West County Notebook: May 15, 2026

Recorder All-Stars: Outdoor girls track & field

The Greenfield Recorder compiled a list of All-Stars for outdoor girls track & field athletes. Coaches input and performances in playoff environments helped factor into the final decisions. Intercounty league results also played a role. Zephyr Jetzon, Mohawk Trail Jetzon took home a Western Mass. Class S (Small School) championship with her performance in the […]

North County Notebook: June 15, 2026

Ducks to visit Northfield library NORTHFIELD — Live ducks will be quacking and waddling around outside the Dickinson Memorial Library as part of a free event on Wednesday, June 17, from 3 to 4 p.m. The ducks come from the Duckworld sanctuary in Montague. June 20: Ice cream social, concert to kick off Summer Reading Program NORTHFIELD […]

Teachers from 15 countries visit Frontier, providing a chance to 'learn from each other'

Educators from 15 different countries visited Frontier Regional School to learn about the US approach to education and experience the culture behind it.

My Turn: Thoughts on Trump as America's 250th approaches

Donald Trump has been elected twice. Free and fair. That’s no small feat. His second term could have been a relative layup. Close the border. Create an elite task force to arrest and deport the actual “worst of the worst” here in the country illegally. Enact tax cuts. Release the Epstein files. No tariffs. No […]

My Turn: A strait beats three of a kind

When Goliath faced David, he seemed to hold all the cards. Young David held only a sling. When two nuclear-powered regimes struck Iran on Feb. 28, they acted together as one behemoth (let’s call him BenDon for brevity’s sake). Because Iran’s regime seemed so weak, BenDon believed the time had come to demolish it forever. […]