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By CARL DOERNER

We have a hateful national story we should never allow to be forgotten. That is the wartime action for which President Franklin Roosevelt is most commonly criticized, his 1942 issuance of Executive Order 9066. The result was incarceration in our...

July 13: Historical Society potluck COLRAIN — The Colrain Historical Society’s annual potluck will be held Thursday, July 13, at 6 p.m. behind the Pitt House at 8 Main Road.After a brief business meeting, the Historical Society will host a...

By BELLA LEVAVI

CHARLEMONT — With the Mohawk Trail State Forest campground closed for camping due to repairs and improvements to the water system and infrastructure, campsites countywide are filling up as the summer goes on. The work at the campsites at Mohawk Trail...

By SHERRILL HOGEN

I have been writing and rewriting this letter for a month. It is not time-sensitive, but it is urgent.There are things we — everyone including this writer — don’t want to look at, so we don’t. I don’t want to acknowledge how very close we are to a...

By CARL DOERNER

At pivotal moments in our history like the present — with indictments of a former president on multiple, substantive criminal charges — historians tend to look to circumstances and challenges of the past for insights or comparisons, and to speculate...

By BELLA LEVAVI

CHARLEMONT — For 53 years, summer in Charlemont has been synonymous with chamber music.With summer’s arrival, Mohawk Trail Concerts is preparing to start its season with a performance on Saturday, June 24, at 5 p.m. at the Charlemont Federated Church....

I found the article about Bart’s Ice Cream to be somewhat disturbing, although not surprising, that the Secretary of State got involved in the financial exchange among family and friends. [“Barts Ice Cream ordered to pay fines, restitution,” Recorder,...

I read in these pages a letter by Brad Brigham quite critical of my May column and of others I compose [“Angry columnist actually pretty lucky,” Recorder, June 7]. He writes to defend “our democracy” from me and and questions my background and...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A Charlemont man found guilty last week of four child sexual abuse charges has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.Richard Tinkham, 59, was convicted by a Franklin County Superior Court jury of one count of aggravated rape and abuse of a...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A Charlemont man was found guilty of four child sexual abuse charges last week and is due for sentencing on Wednesday.Richard Tinkham, 59, was convicted by a Franklin County Superior Court jury of one count of aggravated rape and abuse of...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

CHARLEMONT — While The Academy at Charlemont yields one of the county’s smallest graduating classes each year, the heart shown during commencement is anything but marginal. The 2023 ceremony, held Sunday afternoon, was no exception.The school...

By BELLA LEVAVI

CHARLEMONT — Academy at Charlemont biology teacher Will Miller does not take living and working along the Deerfield River for granted. In fact, he incorporates the rich resources around him into project-based learning. Now, Miller’s place-based...

By BELLA LEVAVI

CHARLEMONT — For its first event of the season, the Charlemont Forum will host Westy Egmont, former associate professor and founder of the Immigrant Integration Lab at Boston College’s School of Social Work.Egmont’s talk will take place on Thursday,...

Zoar Outdoor hosts Pride Day on River CHARLEMONT — Zoar Outdoor will host Pride Day on the River on Saturday, June 10, starting at 9 a.m.The fifth annual event celebrates LGBTQ Pride Month with groups rafting and kayaking down the Fife Brook section...

By BELLA LEVAVI

CHARLEMONT — Despite some disagreements about school and cemetery funding, Charlemont residents approved all the financial articles, 1 through 15, on their Annual Town Meeting warrant Tuesday night. In the gymnasium of Hawlemont Regional School, 76...

CHARLEMONT — There is one contested race in the Tuesday, May 23 town election, and four positions on the ballot for which no one is running.Polls will be open at Hawlemont Regional School from noon to 7 p.m.Incumbent William Harker is running against...

At the end of the article regarding the visit of the state's education secretary, there was a mention that the press was excluded so the superintendents could share their feelings [“Ed secretary hears about rural school challenges,” Recorder, May...

By BELLA LEVAVI

CHARLEMONT — For the second year in a row, Annual Town Meeting voters tabled a proposed bylaw to recall town officials, with plans to present it again in a future year.After continuing this year’s Annual Town Meeting from the previous week, roughly 40...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

SUNDERLAND — Three years after a police officer murdered George Floyd in Minneapolis, his legacy survives his shortened time on Earth, even on the other side of the country.Rallies across Franklin County on Thursday, the anniversary of his death, were...

By BELLA LEVAVI

CHARLEMONT — Residents will decide if the town should add a recall bylaw, change tax exemptions for seniors, and purchase a police cruiser and fire truck at this year’s Annual Town Meeting. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 23, at 7:30 p.m. at...