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By CHRIS LARABEE
WHATELY – The town and its Police Department are investigating vandalism to Herlihy Park that damaged the baseball and soccer fields Friday night.
By CHRIS LARABEE
WHATELY — Residents with thoughts on where they would like to see pollinator-centered landscape projects are encouraged to join town officials for a community forum on Thursday, Feb. 27.
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
WHATELY — A 53-year-old man from Chicopee was injured after he lost control of his 2021 GMC Canyon truck traveling southbound on Interstate 91 Friday evening, according to State Police.
By ALEXA LEWIS
HATFIELD — Cannabis cultivator River Valley Growers of Hatfield is suing neighboring Whately berry farm Nourse Farms for $17 million for allegedly contaminating thousands of pounds of crops with “negligent” spraying of pesticides.
By CHRIS LARABEE
SUNDERLAND — As the South County Senior Center’s feasibility study moves forward, residents of its member towns are invited to three public forums to learn about the options being considered for a future home for the center and provide feedback.
By CHRIS LARABEE
SOUTH DEERFIELD — The Frontier Regional School District School Committee approved an additional $100,000 for its fire panel replacement project this week while also awarding a $470,030 bid to Sterling-based DMH Electric.
By CHRIS LARABEE
SOUTH DEERFIELD — Ahead of the March public hearing, Frontier Regional School administrators pitched their fiscal year 2026 draft budget to the full School Committee Tuesday evening.
By CHRIS LARABEE
SOUTH DEERFIELD — After receiving numerous letters against proposed graduation requirements, the Frontier Regional School District School Committee Tuesday evening tabled a measure that would require students to still pass the MCAS or a similar standardized test to graduate.
Letters to the editor regularly appear here declaring that nothing need be done about our rapidly warming planet. The writers no longer deny the reality of a warming planet. Instead, they argue that it isn’t our doing. The verbal jujitsu goes as follows: “Yes the climate is changing … and it always has.”
By CHRIS LARABEE
With help from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR), businesses across Franklin County will use grant money to increase their capacity and expand the local food supply chain.
By CHRIS LARABEE
WHATELY — With the upcoming retirement of the town’s longtime highway superintendent, the Selectboard has kicked off the search process for a replacement.
By CHRIS LARABEE
WHATELY — The Selectboard conditionally approved the renewal of Club Castaway’s licenses Tuesday evening, as the business has paid off the majority of money it owed to the town.
By CHRIS LARABEE
WHATELY — Residents will soon have an opportunity to provide input on a proposed marijuana manufacturing bylaw amendment put forward by Debilitating Medical Condition Treatment Centers (DMCTC).
By CHRIS LARABEE
SOUTH DEERFIELD — Frontier Regional School administrators pitched their revised graduation requirement proposal to the School Committee this week, as schools around the state prepare for the fallout of Question 2.
By CHRIS LARABEE
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. When the calendar flipped to 2024, Conway and Deerfield were...
Staff Report
SUNDERLAND — The Sunderland Men’s Club, South County Senior Center and numerous volunteers came together on Christmas at the First Congregational Church of Sunderland to prepare and deliver more than 110 free meals to seniors in Deerfield, Sunderland...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
LEVERETT — A giant wooden cake with hundreds of electric candles, serving as a centerpiece of anniversary celebrations in several area communities, is on its way to another part of Massachusetts.The ceremonial 16-foot tall, 26-foot wide and 1-ton...
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...
By CHRIS LARABEE
SUNDERLAND — In what is becoming an annual tradition for community service, the South County Senior Center and the Sunderland Men’s Club are once again coming together to offer Christmas Day meals to older adults in Deerfield, Sunderland and Whately...
Whately Congregational Church hosting annual living nativity scene WHATELY — The Whately Congregational Church’s annual living nativity scene returns this weekend with live animals included.The annual Christmas event began in the mid-1990s and brings...
By CHRIS LARABEE
WHATELY — The Selectboard adopted a single tax rate for all properties in town of $13.34 per $1,000 valuation for fiscal year 2025, representing a roughly 2.5% decrease from the previous year.The decision came following an extended discussion...
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