The Northfield Planning Board narrowly denied BlueWave Solar’s special permit application for a new 4,316-panel solar array on Pine Meadow Road in a 3-2 vote on Tuesday night.

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The Rev. Randy Calvo, pastor at the congregational churches in Sunderland and Hatfield, second from left, chats with the Rev. Cynthia Crosson-Harrington, pastor of the Whately Congregational Church at ...

As part of the 2026 Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) conference in Baltimore in March, PVWW founder Joy Deva Baglio (kneeling, front) took part in "Nevermore," a reading featuring ...

Adam Zawalich doesn’t play guitar, but he sure likes making them. The 40-year-old luthier and Shelburne Falls resident has been making guitars for more than a decade, starting his journey in 2015 when ...

Mohawk Trail boys soccer coach Jake Thurber addresses the team at practice, Friday in Buckland. Credit: ADAM HARGRAVES / Staff Photo Sign up for the Recorder's FREE morning newsletter and get ...

Sign up for the Recorder's FREE morning newsletter and get essential news each day. Sign me up The race for the Democratic nomination for the 1st Franklin District ...

Sometimes spur‑of‑the‑moment travel delivers the best surprises. A few years ago, on a random Wednesday, my partner asked if I wanted to go to Chicago for the weekend. Sure. Why not? Three days in the ...

The last days of summer during my childhood here in Hawley were golden, both literally and figuratively. The landscape was filled with the bright yellow of sunflowers and the duller yellow of hay. The ...

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BERNARDSTON — The Bernardston Historical Society Museum at 20 Church St. will be open on Sunday, Sept. 6, from 1 to 4 p.m. Included in the museum’s collection are household relics, vintage farm ...

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