The Greenfield Recorder

The Greenfield Recorder The Greenfield Recorder is a daily newspaper serving Franklin County and the North Quabbin region.

GREENFIELD — Local nonprofits are worried they may see a drop in donations due to Gov. Maura Healey’s proposal to put a ...
02/14/2025

GREENFIELD — Local nonprofits are worried they may see a drop in donations due to Gov. Maura Healey’s proposal to put a cap on charitable donation tax deductions.

Turners Falls High School held its Coaches vs. Cancer night last week during its boys varsity game against Franklin Tech...
02/14/2025

Turners Falls High School held its Coaches vs. Cancer night last week during its boys varsity game against Franklin Tech, with the Thunder raising money to support alumni Jenna Putala’s battle with cancer.

Mother Nature postponed the MIAA Division 5 Indoor Track Championships a day, meaning area athletes have an extra 24 hou...
02/14/2025

Mother Nature postponed the MIAA Division 5 Indoor Track Championships a day, meaning area athletes have an extra 24 hours to prepare for the biggest meet of their season.

GREENFIELD — The Planning Board discussed potentially drafting guidelines regulating street-facing, ground-floor cannabi...
02/14/2025

GREENFIELD — The Planning Board discussed potentially drafting guidelines regulating street-facing, ground-floor cannabis dispensaries on Thursday, with some members asserting that the state’s mandate that cannabis businesses have opaque or obscured windows makes their presence a form of “blight” on downtown Greenfield.

GREENFIELD — The Planning Board discussed potentially drafting guidelines regulating street-facing, ground-floor cannabis dispensaries on Thursday, with some members asserting that the state’s mandate that cannabis businesses have opaque or obscured windows makes their presence a form of “blig...

TURNERS FALLS — When 19-year-old Lee Evers was drafted into the U.S. Army Air Corps to serve in World War II, he was cho...
02/14/2025

TURNERS FALLS — When 19-year-old Lee Evers was drafted into the U.S. Army Air Corps to serve in World War II, he was chosen from a few thousand men to become a pilot. He showed his commanding officer a letter from relatives, terrified he would be killed, and his superior instead made him a radio gunner with the V Bomber Command.

TURNERS FALLS — When 19-year-old Lee Evers was drafted into the U.S. Army Air Corps to serve in World War II, he was chosen from a few thousand men to become a pilot. He showed his commanding officer a letter from relatives, terrified he would be killed, and his superior instead made him a radio g...

Good morning!They’ll be flying through the air with snow on their skis at Harris Hill in Brattleboro this weekend. The f...
02/14/2025

Good morning!They’ll be flying through the air with snow on their skis at Harris Hill in Brattleboro this weekend. The forecast calls for the proverbial kitchen sink, and to better inform you how it will affect the ski jumping your humble servant called the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association in Park City, Utah.

Good morning!They’ll be flying through the air with snow on their skis at Harris Hill in Brattleboro this weekend. The forecast calls for the proverbial kitchen sink, and to better inform you how it will affect the ski jumping your humble servant called the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association in Pa...

The Franklin County Community Meals Program will be serving to-go lunches throughout school vacation week at three locat...
02/14/2025

The Franklin County Community Meals Program will be serving to-go lunches throughout school vacation week at three locations in Greenfield and Turners Falls.

SUNDERLAND — As the South County Senior Center’s feasibility study moves forward, residents of its member towns are invi...
02/14/2025

SUNDERLAND — As the South County Senior Center’s feasibility study moves forward, residents of its member towns are invited to three public forums to learn about the options being considered for a future home for the center and provide feedback.

DEERFIELD — The Community Preservation Committee has unanimously recommended $200,000 in Community Preservation Act (CPA...
02/14/2025

DEERFIELD — The Community Preservation Committee has unanimously recommended $200,000 in Community Preservation Act (CPA) funding for the first phase of an extensive playground renovation and repair project at Deerfield Elementary School.

