Bernardston News

How does the figure 835,000 visitors sound? Pretty impressive. That's the latest count for The Visitor Center in Greenfield and still counting.

With debate about the proposed biomass plant for Greenfield sometimes getting rancorous, Eric Wasileski, pastor of the Bernardston Unitarian Church, said he wanted to offer a neutral setting for both sides to have their views heard.

Milton H. Streeter, 91, of Amherst, formerly of Bernardston, died Sunday at the Hadley at Elaine Care and Rehabilitation Center.

Who is making sure our "public'' utilities are really improving our energy conservation? . MassSave has not improved energy conservation.

Lionel ''Paul'' Gagnon Jr. has spent most of his adult life fighting fires and responding to emergency calls in the area -- always helping others, because that's what he loves.

The small hilltown that some of its officials say struggles to maintain its agrarian identity will have plenty of opportunity to show it off this weekend when it celebrates its 200th birthday.

Powerful winds brought down power lines and limbs across the Pioneer Valley. Early Wednesday a branch on Hope Street struck power lines, leaving a handful of business and about 600 residents without power.

Stella F. Pelis, 92, of Turnpike Road, Park Villa Apts., died Sunday at Poet's Seat Health Care Center in Greenfield.

A 20-year-old Bernardston man was sentenced in U.S. District Court to six months in a halfway house and six months in home detention for possession of child pornography.

Jacqueline and Robert Gaines have created a maze in the shape of a cow on their dairy farm in Bernarston.

A rash of as many as six break-ins have occurred this week in the towns of Bernardston, Northfield and Gill, police said.

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The following items were recorded in the log of the Amesbury police: Michael D. Piercey, 44, 49 High St., Newburyport, was arrested Tuesday at 8:49 a.m. on two warrants.

Beverly A. Stratford, 79, of 387 Brattleboro Road, died Sunday afternoon at Baystate Franklin Medical Center, Greenfield.

Edward F. Shaw, 67, of Parrish, Fla., formerly of Bernardston, died Wednesday at Charlene Manor Extended Care Facility in Greenfield.

It's back-to-school season, and many stores are hoping parents spend. Retail sales were down in July, so the industry is relying on August's back-to-school sales for a boost.

A 133-acre farm with woodland has been placed under conservation restriction -- part of what's been called an ''ecologically important landscape and public water supply watershed'' totaling an estimated 1,800 acres of protected land in Bernardston and Leyden.

Now in its 60th year, the Four Leaf Clover Restaurant in Bernardston has its roots in the region's past.

In a time when many farmers are struggling just to remain afloat, a Westport dairy farm is making yet another move to ensure its future in bucolic South Westport.

When life hands you lemons, make lemon squares, Paul Abbey might have advised his culinary arts students at Franklin County Technical School, where he taught for 30 years.