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Education: ‘The gift that can never be taken away’
GILL — Northfield Mount Hermon School’s 138th commencement ceremony this Sunday was a hybrid event. While students, school staff and a limited number of guests were able to hold the ceremony in person at the school, it was also live-streamed... → Read More
Drive-by quilt show proves popular in Shelburne on Mother’s Day
SHELBURNE — Soon after noon on Sunday, as Jody Stetson finished hanging the last of the 58 quilts in her outdoor, socially distanced quilt show, a steady stream of at least one or two vehicles at a time started to appear on the normally quiet... → Read More
Tree spirit comes to life in Bernardston
BERNARDSTON — A tree spirit now watches over Church Street in central Bernardston.The sculpture, carved from the trunk of a mature maple tree, stands at least 10 feet high, and faces street-ward from Celt Grant’s home on Church Street (the Bernardston... → Read More
Question about hiring process
I’m curious the thought process that went into hiring Pioneer’s new principal Kevin Burke. He supposedly stepped down from Easthampton to spend more time with family but is now taking another principal job immediately? After the fiasco that was the... → Read More
Northfield Mount Herman gives grads a sendoff
GILL — Professional photographers and parents with iPhones switched into high gear about 15 minutes before graduation’s scheduled the 11 a.m. start, when teachers started molding a crowd of black caps and gowns into a line outside Northfield Mount... → Read More
Gas Engine Show returns to Pratt Field
BERNARDSTON — The Gas Engine Show and Flea Market is at Pratt Field on South Street for the second time this year, but a few new events and additions have been incorporated for attendees’ convenience.The show, now in its 43rd year, is a fundraiser for... → Read More
Where to celebrate Memorial Day in Franklin County
Ashfield The Town of Ashfield will hold a Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 27, starting at the Town Hall at 10 a.m., rain on shine. Bernardston The Bernardston Memorial Day parade will kick off from the Four Leaf Clover at 10 a.m. sharp and proceed... → Read More
Naturalist to lead edible plants walk Saturday
WARWICK — Wild plants can be eaten, but you have to know which ones to look for.A walk Saturday with naturalist John Root will give the basics of identifying edible plants in the wild. The tour is at Chase Hill Farm at 74 Chase Hill Road, starting at... → Read More
Greenfield resident honored for work with older adults
Greenfield resident Cynthia Jacelon was honored with The Loomis Communities’ Elvira Whiting Ball Award for her groundbreaking work to promote well-being in frail older adults during a Wednesday ceremony in Springfield. In addition to more than 35... → Read More
Talk of the Towns: May 24, 2019
Ashfield Al-Anon Meeting: Weekly at 7:30 p.m. Mondays at 469 Main St., opposite St. John’s Church.Athol Celebrate Recovery: A 12-step program open to all seeking freedom from hurts, hang-ups and habits. The program meets Tuesdays at 7 p.m. at the... → Read More
Riding for remembrance: Local motorcyclists head to Washington D.C.
GREENFIELD — Main Street was noisier than usual on Wednesday morning, when a fleet of eight motorcycles carrying nine military veterans took off from Veterans Mall at 8 a.m.The group consisted of members of the local chapter of Rolling Thunder, a... → Read More
East Northfield Water Company expecting 116 percent rate hikes in 2 years
NORTHFIELD — The East Northfield Water Company expects to increase rates by at least 116 percent over the next two years, due to recent operational losses and anticipated new requirements by the state Department of Environmental Protection.The company... → Read More
Leyden voters pass over two Town Meeting articles
LEYDEN — Annual Town Meeting voters deferred articles on Pioneer Valley Regional School District’s budget and an excise tax on bed-and-breakfasts in town, both to be revisited at a special town meeting planned for June 17.All other warrant articles... → Read More
Meet and greet Tuesday for new Pioneer Valley principal
NORTHFIELD — Kevin Burke, the new principal of Pioneer Valley Regional School, will be at a meet-and-greet Tuesday, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the school library.Burke replaces Principal Jean Bacon, who has been at Pioneer since fall 2016. Bacon announced... → Read More
Warwick Community School still isn’t closing
LEYDEN — Warwick Community School is not closing this year, the Pioneer Valley Regional School Committee decided, again, this week. This time it came down to a tie vote.The meeting on Thursday night was the second time the question of closing the... → Read More
New Schell Bridge in Northfield targeted for 2025
NORTHFIELD — A former timeline for the Schell Bridge rebuild came out of a meeting this week with project coordinators. Construction is expected to start early 2022, and will take two or three construction seasons.Schell Bridge used to link the two... → Read More
Leyden Selectboard backs 3 percent budget hike at TM
LEYDEN — Annual Town Meeting is Saturday, 9 a.m. at Town Hall.■The Selectboard recommends a budget of $1,785,749, which would be a 3-percent increase over this year’s $1,733,053. The budget includes no major capital expenses, Town Administrator... → Read More
Police: Bernardston man who removed tracking device nabbed
BERNARDSTON — Police caught fugitive Antonio Candello around 9 p.m. Tuesday night, after searching all day in the woods on the west side of Route 5, north of central Bernardston.Candello, who lives in Bernardston, was wanted on multiple arrest... → Read More
Committee proposes new budget to towns
NORTHFIELD — The Pioneer Valley Regional School District plans to propose a $14,224,966 budget to its four member towns in special town meetings in June. The number will not have to change if the School Committee closes Warwick Community School at its... → Read More
Pioneer School Committee revisits decision not to close Warwick school
WARWICK — A vote on closing Warwick Community School is on the Pioneer Valley Regional School Committee’s agenda for its meeting this Thursday.This is the second time the question of closing Warwick’s school has come up this year. The School Committee... → Read More