GREENFIELD — With love in the air on Valentine’s Day, it was only fitting for speakers at the Franklin County Chamber of...
02/14/2025

GREENFIELD — With love in the air on Valentine’s Day, it was only fitting for speakers at the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce’s breakfast to share their adoration for their jobs.

TURNERS FALLS — The portion of Avenue A between Third and Fourth streets is closed as firefighters work to control a gas...
02/14/2025

TURNERS FALLS — The portion of Avenue A between Third and Fourth streets is closed as firefighters work to control a gas leak that was reported in the basement of The Upper Bend cafe.

GREENFIELD — With the final two projects presented Thursday evening, the Community Preservation Committee is now accepti...
02/14/2025

GREENFIELD — With the final two projects presented Thursday evening, the Community Preservation Committee is now accepting public feedback on the 11 remaining applications submitted for this year’s funding cycle.

BUCKLAND — The school committees of the Mohawk Trail and Hawlemont Regional school districts are preparing to finalize t...
02/14/2025

BUCKLAND — The school committees of the Mohawk Trail and Hawlemont Regional school districts are preparing to finalize the numbers for the fiscal year 2026 budget after they hear feedback from the public in the next two weeks.

The Greenfield Public Library welcomed its first local artist as part of a new program to host monthly art exhibitions. ...
02/14/2025

The Greenfield Public Library welcomed its first local artist as part of a new program to host monthly art exhibitions. “Clouds in Shades of Gray” by Paul Jablon will be on display in the conference room gallery till the end of February.

Plenty of young kids tap a few maple trees, inspired by the sweet promise of maple syrup. Few become enamored with it to...
02/14/2025

Plenty of young kids tap a few maple trees, inspired by the sweet promise of maple syrup. Few become enamored with it to the point of kickstarting a family business. Cooper Deane, who helps run Bear Hill Sugar Farm, is one of them.

Grab your tunics and chain mail – Red Apple Farm is getting ready to host The NorthFolk Night Market!
02/14/2025

Grab your tunics and chain mail – Red Apple Farm is getting ready to host The NorthFolk Night Market!

Thanks to some standout performances from local competitors, the Northfield Mount Hermon School alpine ski teams put it ...
02/14/2025

Thanks to some standout performances from local competitors, the Northfield Mount Hermon School alpine ski teams put it all together on Wednesday.

GREENFIELD — As the adage goes, the third time is the charm.
02/14/2025

GREENFIELD — As the adage goes, the third time is the charm.

Address

Greenfield, MA

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

Telephone

+14137720261

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when The Greenfield Recorder posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to The Greenfield Recorder:

Videos

Wendell freight train derailment
Wendell freight train derailment

Fifteen cars derailed and piled up in Wendell blocking Farley Road on Tuesday afternoon. No reported injuries or hazardous materials.

May Day
May Day

Conway Grammar School celebrates May Day with a May Pole and the Marlboro Morris M dancers.

Firefighters from at least a dozen departments responded to a three-alarm structure fire in Monroe on Wednesday.

North Quabbin drug trafficking ring ~ https://ow.ly/58yO50QteEN ‘We’re just going to keep growing’: https://ow.ly/E9Kx50QteEH Franklin First, Greenfield Public Library ~ https://ow.ly/AZT650QteEL 👉 Subscribe now and support local journalism https://ow.ly/jUwK50QteEM

Yankee Candle’s South Deerfield distribution ~ https://ow.ly/txHI50QpErU Wendell’s Bear Mountain ~ https://ow.ly/aw2H50QpErS Alpine ski preview: https://ow.ly/pQ6w50QpErR 👉 Subscribe now and support local journalism https://ow.ly/MYMW50QpErO

Yankee Candle’s South Deerfield distribution facility ~ https://ow.ly/6NlH50QpnKL Alpine ski preview: https://ow.ly/15oj50QpnKM How community resistance saved Wendell’s Bear Mountain ~ https://ow.ly/wEuQ50QpnKU 👉 Subscribe now and support local journalism https://ow.ly/7fc750QpnKV

