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By MADISON SCHOFIELD

Four Franklin County businesses and schools have been awarded $12,312 in micro-grants to aid in efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle.Swanson’s Fabrics and Hens & Chicks Consignment Store, along with Colrain Central School and Sanderson Academy, were...

‘How to Love a Forest’ reading set for Friday SHELBURNE FALLS — Vermont author and forester Ethan Tapper will read from his debut novel, “How to Love a Forest,” at Raven Used Books on Conway Street on Friday, Oct. 11, at 7 p.m.The book follows...

Wildlife Weekend planned at Apex Orchards SHELBURNE — Apex Orchards invites residents to meet a collection of insects while enjoying fall activities at Wildlife Weekend on Saturday, Oct. 5, and Sunday, Oct. 6. The orchard will host numerous bug-themed...

On Sept. 7, the trustees of the Griswold Memorial Library held their annual Colrain Fix-it Day, a free event that brings the community together for the New England tradition of helping each other repair and mend. Many commented on the unintended...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — Native shrubs and flowers have been planted in the town center, encouraging native insects to make Colrain their home.Elizabeth Erickson, an organizer behind the Colrain Pollinator Garden, said the project has been a work in progress for a...

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — The Whately Diner and Shelburne Falls’ Iron Bridge will soon return to the silver screen — alongside the debut of other Franklin County locations — as a local director prepares to begin filming his first feature-length...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — The Colrain Fire Department is rolling out a program geared toward increasing safety by offering free smoke detectors, lock boxes and classes on what to do during an emergency. Volunteer firefighter Alex Lilly recently took a trip to the...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE FALLS — A steady flow of art is arriving to the Shelburne-Buckland Community Center at 53 Main St. this week for the Colrain Historical Society’s fifth annual Colrain on Canvas.The show, to be held Saturday, Sept. 21, and Sunday, Sept. 22,...

By DOMENIC POLI

Police in Leyden and Colrain say they received reports this week of tampered mailboxes.Bernardston Police Chief James Palmeri said dozens of mailbox doors were deliberately left open along Greenfield Road in Leyden, where his department provides...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — Construction on the Jacksonville Road slope stabilization project is set to begin on Monday.Work will include removing material from a failed slope along the road, constructing a new slope made up of layers of crushed stone and filter fabric...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

The steering committee tasked with overseeing a sustainability study that examines the various challenges faced by the Mohawk Trail and Hawlemont Regional school districts is ready to move into Phase 3, which will entail a deeper analysis of the data...

Woodsmen to share logging lore COLRAIN — A group of local woodsmen and colleagues will share their stories and reflections on logging, lumbering and mill work in Colrain for a program presented by the Colrain Historical Society on Thursday, Sept. 12,...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — A new preschool called Colrain Sapling School is looking to grow a love of nature in the next generation when it opens to students for its first fall session starting Sept. 9.The preschool is the brainchild of two residents who wanted to...

Colrain Fix-It Day set for SaturdayCOLRAIN — Instead of throwing their broken items away, community members are invited to bring them to Griswold Memorial Library on Saturday, Sept. 7, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to be repaired at the annual Colrain Fix-It...

By EVELINE MACDOUGALL

(Editor’s note: Last week’s column focused on the Colrain home of Jon Lagrèze and Judith Roberts; this week we learn about their garden.)Jonathan “Jon” Lagrèze built his first farm structure before losing any baby teeth. At age 5 – after “borrowing”...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — A study is underway to find affordable wastewater treatment solutions for the Colrain Sewer District.The sewer district has awarded a contract to Westfield environmental engineering firm Wright-Pierce to develop next steps for treating the...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

GREENFIELD — Gordon Randall Kehler was many things to those in his life: a father, brother, friend, pacifist, war-tax resister and social justice activist, to name some.Kehler, known to his loved ones as Randy, died on July 21, at the age of 80, at...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — The Council on Aging’s foot clinics are seeking a new home, prompting town officials to consider the broader question of where to offer senior services in a town without a senior center.The foot clinic, a by-appointment health clinic hosted...

By EVELINE MACDOUGALL

Years ago, while visiting the Colrain home of Jon Lagrèze and Judith Roberts, two elderly sisters were astonished and amused by an apparatus installed above the stove, from which hung pots and pans. Lagrèze fashioned it from parts of an old conveyor...

NAMI event to feature conversations on mental healthSHELBURNE FALLS — The Water Street Barn & Studio at 31 Water St. will host an afternoon of live music and conversations on mental health to support the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — More beer is in store now that Stoneman Brewery has secured more than $40,000 to buy new kegs and create an expanded storage space at its 20 Stetson Brothers Road facility. The brewery was awarded a $20,000 Massachusetts Growth Capital...