Greenfield Recorder
Letting freedom ring: Gill Church to ring bell 250 times to mark nation's birthday
Pastor Gary Bourbeau of Gill Church invites the community to join him in celebrating America's 250th birthday with a reading of the Declaration of Independence and 250 rings of the church bell.
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5mDog park proposal sparks discussion in Leverett
LEVERETT — A resident is floating the possibility for town officials to invest in construction of a dog park, partly as a way to reduce conflicts between hikers and those walking dogs on town conservation trails. Marty Klein told the Select Board Tuesday that a vacant Montague Road parcel between the Leverett Library and Leverett […]
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3mTurners Falls man sentenced on firearm, fentanyl charges
Jacob Sisson, 26, of Turners Falls, was sentenced to five to six years in state prison on drug and unlawful firearm possession charges after pleading guilty to multiple counts.
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5mGill Selectboard approves updated compensation plan for town employees
The Gill Selectboard has approved a new compensation plan that will increase pay rates for town employees to be more in line with salaries offered by other similarly sized towns in the region.
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My Turn: The beautiful game
No term quite wrinkles the brain like the word “endorsement.” For those clinging on to the hope that American soccer will ever reach the levels of world football, it should be no surprise when I make the argument that this has been David Beckham’s World Cup. Whether your poison be potato chips, beer, shoes, cell […]
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My Turn: Lessons in time
When I was in elementary school, probably fourth or fifth grade — that would have been the years 1963 to 1964, or 1964 to 1965, respectively — we had a lesson on calendars. I remember nothing about the lesson, but I do remember sitting at my little desk thinking ahead to the year 2000. Daydreaming, I thought […]