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On Saturday, Dec. 31, Montague Parks & Recreation held their Annual Sawmill River 10K Run in Montague Center. Approximately 93 runners from throughout the entire region participated in this major fundraising event that supports our Sponsor-A-Child...

I am completely flummoxed by the Greenfield City Council’s vote not to rezone the French King Highway property for industrial use. Don’t the councilors who voted “no” know that manufacturing — in particular, high-precision metalwork — is part of...

Life is full of surprises. One surprising thing is when you open the Recorder and find a letter to the editor with your name under it but which you never signed.This was recently the case (“Farmers Market musicians stipend,” Dec. 29). Clearly, there...

Thank you, Councilor Ricketts, for filing your motion for reconsideration of the City Council’s Dec. 21 vote to not approve the proposed amendment to rezone the land along French King Highway from General Commercial to Planned Industrial. It is very...

It is no secret that people are moving out of Massachusetts. Recent articles on Masslive and in the Wall Street Journal articulate the blue state exodus across our country.Why are reasonable people fleeing this state?Over regulation for businesses and...

One of the biggest front-page Greenfield Recorder news stories of 2022 was the upswell of community activism that led to a significant rewriting of zoning regulations that placed new, clear limits on outdoor marijuana cultivation, and defined the...

By STEVE E. KRAMER

Talented, dogged, determined, a leader. These labels are typically reserved for male figures in sports and other professions. Too infrequently, the descriptions are assigned to prominent women in their fields.This past weekend, however, a notable...

Although Virginia and Howard Hastings detailed compelling and comprehensive logistical reasons about why Northfield is an inappropriate venue to host the massive Christian music festival SoulFest this summer (“My Turn: The Soul of Northfield,” Dec....

I read in the Recorder that At-Large City Councilor Penny Ricketts had called for reconsideration for her vote on the rezoning of the French King Highway area land that could be supporting real “living wage” manufacturing jobs.The business that wants...

It is a great honor to serve Bernardston as your new Postmaster. In my years with the United States Postal Service, I have seen firsthand the role the Postal Service plays connecting neighbors and our community to the nation. Our Post Offices serve as...