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Monday, Jan. 9 12:18 p.m. — Caller from L Street believes she was shot by a BB gun the prior night. She said she felt something hit her legs and then found BBs on the porch and nearby at a telephone pole the following morning. Caller believes the BBs...

By STEVE PFARRER

AMHERST — The Mead Art Museum at Amherst College, which has been closed to the public for nearly three years, is poised to reopen with two new exhibits in place.The museum shut its doors for all in March 2020 when COVID-19 arrived, and though it...

By BELLA LEVAVI and PAUL FRANZ

COLRAIN — A two-car garage with a vacant apartment above it at 397 Main Road (Route 112) was destroyed by a two-alarm fire that started Thursday at around 3:15 a.m.“We are not 100% certain, but we believe the fire started near the wood stove,” Colrain...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — A week after Police Chief Robert Haigh Jr. and Mayor Roxann Wedegartner announced a plan, necessitated by budget cuts, that would eliminate police patrols between the hours of 11 p.m. and 7 a.m., the two officials appeared before City...

By SHERYL HUNTER

Greenfield resident Michael Nix has long been challenging people’s perceptions of the banjo, an instrument that many view as limited to bluegrass or country music. Through his extensive work as a musician, composer and teacher, Nix has shown us that...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The Greenfield Police Department bid farewell to its second supervisor in a month when Sgt. David Rice signed off for the final time last week.Rice fulfilled an administrative shift on Friday before embarking on retirement just as Lt. Dan...

By CHRIS LARABEE, DOMENIC POLI and JULIAN MENDOZA

In the wake of the Greenfield Police Department’s decision to leave its overnight shift unstaffed, calls will be funneled to State Police and mutual aid partners, a move that other local chiefs say will have an effect on the vast majority of Franklin...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — In a budgetary update that many city councilors and residents described as “fear baiting” and a “failure of leadership,” Police Chief Robert Haigh Jr. announced Wednesday that the Police Department plans to no longer staff the midnight...

By JOSHUA ROSE

’Tis the season of mistletoe, sort of. Mistletoe is evergreen, meaning it’s present year-round. However, winter is the season when we think about mistletoe most often.In the southeastern U.S., where I am writing this piece, mistletoe is hidden among...

By KEVIN HODGSON

I typed in: “How will ChatGPT change the way teachers are teaching writing in the classroom?” and clicked the “submit” button. Within seconds, words scrolled across the screen from ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chat tool:“ChatbotGPT is a variant...

By BELLA LEVAVI

CHARLEMONT — As Police Chief Jason Pelletier steers a staff of seven part-time officers, himself included, and three civilian traffic patrollers into 2023, he advises that residents may need to discuss changes as early as Annual Town Meeting.“If we...

By DOMENIC POLI

NEW SALEM — The future of the New Salem Museum and Academy of Fine Art appears uncertain after the state Land Court this week annulled the special permit the town’s Planning Board issued to the facility two years ago.Husband and wife Vincent and Laura...

By SHERYL HUNTERFor the RecorderPhil Simon of Warwick has been in the music business for over 30 years. He operates Simon Says Booking and Publicity based in Orange, and last year he assumed the role of Program Consultant at the Shea Theater Arts...

By BELLA LEVAVI

ASHFIELD — A Chevrolet SUV encountered slippery road conditions while traveling downhill on Beldingville Road on Thursday night, causing it to go off the roadway and land in a brook.Of the four occupants, one female was taken to the hospital by...

Wednesday, Jan. 4 1:58 p.m. — Caller from L Street reports her new car was keyed the night before. Caller believers her upstairs neighbors, who she has had ongoing issues with, are responsible. No security footage available.5:32 p.m. — Caller from...

By DON STEWART

With admission now free until April, through March 12 at Williamstown’s Clark Art Institute you can view Parisian drawings and prints from the 1700s, ranging from colorful views of flowered landscapes to the mysterious and the fantastic. “Promenades...

Wednesday, Dec. 28 6:55 p.m. — Officer requested to assist the Turners Falls Fire Department for a report of smoke coming from a stove in a garage on Eighth Street. Police mirandized an individual and took them to the station for an interview. Police...

By CHRIS LARABEE

CONWAY — With the impending June retirement of longtime Police Chief Ken Ouimette, the screening committee for his successor is preparing to begin its work.Ouimette, who has served for 33 years as chief and 42 total on the force, submitted his letter...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

GREENFIELD — Just in time for this year’s season of giving, Greenfield Savings Bank recognized one of the region’s lesser-known acts of generosity by welcoming a new painting in its memory.“We’ve had various art in the branch,” said Kevin De Rosa,...

By SHERYL HUNTER

We talk a lot about live music here in Sounds Local. But since it is January and cold out and gets dark early, you might be interested in staying in the comfort of your home.Of course that is understandable, and fortunately there are some reading and...