'Voices of Young Peacemakers' event in Greenfield shares stories of courage, kinship

North County Notebook: Nov. 11, 2026

Bernardston Senior Center hosting holiday gala BERNARDSTON — The Bernardston Senior Center invites community members to “The Art of Not Aging Holiday Gala” on Monday, Nov. 16. The event will include musical entertainment from The Boys From ’69, a duo made up of Jim Barber (acoustic guitar and vocals) and Bill McComb (bass guitar, lead […]

Speaking of Nature: A bitter rivalry: American vs. Asiatic Bittersweet

As the deciduous trees slowly lose their leaves, they start to reveal long-held secrets. At first the most obvious secrets are the nests of birds that you may have spent the summer looking for. Skillfully placed in areas that are thick with summer foliage, the nests become obvious once the veil is dropped, and it […]

Clean power won. Now comes the hard part

Sometimes, change comes at you so fast that you forget to congratulate yourself on what you’ve achieved. Take the switch of the world’s electricity grids from fossil fuels to clean power. The transition to renewables will “require generations of perseverance” and be harder than previous shifts between wood, coal, oil and gas, which took half […]

Guest columnist John Paradis: Hegseth unfit to lead and must go

By Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s definition, I’m a weirdo. I have Taylor Swift friendship bracelets, I dance to Chappell Roan’s “Pink Pony Club,” and I embrace and openly celebrate my LGBTQ+ family members and dear friends.  I’m often eccentric, quirky, and can be unconventional at times.  I also wear dog tags that indicate my Unitarian […]

John Neal Burns

<html><head></head><body>John "Jock" Neal Burns<br /><br />Bailey Island, ME - John "Jock" Neal Burns passed away on Monday, November 2, 2026, in Maine. His wife of 52 years, Kitty, was by his side.<br /><br />Aside from Kitty, he ...