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The Recorder’s March 11 story “Rubio says purge of USAID is complete, made my day. What’s the big deal? People get fired every day everywhere for all sorts of reasons. The only people upset about radical leftists losing their jobs are radical leftists. The rest of us are deliriously happy over current events.

BERNARDSTON — The Falltown String Band is coming to the Bernardston Senior Center on March 17 for the center’s Monday Cafe series.

By DON SIMMS

“We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution of the United States.”

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — More environmental education opportunities will be coming to Pioneer Valley Regional School in the fall, as the school received $75,000 to boost its environmental science Innovation Career Pathway program.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

NORTHFIELD — Firefighters came to the rescue of a 6-month-old border collie Tuesday evening after it fell through the ice of the partially melted Connecticut River.

BERNARDSTON — The United Church of Bernardston at 58 Church St. will host its penultimate roast beef supper of the season on Saturday, March 8.

By CHRIS LARABEE

BOSTON — The Northfield Planning Board has filed its response to BlueWave Solar’s appeal of the denial of a special permit for a second proposed solar array on Pine Meadow Road, with the board denying all allegations and calling upon the solar company to prove its claims, according to documents filed in Land Court on Tuesday.

It’s hard not to see parallels between Donald Trump’s deals with Vladimir Putin and the appeasement of Adolf Hitler by Britain and France in the 1930s. However, Trump is performing even more like the USSR and Italy, who went beyond acceptance and emboldenment of Nazi aggression to ally with Hitler and opportunistically mimic him. Like Stalin and Mussolini, Trump treats a disordered world as an exciting opening, and has talked of claiming Panama, Greenland, Canada, and Gaza as U.S. territory.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

NORTHFIELD — Trinitarian Congregational Church will kick off its 200th anniversary celebration on March 9 with a presentation on the church’s history by local historian Joel Fowler.

By CHRIS LARABEE

BOSTON — BlueWave Solar is appealing the Northfield Planning Board’s unanimous denial of a special permit for a second proposed project on Pine Meadow Road, claiming the rejection “exceeded the board’s authority, was based on a legally untenable ground, [and] was arbitrary and capricious,” according to documents filed with Land Court.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

Enjoy a glimpse into the minds of the creative individuals who teach art to students at Northfield Mount Hermon. Currently on display at the school’s Rhodes Art Center is an exhibit showcasing the work of the visual arts faculty. 

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — Just five and a half months after implementing a cellphone ban for students, the effects are clear to Pioneer Valley Regional School District administrators: students are paying more attention in class and socializing among themselves instead of through a screen.

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — While other districts are currently setting their competency determinations in the wake of Question 2, the Pioneer Valley Regional School District will instead take its time.

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — The Pioneer Valley Regional School District School Committee last week approved the administration’s $17.46 million budget for fiscal year 2026, thus sending the proposal along for Annual Town Meeting approval.

BERNARDSTON — The Bernardston Kiwanis Club’s second in a series of chicken pot pie fundraisers will be held this weekend, with proceeds benefiting Cub Scouts Pack 3, Greenfield’s local troop.

Highest Honor: Aaron Archer, Ahnna Berthiaume, Amber Drossart, Emma Goulding, Samuel Lawler, Evangeline Lewis, Deveney Pillsbury, Gianna Shattuck, Hannah Skorupa, Amy VanDoren, Gabrielle Warriner Cardin and Brooke Welcome.

By MARTHA RULLMAN

By ELIZABETH LAREAU WHITCOMB

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL — The McCollum Hockey Arena at Northfield Mount Hermon School has been closed and a Friday girls varsity hockey game has been moved due to a fire that broke out in one of the four locker rooms Wednesday night.

By GUSTAVO ATENCIO FLORES

NORTHFIELD — With a four-day lineup of festivities, the first-ever Winter Weekend Festival is making the most of the fresh snow, including through its featured event: a snowman contest.