Laurel Demkovich, Author at Greenfield Recorder

Baystate doctor killed while on vacation

by Laurel Demkovich For The RecorderAugust 17, 2017

A Baystate Health obstetrician was killed Sunday in Vancouver, British Columbia, after he and two family members were struck by a charter bus.Dr. Michael P. Plevyak, 49, a 15-year-old girl and an elderly man were standing near Burrard Street and…

Submitted PhotoFriends of Courtney Carton brought this poster to a thesis breakfast in June. “Courtney was on her way to finishing her thesis before she died. We wanted to bring her to the celebration space,” said Amee Catalano. Two Smith College graduate students are working with its School of Social Work to honor Carton who died before she was able to complete her master’s program.

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Smith College grads seek to honor late classmate

by Laurel Demkovich For The RecorderAugust 12, 2017

Susie Mosher, of Shutesbury, reads and holds a sign while waiting for Shutesbury residents Clif and Arleen Read, of Shutesbury, to arrive in Shutesbury Center after riding in C2C4Charlie, a cross-country bicycle ride to benefit the Epilepsy Foundation in honor of their son, Charlie Read, who died a year ago.

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Shutesbury couple gets touching homecoming as coast-to-coast bike ride for their late son nears end

by Laurel Demkovich For The RecorderAugust 10, 2017

Anna Meyer of Hart Farm in Conway, talks about late blight that has started spreading in tomato crops throughout the Pioneer Valley.

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Late blight crops up in Valley tomatoes

by Laurel Demkovich For The RecorderAugust 9, 2017

U.S. Sen. Edward Markey speaks during his town hall discussion Monday at Forest Park School in Springfield.

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Markey talks about health care, immigration

by Laurel Demkovich For The RecorderAugust 8, 2017

Evan Chakrin, a UMass Amherst junior studying horticulture, harvests butterhead bibb lettuce from a hydroponic raft bed at the new UMass Hydrofarm.

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UMass researchers run hydroponic farm

by Laurel Demkovich For The RecorderAugust 8, 2017

Ashfield residents Rebecca Bradshaw, left, Nina Coler, Diane Sibley, Jody Hall, and Donna and Will Elwell, all of the Sugar Shack Alliance, sing in solidarity July 24, 2017 during a peaceful gathering at the Thoreau Cabin Pipeline Barricade constructed on Sue Baxter's Sandisfield property, which directly abuts the easement granted to Kinder Morgan for construction of the Connecticut Expansion Pipeline project that runs through Otis State Forest.

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22 arrested at pipeline protest in Sandisfield

by Laurel Demkovich For The RecorderJuly 30, 2017

Zachariah Vaughan, owner of Grace Paint and Tile, washes the cow on the roof of the Creamery Grocery in Cummington Wednesday morning.

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Three years since her last bath?

by Laurel Demkovich For The RecorderJuly 27, 2017

Author Archives: Laurel Demkovich

Baystate doctor killed while on vacation

Smith College grads seek to honor late classmate

Shutesbury couple gets touching homecoming as coast-to-coast bike ride for their late son nears end

Late blight crops up in Valley tomatoes

Markey talks about health care, immigration

UMass researchers run hydroponic farm

22 arrested at pipeline protest in Sandisfield

Three years since her last bath?

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