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My Turn: MAGA, let's be honest
I have long subscribed to the theory that for most episodes you encounter in life, there’s a parallel episode of “Seinfeld.” I’ve thought recently of the episode where Jerry adamantly denies watching…
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5mShelburne issues recommendation to vote 'no' on Franklin Tech building
The Shelburne Selectboard and Finance Committee both unanimously advised residents to vote against the proposed new Franklin County Technical School building in the Oct. 6 election.
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4mWith two-part grant, Friends of Greenfield Recreation gets a Kubota utility vehicle
The Friends of Greenfield Recreation became the only New England nonprofit to receive a 2026 Kubota Hometown Proud award, granting them a $25,000 equipment voucher for a new utility vehicle and a $25,000 cash prize.
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8mFranklin County groups secure nearly $1.47M for racial justice and digital equity
The Franklin County Community Development Corporation and the United Way of the Franklin & Hampshire Region received grants totaling nearly $1.47 million to fund initiatives addressing institutional racism in population health and digital equity for aging residents.
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5mMy Turn: Navigating an unsettling time
Like many my age, I rarely sleep through the entire night. Finding myself wide awake at 3 a.m., I might grab my phone and knock off the daily Wordle and Spelling Bee on the New York Times website. The other night, however, I made the mistake of first perusing the headlines. They were hardly the […]
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6mSpeaking of Nature: Nikonus and Iso — The gods of photography
Special thanks to Donald H. for asking a great question. Here is the answer: Throughout human history, intelligent and curious people who struggled to understand the world in which they lived invented gods to explain things. A prime example of this would be the natural phenomenon that we call thunder. Today we know that lightning causes thunder, and that lightning is the result of static electricity between the Earth and its atmosphere. But if you don’t know what static electricity is, then you need some other explanation. In Greek mythology it was Zeus. In Scandinavia it was Thor. In Egypt it […]