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By LIESEL NYGARD

GILL — After at least 47 years of combined service, the leaders of the Gill Newsletter have retired and passed the torch on to their successors.In March, editor Susan LaScala, along with Barbara Watson who solicits advertisements and Harry van Baaren...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL — The Christmas in July celebration has been a local tradition since 2003. In the last four years, though, cancellations or delays have become secondary traditions, impacting the event’s continuity.Longtime organizer Sharon Constantine is hopeful...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GREENFIELD — When the traveling youth circus troupe Circus Smirkus comes to the Franklin County Fairgrounds this weekend, the roster of performers includes one Franklin County resident.The Greensboro, Vermont-based troupe, made up of youths ages 11 to...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL — In the two decades since the Wagon Wheel Restaurant opened its doors, owners Carolann Zaccara and Jon Miller have seen both the positives and negatives of starting a business full-time.“There’s been a lot of positive things,” Miller said. “The...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL — After serving a combined 18 years as an officer and sergeant, Police Sgt. Jason Bassett plans to retire from full-time work at the end of August.Bassett, 52, first began working as a part-time officer for Gill in 2006 and left in 2008 to serve...

Our state continues to hemorrhage citizens. According to IRS data and reported in The Boston Herald last month. This state lost $3.9 billion dollars in tax revenues in 2022.Buyers remorse for “Fair Share” millionaires tax, anyone?Yet, they’ll spend...

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

A good meal enjoyed outside is a wonderful addition to any summer day.Whatever you’re in the mood for, Franklin County has delicious, fresh food to enjoy outdoors with the backdrop of the gorgeous local scenery. Here are five recommendations for...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GILL — Two individuals were hospitalized Tuesday evening after a vehicle swerved off of Route 2 and crashed into a tree, according to Fire Chief Gene Beaubien. Beaubien said a bystander pulled one of the two individuals from the vehicle. Orange...

By EVE BROWN-WAITE

 Like a lot of people, I had my head in my hands and was downing shots while watching the recent presidential “debate.” And like a lot of people, I found myself hoping and praying for a replacement candidate and spinning through every “what if”...

By DOMENIC POLI

Area veterinarians say there has been no drastic increase in the number of pets brought in with cannabis in their systems since it was legalized in Massachusetts, though more of the animals’ owners are willing to admit their dog or cat got into their...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL — After two consecutive years of weather-related cancellations, organizers of the Gillbilly Paddle are hoping for fair weather to take to the water on Saturday, July 13. The Gillbilly Paddle has been a summer tradition since 2018 when Gill...

In the article about “Janet Planet,” the author wrote about the many ways the film ties into our local area: it was filmed locally, the writer/director is from Amherst, local folks were cast as extras [“‘Janet Planet’ comes in orbit,” Recorder, June...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — The Gill-Montague Regional School District has a few positions that will see new leadership beginning in the fall.Turners Falls High School and Great Falls Middle School Principal Christopher Barnes is leaving the district after a...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL — A new community composting plan was approved by the Selectboard on Monday night, beginning the process of getting a weekly compost collection program off the ground for Gill residents as a prior food waste pickup system is phased out.A...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

GILL — The annual Antenna Cloud Farm festival is entering its seventh year providing what Creative Director Michi Wiancko calls a “really visceral musical experience.”The event, which includes five concerts and a nine-day “Experimental Institute”...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A Needham man was sentenced to nine months in jail on Monday after pleading guilty to a charge of vehicular homicide by negligent operation in connection with a crash that killed an Athol woman on Route 2 in Gill last year.Benoit Marande,...

Jimmy Just Quit to perform at Pioneer Valley BreweryTurners Falls — Pioneer Valley Brewery “Summers of Songs” programme kicks off with a performance by the pop-rock band Jimmy Just Quit on Saturday, June 29 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.The show is...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL — Town Meeting voters gave their blessing to a $2.38 million budget for fiscal year 2025 on Tuesday, along with $1.77 million for the Gill-Montague Regional School District’s operating assessment and debt service.The town and education budgets...

By SAM FERLAND

GILL — Four Winds School has officially closed its doors following the end of the 2023-2024 school year and a final liquidation sale last weekend, with a goal of raising money in hopes of reopening somewhere new in the future.“I think a better...

The D-Day letters and accounts from World War II veterans was very moving. My dad was a WWII veteran and he would be rolling over in his grave at the mess this country is in right now. Our brave veterans fought for freedom and to rid the world of the...