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A great view of Pioneer Valley from Mount Sugarloaf in South Deerfield.

Native Insight: Hidden Sugarloaf gems are a delight to those who can find them

by Gary Sanderson For The RecorderJuly 14, 2017

This weathered arrangement of stones backed by a cairn and located on a remote local ridgetop, was identified by stone-structure expert James E. Gage as a Native American prayer seat. Gage, who viewed many photos of the site, and his mother Mary Gage have written many books about stone structures in the Northeast.

Native Insight: The unknown, ever so enticing

by Gary Sanderson Recorder StaffJuly 7, 2017

A great view of Pioneer Valley from Mount Sugarloaf in South Deerfield.

Native Insight: South Sugarloaf is a descriptor that seems to have come out of nowhere

by Gary Sanderson Recorder StaffJune 30, 2017

A great view of Pioneer Valley from Mount Sugarloaf in South Deerfield.

Native Insight: Despite ancient stories, some things left up to imagination

by Gary Sanderson For The RecorderJune 16, 2017

The two yellow lines forming an inverted V show the ancient fork in the road that greeted settlers at the site of the Bloody Brook ambush in South Deerfield. The solid black line follows Main Street to Long Plain Road in Whately. The red dashes show the approximate course of an abandoned path leading straight to the foot of Mount Sugarloaf and on to River Road in Whately. Both indigenous paths led to nascent Hatfield village in the 17th century.

Native Insight: A fork in the road

by Gary Sanderson Recorder StaffMay 26, 2017

East Colrain’s National Wild Turkey Federation Hall of Famer James Bolduc displays a commemorative box call and plaque he received recently at the inaugural NWTF HOF banquet in New Hampshire.

Colrain turkey hunter inaugural New England Hall of Famer

by Gary Sanderson Recorder StaffFebruary 14, 2017

This is the type of Atlantic salmon officials of the now-defunct Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Restoration Project dreamed of anglers catching on New England’s longest river after they re-established a large enough viable seasonal run to support sportfishing..

Carlson responds to work criticizing her 1992 New England salmon hypothesis

by Gary Sanderson Recorder StaffNovember 21, 2016

Outdoor Notes: Different takes on that claw-scarred East Colrain doe

by Gary Sanderson Recorder StaffNovember 9, 2016

This is the showy front of an NFL High School Honor Roll football and its labeled holder sent last year to Frontier Regional School in honor of alum Mark Chmura, who played for the victorious Green Bay Packers in 1997’s Super Bowl XXXI, a 35-21 win over Bill Parcells’ New England Patriots.

Chmura pays surprise visit to alma mater

by Gary Sanderson Recorder StaffNovember 2, 2016

Frontier football coach Don Gordon stands in his Greenfield home’s front yard Tuesday morning on a leave-blowing mission. Friday night, his Red Hawks will host Turners Falls in a big-time Intercounty League North battle with a lot at stake.

High School & Youth

Gordon waited patiently for Frontier football coaching job

by Gary Sanderson Recorder StaffOctober 25, 2016