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The Recorder - Greenfield, Massachusetts
Just Plain Neighbors: Buckland native wants names of all who served
Robert Purinton, a native of Buckland, is on a mission. He wants a monument created to list names of all persons who served in the military from World War I on.
The Recorder - Greenfield, Massachusetts
Ashfield farm debuts 'solar smoothies'
Two years ago, Sidehill Farm was gearing up to turn milk from its small herd of Normandy cows into the region's first homemade organic yogurt.
The Recorder - Greenfield, Massachusetts
Forum, tours focus on green homes, new communities
Good fences make good neighbors, poet Robert Frost wrote. But that was in the days before ''sustainable'' became a buzzword along with ''ecological'' -- concepts that are woven into alternative housing arrangements like Wisdom Way Solar Village, Salmon Falls Co-Housing Association and Katywil ''eco-village'' in Colrain.
Robert Nylen memorial reading tonight in Northampton
Perhaps the only bad thing about having enormous talent is that it can be taken away, and too soon.
The Recorder - Greenfield, Massachusetts
Harvesting farmers' stories: Local radio producer's idea grows into...
Wesley Horner had spent three decades in Boston and Washington, D.C., producing radio documentaries and performances with Billy Joel, the Boston Philharmonic, Lena Horne, Dave Brubeck, Jerry Lee Lewis and other notables before he landed in Franklin County six years ago and met some of Franklin County's farming families.
Savoy Memorial Day parade planned
The town has something special in store for this year's Memorial Day parade as fire apparatus from 20 different departments will be featured in a parade beginning at 3:30 p.m. Fire Chief Lawrence Ordyna has sought help from fire agencies in Adams, Ashfield, Charlemont, Cheshire, Chesterfield, Clarksburg, Colrain, Cummington, Florida, Hawley, ...
The Recorder - Greenfield, Massachusetts
Gilbert ''Bud'' Howes, 90, of Ashfield died on Mother's Day, May 10, 2009. Born on April 27, 1919, he was the son of the late Leon and Stella Howes and coincidentally died on his late Mom's birthday.
Calories to be posted on menus
A new regulation will force restaurants to post calorie counts on their menu. The Massachusetts Public Health Council passed the regulation Wednesday.
There's something about facing death that seems to draw people to the face of a mountain.
Hawley thwarts plans to merge Hawlemont, Mohawk Trail regional school districts
By DAVID A. VALLETTE dvallette@repub.com HAWLEY - A plan for the Hawlemont Regional School District to merge with the Mohawk Trail Regional School District has been thwarted by the town of Hawley, and it is unclear if it can be resurrected.
The Recorder - Greenfield, Massachusetts
Ashfield selectman holds onto seat
Despite a write-in challenger, Selectboard member Thomas Ulrich of Norton Hill Road was able to keep his seat for another three-year term in Saturday's annual town election.
Franklin County Health Officials are the first in Western Mass to issue a statement about swine flu.
Massachusetts confirms 2 cases of swine flu in Lowell
This is a 7:40 p.m. update of a story originally posted at noon. By MICHAEL McAULIFFE mmcauliffe@repub.com The state Department of Public Health Wednesday confirmed the first two cases of swine flu in Massachusetts.
The Recorder - Greenfield, Massachusetts
Communities to vote on expanding Mohawk Trail Regional District
By DAVID A. VALLETTE dvallette@repub.com CHARLEMONT - Annual Town Meetings on dates spread throughout the month of May will determine whether the state's oldest regional school district dissolves into a larger district.
Clark, Alvan , a United States maker of astronomical lenses. Five times his firm, Alvan Clark & Sons, made the then-largest telescope lens in the world.
The Recorder - Greenfield, Massachusetts
Even after ice damage, maple syrup holds steady
Despite a devastating December storm that damaged many maple sugar trees, as this year's season winds down many sugarers in Franklin County report an average season.
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