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By ANDY CASTILLO

GREENFIELD — A rocking chair is prominent inside Baystate Franklin Medical Center’s birthing center — that’s where volunteer cuddlers provide human touch, which some mother’s aren’t able to give.Linda Jablonski, assistant manager of obstetrics, said...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Anthony Cutaia has one foot in the door of the recreational marijuana industry.The Orange resident opened the Good Vibes smoke shop at 9 East Main St. in mid-September to sell tobacco and smoking accessories. He hopes the store will...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Nearly 30 people started 2017 without jobs following the closure of Greenfield’s Burger King, which shut down at the end of the business day on Dec. 31.Increasing costs and declining sales played a large factor in the decision to close...

By AVIVA LUTTRELL

GREENFIELD — After recent vandalism to the nativity scene on the Town Common, the group responsible for setting it up is hoping to find a solution that will put an end to the damage without diminishing the spirit of the display.Some time Monday night,...

By ANDY CASTILLO

CHARLEMONT — Former state legislator and Agriculture Secretary Jay Healy stands in cascading sunlight, pouring through a small window in a storage barn at The Sawmill at Hall Tavern Farm, just off Route 2.“We have some of the best pine trees in the...

By ANDY CASTILLO

TURNERS FALLS — A man charged with attempted murder in connection to a cocaine-related knife stabbing on L Street around 7:30 p.m. Halloween night was arraigned in Greenfield District Court Tuesday afternoon.Bail was set at $10,000 for Christopher...

By AVIVA LUTTRELL

GREENFIELD — One day, in 1962, Bernard Ethier was painting when he had a revelation — the world is full of lines. He wasn’t the first to notice this. In his writings, Carlos Castaneda calls them “the lines of the world,” radiating from all things and...

By DIANE BRONCACCIO

ROWE — Although it happened 24 years ago, Leonard Laffond clearly remembers when the Yankee Rowe nuclear power plant announced it was closing for good.“That was the fateful day,” he said, finding a copy of the Feb. 27, 1992 Recorder, with its headline...

By ANDY CASTILLO

TURNERS FALLS — There won’t be as many student photographers looking for photo opportunities throughout Franklin County after October, when Hallmark Institute of Photography says goodbye to graduates for the last time.On Tuesday, the state confirmed...

By TOM RELIHAN

DEERFIELD — Deerfield Academy has settled a federal lawsuit filed by a former student who accused a former mathematics teacher at the prestigious private school of sexually abusing him.The victim, referred to in the lawsuit as “John Doe” and who was...

By TOM RELIHAN

GREENFIELD — A long-awaited substance abuse treatment center in Greenfield that’ll expand the region’s detox capacity by 64 beds is expected to take its first patients on Monday.The center, which has been under construction since the winter, will...

By LISA SPEAR

Lifelong passion behind new Turners Falls gun store- TURNERS FALLS — “Clink, clank” goes the sound of a shotgun barrel as Norm Emond Jr. demonstrates how to load and unload a gun. He is standing in front of a row of semi-automatic weapons in the Gun Rack, a shop that opened just a few days ago at 157...

By AVIVA LUTTRELL

Fire sale: Greenfield department to sell old call boxes- GREENFIELD — For many years, the Greenfield Fire Department used a wired fire alarm system with red, metal boxes attached to buildings and telephone poles throughout town with handles that could be pulled in case of an emergency.Now, the department is...

By LISA SPEAR

Gill vet Patrick Cotter enjoys the peace, quiet and animals- GILL — A new veterinarian practice in town is dedicated to keeping four-legged friends healthy while keeping their owners’ wallets in tact. After living and working in New York City for about 40 years, Patrick Cotter opened a new small animal practice...

By TOM RELIHAN

Road to ruin: A nurse's story of addiction- GREENFIELD — The mix of rain and sleet that buffeted Daniel Herlocker’s car the night of Dec. 9, 2014, was no match for the tears that streamed from his eyes as he made his way slowly home from Greenfield to Brattleboro, Vt.Earlier that night, he’d...