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By WID PERRY

Montague began as a struggling enterprise, isolated and ignored despite its prime location on the banks of the vast Connecticut River. The town, named for English sea captain William Montague, was established in 1754 with its five villages: Turners...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

TURNERS FALLS — Demolition of the Farren Care Center last year was met with mixed feelings from residents, with many citing the loss of local history as reason for their dismay. Some community members, however, have been working to ensure that not all...

MONTAGUE — Selectboard members indicated their intention to move forward with putting an article on the May Annual Town Meeting warrant that, if approved, would make Sandy Lane a public way.Assistant Town Administrator Walter Ramsey explained the...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

TURNERS FALLS — What started as a simple way to provide food and snacks for those competing in after-school activities at Turners Falls High School has evolved into a way of giving back to the community. Athletic Director Adam Graves, School Resource...

Feb. 10: Second annual Cookie Walk MONTAGUE — The First Congregational Church of Montague, 4 North St., will host its second annual Valentine’s Cookie Walk on Saturday, Feb. 10, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.For a fee, attendees are given a container and can...

Psychic Fair set for Saturday LAKE PLEASANT — The National Spiritual Alliance will sponsor a Psychic Fair from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 27, at Thompson Temple, 2 Montague Ave.To register, or for more information, visit...

By VIRGINIA RAY

MONTAGUE — The town is one step closer to seeing a 3,200-square-foot mural painted on the east exterior wall of the Shea Theater Arts Center now that the Selectboard unanimously approved a contract with Common Wealth Murals LLC, a Springfield-based...

What a delight it was to read Tinka Weisblat’s article “In the Kitchen with Fannie Farmer,” (Recorder, Jan. 17). My mother, Dorothy Moore Aubry, was a proud 1945 graduate of Miss Farmers’s school. Mom was a fine home cook and a bit ahead of her time...

I am quite upset with fuel assistance. They give assistance to all these “refugees” that come into the state before the people who were born in Massachusetts and have lived here all their lives. Yes, that means nothing. We were told there were...

By BELLA LEVAVI

TURNERS FALLS — With anticipated revenue from a solar project not yet in play, the Turners Falls Municipal Airport is facing a $122,000 budget shortfall for fiscal year 2024, according to Airport Manager Bryan Camden. The airport had planned to have...

By LIESEL NYGARD

TURNERS FALLS — During the pandemic, Ericka Almeida felt claustrophobic. She and her husband were working from home in 2020 and it was difficult to see their friends. But when Almeida had the opportunity to socialize, it was always over coffee. “Some...

By MAX BOWEN

TURNERS FALLS — Eight residents have been displaced following a second-alarm fire Wednesday night at 12 H St.According to the Turners Falls Fire Department, none of the residents of the two-apartment building were hurt, though one firefighter...

By DOMENIC POLI

TURNERS FALLS — Stroll into Scottys at 66 Unity St. sometime soon and you may see Bobbi Marguet, just as you have for the past 15 years. She might be behind the counter, helping a customer or greeting a delivery truck driver. The only difference is...

By BELLA LEVAVI

The Young Shakespeare Players East theater program promises to transport audiences to “a world of enchantment and sorcery” during four performances of William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” next weekend.The play, which lasts two hours and 45 minutes,...

By BELLA LEVAVI

Riding into the new year on the coattails of the success of the Smithsonian “Crossroads: Change in Rural America” exhibit, the Great Falls Discovery Center in Turners Falls has announced a year of programming centered around the theme “Food, Farms and...

By CHRIS LARABEE

TURNERS FALLS — As the state Department of Transportation (MassDOT) begins work this week on structural steel and concrete repairs, the White Bridge at the base of Turners Falls Road is expected to have alternating one-way traffic through at least the...

I love my spaceship. It’s so fragile and I wish to leave it better than I received it. What say you? This all could end in a minute and we are so oblivious to it.Why are we fighting and not helping? We think we are creators but all we do is destroy....

I enjoyed Dan Manka’s humorous Dec. 27 letter about Lincoln and Trump having both stood for the American Way. That was very funny!Brian PrescottTurners Falls

Talk focusing on canal history TURNERS FALLS — The Great Falls Discovery Center will host “Going Against the Flow: The History of Montague’s Navigational Canal” on Saturday, Jan. 27, from 2 to 3 p.m.Participants will learn about the original canal...

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...