softball team’s offense can only be bottled up for so long before they finally string together a rally.The second-seeded Raiders picked a good time for it late in Wednesday afternoon’s Western Mass. Class B semifinal game...

By SAM FERLAND

TURNERS FALLS — Six tennis courts will be filled with pickleball games on Saturday for the second annual Pickleball Food Drive Festival, an event that rallies people together to collect non-perishable food donations and raise money for the Food Bank...

Artificial intelligence is experiencing a renaissance. Tools like ChatGPT and Copilot are becoming a daily part of conversations. AI’s history stretches back nearly as far as computers themselves, but the advent of generative AI has made it more...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Balancing extracurricular activities and school work is a constant challenge. Anne Kolodziej and Ella Kolodziej made it look effortless. The twin sisters, who are seniors at Turners Falls High School, have starred on the Franklin Tech girls soccer...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

It wasn’t easy for road races to recover following the pandemic. But when you have local support like the WMass Mother's Day Half Marathon in Whately, things can get right back to pre-COVID levels.The 14th running of the Mother’s Day Half Marathon...

TURNERS FALLS — Lilly Ross struck out four and allowed just one hit in the circle for the Franklin Tech softball team on Wednesday. The left-hander earned the win in four innings of work as the Eagles blanked Mahar, 12-0, in a five-inning Franklin...

Weather made for an adventurous opening day at the 43rd Massachusetts Four-Ball Championship, where a pack of local golfers competed in the event at The Club at New Seabury in Mashpee.A weather delay in the morning pushed play back a bit, but most of...

MacKenzie Paulin did it at the plate and in the pitching circle, powering the Greenfield softball team to its third win in as many days and a 3-2 rivalry victory over Turners Falls on Saturday afternoon at Vets Field.Paulin smacked a solo home run in...

By JEFF LAJOIE

The middle portion of a huge three-day stretch for the Turners Falls softball team saw the Thunder save their best for last on Friday.Trailing 3-1 entering the top of the seventh inning against Frontier, Janelle Massey clubbed a game-tying two-run...

By JEFF LAJOIE

Bob York was one of the first people I ever met at the Greenfield Recorder.My first foray in the business came in 2004. A freshman at UMass, I finagled my way into 14 Hope St. when the newspaper was in need of high school football stringers. I figured...

Good morning!Over 150 gridiron alumni will be at Saturday’s UMass football spring game. Recruited to UMass when they were schoolboys, they’re returning to help coach Don Brown give his players a glimpse of the program’s legacy.Longtime Minutemen...

Two rivals played another tight match at the Davis Street Courts on Thursday, as host Greenfield won two of the three singles matches en route to a 3-2 win over Turners Falls.Amy Mihailicenco was a 6-4, 6-4 winner at No. 1 singles for the Green Wave,...

Danielle Zraunig did it in the circle and at the plate, powering Franklin First Credit Union to a 5-3 win over Elks Club in a Greenfield Girls Softball League Junior Division contest at Murphy Park in Greenfield on Thursday night.Zraunig pitched well...

The expectation going into Thursday’s Powertown showdown between undefeated Turners Falls and Franklin Tech was that runs were going to be at a premium.That was certainly the case.Turners Falls ace Madi Liimatainen struck out 16 and allowed just one...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

TURNERS FALLS — After giving up a run in the first inning, Franklin Tech pitcher Hannah Gilbert locked in for the final six frames on Friday against Hopkins Academy. The junior gave up one hit and one walk in the first and one hit in the third, but...