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People from around the county expressed their dismay with their telephone service, particularly considering many of them are living in areas with limited cellular phone access.
Earth Matters: Moving at the speed of life
Earlier this year, I was on one of my longer walks, following a series of back roads that included Teawaddle Hill Road in Leverett.
The Recorder - Greenfield, Massachusetts
Richard Kim, novelist, TV journalist, literary agent
Richard E. Kim, 77, died Tuesday at his home in Shutesbury, surrounded by his family.
The Recorder - Greenfield, Massachusetts
Static continues between Verizon, customers
Talk may be cheap, but there were few telephone customers who turned out Tuesday night to complain about Verizon service at the first of four public hearings scheduled by the state Department of Telecommunications and Cable.
Built all the way back in 1827, The Federated Church of Shutesbury has long been in need of a major overhaul.
The Recorder - Greenfield, Massachusetts
Strength found in numbers: For 20 years, district has helped towns tackle trash
In the beginning, there was the trash. Tons of it. Piles of it. The image seen 'round the world 22 years ago, was of Mobro 4000, the barge with 3,168 tons of garbage rejected at ports along the East Coast and even in Belize searching for somewhere to dump its load.
The Recorder - Greenfield, Massachusetts
Phone woes finally get hearing
Do your phone lines snap, crackle and pop -- and drive you a little mad? Even as the clamor grows for high-speed Internet around the region, enough Verizon customers have been sounding off about problems with basic, old-fashioned telephone service that the state has agreed to launch a full-scale investigation into the quality of phone service ...
A call to 'explore chaos' at Amherst Regional graduation
Arthur Goodhind Sr., a veteran of the Korean War who left Amherst High School in 1948 to join the Army, waves after receiving a diploma and becoming an honorary member of the Amherst Class of 2009.
Shutesbury teen wins lengthy immigration battle
Crista Zavala, front center, photographed with her foster family in Shutesbury last year.
School boards OK deep staff cuts
The elementary and secondary schools would lose the equivalent of 50 full-time positions, or about 8 percent of their current work forces, under the budgets the School Committees approved Tuesday.
Worship on the water: An unusual service in honor of Hadley's 350th anniversary
The Rev. Richard Jones, standing, acting pastor of North Hadley Congregational Church, delivers a sermon during the service on Lake Warner, located behind the church.
The Recorder - Greenfield, Massachusetts
Wendell to vote on 'hilltop view shed' Wednesday
A law that would restrict building on hilltops, rules for adult entertainment businesses and a resolution aimed at asserting the importance of keeping local control of schools in the face of regionalization are among the issues to be tackled at Wednesday's annual town meeting.
'Austere' budget OK'd in Shutesbury
Town Meeting agreed Saturday to keep a high level of cash on hand while reducing budgets for the coming fiscal year.
The Recorder - Greenfield, Massachusetts
Leverett eases home business rules
Town Meeting Saturday voted to make it easier to establish home businesses, agreed to open the door to wireless towers, approved a budget, and heard a report on school regionalization.
The Recorder - Greenfield, Massachusetts
About $550,000 more in federal stimulus money is heading for Franklin County -- this time for schools that serve the highest concentration of low-income students, with Greenfield getting the biggest chunk.
The Recorder - Greenfield, Massachusetts
Single Franklin County district could save $2.8M: Public School...
Having one, three or six school districts in Franklin County -- rather than 18 -- could save $800,000 to $2 million, primarily by shrinking the number of administrators running the schools.
The Recorder - Greenfield, Massachusetts
Happy ending for MMM Trail: Congress makes it part of protected system
Federal legislation making the Metacomet, Monadnock and Mattabesett Trail part of the New England National Scenic Trail has been approved by Congress, making the 190-mile hiking network -- which now cuts through Northfield, Erving, Wendell, Montague, Leverett and Shutesbury -- part of the National Trail System.
Schools' future hinges on election
The Amherst and Amherst-Pelham Regional School committees are in for a significant change of personnel at the end of the month, when candidates Irvin Rhodes, Steve Rivkin and Megan Rosa contend for two seats on the five-member Amherst board in the March 31 elections.
Possibilities explored in regionalizing schools
Seventh-graders come to the Regional Middle School each fall from seven elementary schools, often with different levels of preparation.
Superintendent choice due Monday; Sprague absent, ill
The School Committee expects to identify its top choice for superintendent Monday.
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