Charlemont News

CHARLEMONT The proof of the pudding may be in the eating, but on Saturday, it was in Charlemont.

Beginning this column with a list isn't usual, but this list of awards from the Shelburne Falls Area Business Association's Bridge of Flower's Race Mini Grants is good news to 12 recipients.

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.

Every place has its tales of supernatural specters, haunted houses and ghostly apparitions -- and the hills of Berkshire County are no exception.

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14. Both city clerk offices will be open until 8 p.m. that day. Check out our hot-dog eating video.

If town officials approve a special permit for Berkshire East Ski Resort's proposed wind turbine, the ski resort and zip-line recreation center is prepared to offer four incentives to benefit the town.

A freak accident kills a Franklin County man. Firefighters rushed to Warner Hill Road in Charlemont where they found a man trapped under a tree.

A 60-year-old Charlemont man who was cutting trees for firewood on Warner Hill Road Monday morning was killed when a tree fell on him, Northwestern District Attorney Elizabeth D. Scheibel said Monday night.

At exactly 10:55 a.m. yesterday morning, the sound began wafting over the green expanse of Bowe Field.

Thelma C. Shaw, 99, formerly of Bridge Street, died Monday, Sept. 28, 2009, at the Anchorage Nursing Home.

A tradition that began as a Sunday ride saw its 28th installment Sunday morning as 200 to 300 motorcyclists, braving the wet weather, rode from Bowe Field to raise money for a local cause.

Every fall for the last 28 years, the rumble of motorcycle engines has been heard throughout the hill towns as the Fall Run Motorcycle Ride to benefit the Springfield Shriners Hospital rolls along.

As soon as legendary Irish director Vincent Dowling heard about the 463-seat Abby Theatre at the Cultural Center of Eagle Hill in Hardwick, a rivalry was in progress.

Developers of a proposed 331-foot-tall wind turbine to generate electricity for the Berkshire East Ski Resort answered Planning Board questions regarding the turbine's impact on nearby wildlife and houses; but supporters expressed concern that permitting process delays are going to keep the ski resort from doing any construction work this year, ...

One more local picture of the Sen. Ted Kennedy visiting in Franklin County has come my way.

A man accused of beating and kidnapping his estranged wife from her home around 4:20 a.m. Sunday, was arrested nearly 12 hours later in a trailer park on Zoar Road in Charlemont.

Much has been made of New England's colorful falls, which will come soon enough, but my cup is filled by its deep green summers.

Problems on the Deerfield River in Charlemont are nothing new, in fact, several years ago a committee formed to address problems there.

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