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Joanne Belair of Turners Falls is decorating holiday cookies with Sylvie Clemente, 5, and her sister Eva Clemente, 7.

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In the kitchen with two creative bakers

by Tinky Weisblat For the RecorderDecember 13, 2022

A holiday gift of a different sort has appeared on the Rail Trail in early December for the past several years. Some imaginative holiday-minded soul decorates a small juniper tree with ornaments and garlands of colored balls. Additional ornaments show up every day on the meager boughs, most likely hung on the tree by trail walkers wanting to share their own measure of good cheer.

Get Growing with Mickey Rathbun: Gifts for the gardener

by Mickey Rathbun For the RecorderDecember 13, 2022

Sometimes the most delcious dish at the table isn’t something you eat: family matriarch Alice spends quality time with her new grandson, Jackson.

Food

An alternative way to celebrate: Appy Night

by Tinky Weisblat For the RecorderDecember 6, 2022

Years before they founded Woodsmith Forestry, Eric Donnelly and Ezra Ward honed their outdoor skills in a high school club called Survival Living.

Caring for local trees, resources and each other

by Eveline Macdougall For the RecorderDecember 5, 2022

Carol Lively cooks at her mother's home in Rowe.

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Cooking with happy memories

by Tinky Weisblat For the RecorderNovember 29, 2022

Bernardston resident Kim Fawcett poses for a photo with her finished wreath at Sunday’s wreath-making workshop at Leyden Town Hall.

Wreath makers get crafty at Leyden Town Hall

by Julian Mendoza Staff WriterNovember 28, 2022

Clara Hallett (Tinky’s grandmother) with baby Janice (Tinky’s mom).

Food

A Mock Cherry Pie for Thanksgiving

by Tinky Weisblat For the RecorderNovember 22, 2022

Janine Papesh of Whately prepares all the ingredients before cooking her stuffed squash.

Food

A generous cook and her squash

by Tinky Weisblat For the RecorderNovember 15, 2022

Gaillardia, also known as blanket flower, are the featured plant for July in the 2023 UMass Garden Calendar. They are brightly colored flowers in the family Asteraceae (sunflower) that includes annuals, biennials, and perennials that are native to the Americas.

Get Growing with Mickey Rathbun: Perennial advice in the 2023 UMass Garden Calendar

by Mickey Rathbun For the RecorderNovember 14, 2022

Amy Donovan of the Franklin County Solid Waste District in the shed full of recycling bins stored at the Franklin County Fairgrounds.

Demystifying the recycling quagmire

by Eveline Macdougall For the RecorderNovember 14, 2022