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By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Fourth Grade Newton Elementary School teacher Rachel Haag said she knew she had been selected for a Grinspoon Award when Superintendent Karin Patenaude and Assistant Superintendent Stephen Sullivan walked into her office with flowers one day.

SUNDERLAND — Frontier Community Access Television (FCAT) will host open hours for drop-in video editing help each Wednesday from 2 to 4 p.m.

Old school coaching tells us to leave emotion out of sport.We’ve heard it all before – Toughen up! We need you! Get it together! Stop crying!

By DANIEL CANTOR YALOWITZ

This period of time can be seen as suffocating and paralyzing for many. We’re in trouble, our country is hurting big time, and many are suffering. At times like this, people have a stark choice to make — how and do we move forward?

By MICHAEL ALBANO

I’d like to offer some points of clarification regarding the recent Recorder article, “Commission calls for public hearing on dam” (April 8). First, although I am a retired fish biologist/scientist emeritus with the USGS, I am currently a volunteer consultant for the Connecticut River Conservancy (CRC) for their dam removal projects, not a CRC staff member.

I thought that I might offer Donald Trump some wisdom; he seems to be in dire need of help. Here is, “the first rule of holes,” wisdom which I have found very helpful, and he seems to need this rule. Here it is, “When you find yourself up to your neck in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.”

Greenfield built this beautiful new senior center which is so underused and uninviting. There’s no sense of community there. Virtually no activities. Senior art shows? Quilting circles? BINGO? Senior dances? Anything? What exactly is the director’s job if not create activities and promote the center as a place our seniors want to go to. I encourage the director to explore new ways to serve the elders in our community. Please.

I am very disappointed in the coverage I saw in the Recorder of the Hands Off! demonstrations on April 5.  Not only did it not get the lead, it was hidden further back in section B and it only covered local events.  There were over five million people demonstrating across the country and millions more around the world.  There were three buses that went to Boston and 11 more from western Massachusetts.  Isn’t any of this newsworthy?  What Donald Trump and Elon Musk and the other billionaires are doing to this country is treason and not having the free press documenting this and our efforts to stop it only distorts the truth.  Please do better on future demonstrations which will be many.

Being an old lady with multiple health issues has been an obstacle to participating in previous protests to the vengeful policies of this oppressive regime. But, I was getting really upset with myself for not doing so. Watching the TV, the devastating acts of this wannabe dictator on all Americans, including those who support him, and not doing anything became intolerable. So, I looked for local April 5 events online and found one somewhat close by in South Hadley. I grabbed my cane and went.

By DOUG FERGUSON

Rory McIlroy wins Masters playoff to complete the career Grand Slam

By GREG VINE

ATHOL — Waking up to raw temperatures, rain and 2-3 inches of snow on the ground failed to deter many who signed up to run in the annual Big Cheese 5K, which has become a big part of River Rat Race weekend.

By HANNAH MORIN

Despite a morning of rain, sleet and remnants of snow, the 60th annual River Rat Race started right on time at 1 p.m. on Saturday, sending 194 canoes down the Millers River from Athol to Orange.

By ELLA ADAMS

BOSTON — As National Institutes of Health funding cuts loom over research institutions and the overarching outlook for the system of higher education falters under Trump administration actions, industry leaders are attempting to raise alarm and steady the sector’s footing.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — For Sunderland Elementary School teacher Jodie Fraser, it’s all about connecting with the students where they’re at and fostering that relationship to help the kids grow emotionally and academically.

By DOMENIC POLI

WENDELL — Walk into Kelly Tyler’s new office at 9 Morse Village Road and you’ll see some large pieces of paper on the wall, serving as a reminder of the short-term and long-term projects handled by the town coordinator.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

Three Franklin County farms have been awarded $101,875 in land stewardship grants from the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR) to aid in maintenance efforts that will ensure the land remains farmable for future generations.

GREENFIELD — Stoneleigh-Burnham School won first place during the annual Public Speaking Tournament that was hosted on its campus on Sunday, April 6.

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

TURNERS FALLS — With one out in the bottom of the seventh inning and runners on first and third in a tie game, Turners Falls coach Gary Mullins asked Autumn Thornton, about to bat, if she would rather bunt or try to get a hit against Greenfield ace MacKenzie Paulin. 

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A Southbridge man was sentenced on Friday to time served and two years’ probation after changing his plea on four charges related to a 2023 incident in which a man was stabbed in Orange before the assailants led police on a high-speed chase that ended in Belchertown.