Buckland News

For a few hours on Saturday, the Foxtown Coffee Shop was the safest place in the county.

The vivid colors of fall reflected off the Deerfield River, blue sky accented with thin white clouds and the American flag straight in the October breeze make this picture of the Bridge of Flowers between Shelburne Falls and Buckland an icon for the season.

A trolley bridge was built in 1908 across the Deerfield River connecting the towns of Shelburne and Buckland in Massachusetts.

A scholarship has been set up in memory of the late Buckland man who lived through five days in the shark-infested, oil-slicked Pacific Ocean after the USS Indianapolis was sunk by the Japanese in World War II.

More frequent buses between Greenfield and West County for commuters and college students might be possible as early as this winter if the Franklin Regional Transit Authority receives a $100,000 federal grant.

Abington has a spacious new senior center but just lost its Council on Aging director to the town of Plymouth.

A 17-year-old juvenile was charged with disorderly conduct. 9:17 p.m. - Robert Nelson Rouleau, 61, of Hampton, was charged with driving after suspension/ revocation, false reports to law enforcement and conduct after an accident.

Jane E. Griswold, 99, of 1959 Kingston Road, South Kingston, R.I., formerly of Buckland, died Saturday at South County Hospital in Wakefield.

When Gabriel Abbott Memorial School opens its doors on Wednesday, the small population of 120 students might be surprised by a few missing faces among the faculty.

The sun was finally shining Monday as crews began their third day of searching for 18-year-old Shanara Henry.

The sun was finally shining Monday as crews began their third day of searching for 18-year-old Shanara Henry.

The Mettawee River Theatre Company presents its new production, Beyond the High Valley A Quechua Story on July 31 at Buckland-Shelburne Elementary School.

Eleanor 'Abbie' LaBelle, 78, lived in 'downtown' Shelburne Falls. She remembers playing kick-the-can or tag with other children in a vacant lot near her Conway Street home on summer evenings.

Celebrating Father's Day turned into a community wide event for one Franklin County Town Sunday.

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.

Franklin County Technical School's electrical students install the first of nine panels for a 2 kilowatt photovoltaic array that will track the sun, offset power requirements for the school's greenhouse, and provide a stream of data for students to study in the school's solar training program throughout each year.

Athol High School's Jeremy Buckland and Mohawk Trail Regional High School's Marissa Avery both qualified for the New England Track & Field Championships with their top-tier performances at the Massachusetts All-State Championships on Saturday in Fitchburg.

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.

Phyllis Bray Joyce, 84, previously of Amherst, died Saturday, May 9, 2009, at Charlene Manor Extended Care Facility in Greenfield.

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.