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By DOMENIC POLI

SHELBURNE — All involved parties escaped without injury and no citations were issued following a two-vehicle crash that reduced the Mohawk Trail (Route 2) to one lane of traffic for a portion of Wednesday evening.Shane Naughton, 39 of Winchester, New...

Little Big House Gallery show ends this weekend SHELBURNE — This is the last weekend of the Little Big House Gallery’s fall show, and its first to feature photography. The photos were taken by John Kudukey.“We’ve shown paintings, sculptures and...

By CHRIS LARABEE

CONWAY — In the wake of the indefinite closure of Bardwell’s Ferry Bridge, which spans the Deerfield River and connects the town to Shelburne, town officials plan to reach out to the state to see if it can provide assistance.At Tuesday’s Selectboard...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

SHELBURNE FALLS — Despite some unforeseen circumstances casting a shadow on the event, art, music and food highlighted the beauty of Indigenous culture during the Shelburne Historical Society’s third annual Indigenous Peoples Celebration on...

By BELLA LEVAVI

The public is invited to join together in a tribute to Native American culture and history in the Shelburne area on Sunday.The Shelburne Historical Society will host its third annual Indigenous Peoples Celebration on Sunday, Oct. 15, from 11 a.m. to 4...

By DIANE BRONCACCIO

SHELBURNE — By a two-vote margin, Special Town Meeting voters narrowly backed a new Mohawk Trail Regional School District assessment formula that includes out-of-district and School Choice students from each town in determining that town’s share of...

By BELLA LEVAVI

SHELBURNE — The town will host a four-article Special Town Meeting on Wednesday to discuss amendments to the Mohawk Trail Regional School District’s regional agreement. The meeting will start at 6:30 p.m. at Shelburne Town Hall, located at 51 Bridge...

SHELBURNE — The Open Space Committee is updating the town’s Open Space and Recreation Plan for the first time since 2014 and is seeking input from residents.A public forum will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 10, at 6:30 p.m. in the Town Hall meeting room....

By BELLA LEVAVI

A day of activities related to traditional skills awaits at Fabric of Life’s annual Barnfest. The free event, which was first held in 2014, will begin at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14, at 80 Bassett Road in Shelburne. Workshops, demonstrations, parades,...

By JULIAN MENDOZA, BELLA LEVAVI, MARY BYRNE and MAX BOWEN

Gill Elementary School and Petersham Center School have emerged as two of the state’s 66 strongest-performing schools relative to MCAS test taking, while 10 others in Franklin County and the North Quabbin region have been classified as “requiring...

By BELLA LEVAVI

Seven Franklin County fire departments are benefiting from a total of $15,934, thanks to a recent round of grants through the state’s Volunteer Fire Assistance Program.The funding will help with training and fire prevention efforts, as well as...

By TRICIA YACOVONE-BIAGI

In the same week that Leominster flooded and a September hurricane threatened Cape Cod, more than two dozen people, including elected and appointed officials and members of local environmental, social, and educational organizations, gathered at...

By BELLA LEVAVI

SHELBURNE — Town officials are getting up to speed on their emergency preparedness plans by learning the basic principles of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and considering how they might play a role during potential disasters. “We are...

By BELLA LEVAVI

SHELBURNE — The dogs owned by Andrew and Kelly Nolan on Zerah Fiske Road must be confined to their home and be muzzled when outside until an appropriate fence is constructed in their yard, the Selectboard ordered this week following complaints from...

By BELLA LEVAVI

SHELBURNE — With the construction of a new office building at 1211 Mohawk Trail, Lewis Goodnow’s two businesses will be united at one location, despite offering considerably different services.Goodnow and his partner, Jonathan George, are moving...

By TOM WILLIAMS

Wildfires in Hawaii, dry river and lake beds in the West, extreme heat from Texas to Minnesota, torrential rains here in the Northeast and now a hurricane season that has already shown the type of property destruction and human misery it can...

By BELLA LEVAVI

SHELBURNE — The Selectboard has allocated $9,100 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding for an industrial audit of the town’s streetlights to prepare for the possibility of buying the lampposts and fluorescent bulbs from Eversource, and switching...

Square dance moved to November HEATH — Because Community Hall will be closed in September for repairs, the annual September square dance will be postponed until November this year.The square dance, hosted by local caller Doug Wilkins, will be held on...

By JUDITH TRUESDELL

I was struck (as by lightning) by columnist Jon Huer’s column “Between the White House and prison — The case for a national jury,” [Recorder, Aug. 12] in which he proposed that the voters judge Donald Trump in the next election. I would like to rebut...