Greenfield Recorder
My Turn: Authentic teaching and assessment is best
Educating our children to excite them about learning, and assessing them with diverse tools readily available to teachers, is best. The MCAS is a poor tool that doesn’t predict success beyond high…
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13m1st Franklin District candidates talk school funding, affordability at Sunderland forum
Three candidates for the 1st Franklin District state representative seat discussed education funding, economic development and housing affordability during a Sunderland Democratic Town Committee forum on Wednesday night.
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6mOwnership quandary complicates Wendell smallpox cemetery preservation push
A Montague man has volunteered to restore and maintain the Wendell smallpox cemetery, though conflicting reports regarding whether the land belongs to Mass Audubon or the town have complicated the project.
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My Turn: Black cats treated like garbage
Guess what, there are approximately 80 million feral cats in the United States. We throw away cats and kittens like we do our garbage. I am not speaking without back up of some of these stats. We live near the South Deerfield grammar school and near the loud Amtrak rails. We end up with at […]
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6mAthol's Zach Graziano wins America's Strongest Teen title (Video)
A teen from Athol isn’t just strong, he’s America’s Strongest Teen and has the hardware to prove it. Zach “The Viking” Graziano won the America’s Strongest Teen competition on July 11 in Pleasanton, California. The event took place at the Alameda County Fair. “It was incredible,” Graziano said. “I’ve had multiple friends come up to […]
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3mGreenfield resident Molly Miller tapped as new Leyden town clerk
Molly Miller of Greenfield has been appointed as the new town clerk for Leyden, replacing George Stephan.