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By CHRIS LARABEE

COLRAIN — A third-alarm blaze at Hager’s Farm on Merrifield Lane on Saturday morning destroyed one of the main barns, killed 39 animals and melted equipment.Surveying the damage late Saturday afternoon, the Hagers — Kim, Sherry and Chip — said a...

By BELLA LEVAVI

COLRAIN — While the Griswold Manufacturing Co. and the businesses that came after it — most recently Barnhardt Manufacturing Co. — may be a thing of the past, the landscape is not without reminders of the village’s history. One such reminder is the...

By BELLA LEVAVI

COLRAIN — The Selectboard plans to speak individually with the remaining five homeowners who have not complied with the town’s unregistered vehicle bylaw. Over the past several years, concerned citizens have complained to the Selectboard about an...

By BELLA LEVAVI

COLRAIN — Residents enjoyed cornhole on the lawn and free shaved ice provided by the trustees during Griswold Memorial Library’s first summer social on Wednesday.The social was called in honor of the end of the summer reading program. More than 100...

Nothing against the beaver community, but it seldom repairs the damage of the swamps it constructs and the accompanying foul bacteria of its stagnant water. When President Trump coined Washington the “swamp” and called for the need to dredge it, he...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A North Adams woman pleaded not guilty Tuesday to two charges stemming from a crash that killed a 66-year-old Colrain motorcyclist on Route 2 in Charlemont on April 12.Melissa C. Repka, 38, was charged in Greenfield District Court with...

By CHRIS LARABEE

COLRAIN — With a federal farm bill on the horizon, U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern set out on his 13th annual farm tour Tuesday to get a sense of what Franklin and Hampshire county farmers need to continue bringing food to tables across the state.Following a...

By BELLA LEVAVI

COLRAIN — With Town Administrator Kevin Fox’s retirement less than a year away, the town is gearing up to find his replacement. “It is the most vital position in town,” said Selectboard member Thom Griffin. “It is important we find someone well...

Historical Society hosting author talk COLRAIN — Colrain novelist Alfred Alcorn will discuss his novel “Sugar Hill” and growing up on a dairy farm in South Chelmsford during a Colrain Historical Society program on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.The program will...

By BELLA LEVAVI

Residents can embark on a tour of the night sky this summer with teacher and pastor Jonathan Rehmus.On Fridays and Saturdays in August and September, Rehmus invites the public to discover the night sky through lore and science with free events in...

In my 60-plus years of life, I don’t ever remember feeling better about myself when the other team let me win or when academic standards were lowered for me due to sickness or hardship of one sort or another. Am I alone in feeling this way? I don’t...

By DOMENIC POLI

SHELBURNE — Calvin and Joan Clark’s business employs 24 people and occupies about 80,000 square feet of Quonset huts at 400 Mohawk Trail. Not bad for something that began out of a three-room apartment in a Colrain farmhouse 50 years ago.Clark’s...

By CHRIS LARABEE

As five Franklin County towns continue to build and implement pollinator habitat corridor plans, the Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG) is issuing a call for the public to get involved.Residents of Ashfield, Buckland, Colrain, Deerfield...

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 TUNDI AGARDY

I’m both appalled and frightened by Allen J. Davis and Tom Weiner’s June 9 opinion piece, “Stop double standard; tell truth about Ukraine.”Appalled not out of disagreement with their viewpoints — the Recorder does our community as great service by...

Regarding the column “Stop double standard; tell truth about Ukraine,” ([Recorder, June 9], the writers begin with the tired assertion that James Baker made a “promise” about U.S. intentions east of the edge of NATO as it then existed. “Not one inch.”...

By BELLA LEVAVI

COLRAIN — Residents threw their support behind a non-binding resolution to have the Highway Department clear the sidewalks in the town center during Tuesday’s Annual Town Meeting.In the relatively quick meeting, which generated little discussion on...

By BELLA LEVAVI

COLRAIN — Residents will vote on 32 articles, including two citizen’s petitions and a $1.88 million fiscal year 2024 operating budget, at Tuesday’s Annual Town Meeting.The meeting will start at 5:30 p.m. at the Town Offices, 55 Main Road.Citizen’s...

By BELLA LEVAVI

COLRAIN — The Transfer Station is going a step further toward eliminating unnecessary waste with the implementation of its new paper waste and composting program.According to Amy Donovan, program director with the Franklin County Solid Waste...

Colrain Historical Society hosting industrial history talkCOLRAIN — The Colrain Historical Society will host an industrial history program following its business meeting on Thursday, June 8, in the Stacy Barn, located behind the Pitt House at 8 Main...