Complaint challenges Trump’s ballot access in Massachusetts ~ https://ow.ly/rYps50Qp1ro Climate Forestry Committee ~ https://ow.ly/Ci4j50Qp1rb Grant infusion boosts priority road projects ~ https://ow.ly/JwU950Qp1ra 👉 Subscribe now and support local journalism https://ow.ly/oopF50Qp1re

Bottomley tapped to lead Greenfield City Council ~ https://ow.ly/aoib50Qo0Nw Orange house fires believed to be accidental ~ https://ow.ly/KHKK50Qo0Nr Montague, Gill and Erving ~ https://ow.ly/T4nb50Qo0Ns 👉 Subscribe now and support local journalism https://ow.ly/MmHJ50Qo0Ny

New planning, economic development coordinator ~ https://ow.ly/shWM50QnT2r Garden Cinemas in Greenfield ~ https://ow.ly/Zssx50QnT2s Jake Jurek’s OT winner lifts Greenfield ~ https://ow.ly/10Nw50QnT2x 👉 Subscribe now and support local journalism https://ow.ly/psPC50QnT2v

Western Massachusetts loggers, environmental activists ~ https://ow.ly/McKb50Qnv2R White Bridge in Turners Falls ~ https://ow.ly/wpQI50Qnv2Q McCormick’s 2024 Flavor of The Year ~ https://ow.ly/IfiA50Qnv2T 👉 Subscribe now and support local journalism https://ow.ly/Js6G50Qnv2S

Baystate Franklin’s first baby of 2024 ~ https://ow.ly/LyI750QngJw Tree House Brewing Co. co-founders ~ https://ow.ly/kqsN50QngJp At inauguration, new Greenfield mayor pledges ~ https://ow.ly/UPiz50QngJn 👉 Subscribe now and support local journalism https://ow.ly/Rqm250QngJo

$450K grant to support Trailblazer education model ~ https://ow.ly/RFMZ50Qn7u4 Leyden’s Fire Department ~ https://ow.ly/EmqP50Qn7u3 At inauguration, new Greenfield mayor pledges ~ https://ow.ly/5mXM50Qn7uc 👉 Subscribe now and support local journalism https://ow.ly/htlp50Qn7ub

Shortcuts

Share

Category

225 years in the game: Recorder remains dedicated to providing swift, quality news

The Greenfield Recorder celebrated its 200th birthday in 1992, between the collapse of the Soviet Union and the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement. And here we are 25 years later celebrating our 225th anniversary — covering stories of a resurgent Russia and attacks on NAFTA. In some ways, The Recorder is a constant in a changing world, and while it has changed in appearance and been published under different names over the centuries, it certainly has continued this past quarter century to be one of Franklin County’s most enduring and influential institutions. Through all those years we have provided information our readers want and need – through news and advertising.

For 225 years, news of vast changes in the world have flowed across the pages of The Recorder and its progenitors, as today’s staff and our predecessors have tried to execute the plan enunciated by the paper’s very first editor, a young Boston printer named Thomas Dickman, who promised in his first edition of the Impartial Intelligencer: “to make it the earliest informer of every important intelligence, whether foreign or domestic, and as serviceable as any publication subject to the same disadvantages.”

Today, most newspapers consider themselves to be digital-first publications that provide breaking news with video and interactive elements on the web, while still providing depth and curation in traditional printed newspapers. The Recorder is no different as we ride the waves of change like rafters on the whitewater of the Deerfield River. Our mission is the same as it was in 1992 and in 1792, but we are adapting to a new cyber delivery system and storytelling format.

We consider ourselves stewards of this enterprise, which has covered our communities and news of the broader world since the time of George Washington. We are married to this corner of Massachusetts and its residents — our readers, our neighbors — and so, today’s staff and those that follow us will continue to meet Thomas Dickman’s goal laid out 225 years ago.