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By LIESEL NYGARD

Federal and local authorities say three people were killed on Sunday when a Beechcraft Baron aircraft crashed near the Greenfield-Leyden town line.According to Greenfield Deputy Police Chief William Gordon, the crash, involving a twin-engine,...

By MARY BYRNE

BUCKLAND — In partnering with the University of Washington, Franklin County’s YMCA plans to contribute to a study on the effectiveness of delivering a particular group exercise program remotely versus in person. The program, EnhanceFitness, is an...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The state Supreme Judicial Court has ordered a new trial for the former Greenfield man serving a life sentence for a 1994 murder.Elvio J. Marrero, 62, had his conviction overturned on Thursday, 28 years after being sent to the...

Dictionaries define “hate” as “intense or passionate dislike for someone or something.” When hate is intensified to a point where it defies death, yours or someone else’s, we might add, it becomes “pure hate.”And the world is full of it. Consider how...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — A Monson-based construction company is alleging a breach of contract and failure to pay $114,935 for services rendered at the cannabis cultivation facility on Arch Street.In its complaint, Sweitzer Construction claimed that as of Nov. 15,...

Virtual talk focusing on retirement planningGREENFIELD — In partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium, the Greenfield Public Library invites residents to learn how to avoid the hidden traps in retirement planning advice during a virtual talk...

By CHRIS LARABEE

Drawing on her own background of being an adopted Native American child and her journey to find her birth parents, a Greenfield author and activist is launching her fifth book alongside an ambitious project to document other adoptees.Longtime...

GREENFIELD — A Vermont man responsible for vehicle and house break-ins in Bernardston and Northfield last year has been sentenced to five years in jail after pleading guilty to criminal charges involving 11 victims.Schuyler D. Gibson, 40, of...

If we, or any other country, knowingly supplied the lethal gas used by the Nazi regime in their concentration, or should I say death camps we would be a most hated, pariah nation. History would be quite unkind to such a nation.But we, America, are...

By BELLA LEVAVI

GREENFIELD — Residents gathered on the Greenfield Common on Thursday morning to protest the injustice they say has taken place at Guantanamo Bay, the U.S. detention camp located in Cuba, for the past 22 years. “We want people to call for its closure...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — At a rate of $20.39 per $1,000 valuation, the tax rate for fiscal year 2024 increased by 3.7% over fiscal year 2023’s tax rate of $19.65.The new rate will be reflected in this month’s tax bills, according to Chief Assessor Randall...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — One of the five North Quabbin residents facing charges of kidnapping and other crimes stemming from an alleged incident last February has had nine of her charges dismissed while other charges, and all those of her co-defendants, remain in...

In the Jan. 6 Recorder there are two letters side by side. I vote for the one by Karl Meyer! The other refers to the “stop Trump at all cost” movement being “fueled by hate.” Ummm ... it seems to me that reality shows what’s fueled by hate is actually...

By MARY BYRNE

Social service agencies across the region will team up this month to get a headcount of people sleeping in shelters and, in some cases, outside. The annual Point-in-Time count is a national initiative set up by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — The Human Rights Commission discovered no evidence of harassment or intimidation at the Wells Street homeless shelter following an investigation into two brothers’ allegations of bullying and discrimination by Clinical & Support Options,...

A few questions after reading the recent My Turn disparaging Valley feminists [“Why are feminists silent about Oct. 7?” Recorder, Jan. 4]. First to the writer of that particular piece: Were you hoping to contribute anything useful to the conversation...

Local author to host book reading GREENFIELD — Local author and teacher Mk Smith Despres will host a reading and book signing at Imaginary Bookshop, located at 365 Main St., on Saturday. Despres will be at the bookshop from 11 a.m. to noon, reading...

As far away as it seems, the summer sun will be here before we know it, and so will an incredible opportunity to make a difference in a child’s life. The Fresh Air Fund, an esteemed nonprofit organization founded in 1877, provides this opportunity by...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — Greenfield Community College will host its 25th celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day with an expanded lineup of workshops that organizers hope will engage the community in new ways. “GCC is obviously such a social and cultural hub in...