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History Society program to detail murder of Civil War vet COLRAIN — “Murder on Catamount” will be the topic of a program following this month’s meeting of the Colrain Historical Society at the Stacy Barn, 8 Main Road, on Thursday, June 13.Prentice...

By CHRIS LARABEE

BUCKLAND — Incumbent Selectboard Chair Clinton “Clint” Phillips fended off a challenge from Planning Board member Maria-Elena Mariel Olcoz in Tuesday’s town election, as he was reelected to his seat, 313-59.The Selectboard race was the only contested...

By CHRIS LARABEE

BUCKLAND — A woman was taken to Cooley Dickinson Hospital Wednesday afternoon following a single-vehicle rollover crash on Route 112 near Purinton Road.Shelburne Police Department Sgt. Kurt Gilmore said the driver, a woman in her 60s, suffered what...

Goodnow earns Deane Jones Memorial Scholarship Mohawk Trail Regional School student Sophia Goodnow of Shelburne received this year’s $1,000 Deane Jones Memorial Scholarship.This award is given through Trinity Church to a graduating high school student...

By VIRGINIA RAY

BUCKLAND — Following a request for proposals, the Selectboard has chosen Jay Heilman and Jake Orzechowski of JPH Building, a custom residential home design/contracting firm, to buy the former police station on Conway Street. “We’re very excited in...

By CHRIS LARABEE

BUCKLAND — After a successful implementation in the middle school, Mohawk Trail Regional School is expanding its “Off and Away, All Day!” pilot program to the high school to curb student cellphone use and introduce a consistent policy across the...

By DOMENIC POLI

SHELBURNE FALLS — Kenneth Butler knew that when he departed for Bradley International Airport on Friday morning it was the final time he would be in his native western Massachusetts until he is laid to rest next to his parents in Greenfield.The...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

BUCKLAND — Thirty-seven graduation caps flew through the air Friday evening at Mohawk Trail Regional School’s Class of 2024 graduation ceremony. Addressing her classmates, Valedictorian Kaylin Sumner recounted the trials, tribulations and joyful...

By CHRIS LARABEE

BUCKLAND — When voters head to the polls Tuesday, they’ll be faced with one contested race as incumbent Selectboard Chair Clinton “Clint” Phillips faces a challenge from Maria-Elena Mariel Olcoz, who currently serves on the Planning Board, for a...

By DIANE BRONCACCIO

BUCKLAND — Cynthia Schwartz was only 4 years old when the first Buckland Recreation Area swimming pool opened in 1963, but she remembers a town parade and the hoopla surrounding Buster Crabbe, an Olympic gold-medal swimmer and “Flash Gordon” film star...

BUCKLAND — Leanne Blaszak, a seventh grade English language arts teacher at Mohawk Trail Regional School, offered students in her classes the opportunity to become published authors.But there was a requirement. Each story could only be 100 words...

Seventh Grade High Honors: Maya Baunsgard, Kayden Berry, Harper Briggs, Joshua Cerone, Teagan Donahue, Oliver Ferris, Zavel Gardner, Armando Gonzalez, Ava LaCross, Abigail Osterman, Ryah Pizzi, Kaylin Sevoian, Madelynn Weller, Ryleigh Westort, Anna...

BUCKLAND — In recognition of his social studies and civics instruction that aims to create better citizens and young advocates, Mohawk Trail Regional School eighth grade teacher Brennan Tierney has received the Massachusetts Council for the Social...

The Franklin County Solid Waste Management District is holding a “Clean Sweep” Bulky Waste Recycling Day on Saturday, May 11, from 9 a.m. to noon at three locations, including one new spot this year.Instead of the Northfield Highway Garage, the Erving...

Historical Society program focusing on GriswoldvilleCOLRAIN — The Colrain Historical Society’s May program will be a photographic journey through the village of Griswoldville as it was in 1920.The free program will be held Thursday, May 9, at 7:30...

By LIESEL NYGARD

BUCKLAND — Roughly 70 voters passed all 28 articles at Annual Town Meeting on Saturday, most notably adopting a new bylaw to better regulate short-term rentals and approving budget requests totaling nearly $5.88 million for fiscal year 2025. The...

By DIANE BRONCACCIO

BUCKLAND — Voters will consider adopting a new bylaw to better regulate short-term rentals and will review budget requests totaling nearly $5.88 million for fiscal year 2025 during Annual Town Meeting on Saturday.The meeting will be held at 10 a.m....

By GRACE LEE

BUCKLAND — Mohawk Trail Regional School’s theater program is bringing audiences a light-hearted, family-friendly musical for its spring production: “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.”Performances will be held Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 4, both...

The Buckland Union Cemetery Association Inc. will hold its annual spring cleanup on Saturday, April 27 from 10 a.m. to noon. Volunteers are needed to help remove sticks, seasonal decorations, dead flowers and wreaths, broken items, and debris in our...