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After year on pause, annual Bee Fest buzzes back to Greenfield After a year on pause, the community once again celebrated Greenfield’s annual Bee Fest on Saturday. The event included the unveiling of six new bee sculptures. COURTESY PHOTO/ROXANN WEDEGARTNER After a year on pause, the community once again celebrated Greenfield’s annual Bee Fest. The newly revealed bee sculptures will be permanent structures throughout the city. COURTESY PHOTO/ROXANN WEDEGARTNER Mary Chicoine, at left, and R...

Dean named first recipient of fellowship honoring Four Rivers co-founder Claire Blatchford on the Four Rivers Charter Public School campus in Greenfield. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ MATT LEAF Four Rivers Charter Public School Dean of Students Matt Leaf and Claire Blatchford by the ancient maple trees on the campus in Greenfield. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ Published: 5/14/2021 5:33:45 PM GREENFIELD — When Four Rivers Charter Public School co-founder Edward W. Blatchford died April 19, 2020, from comp...

PETERSBURGH, N.Y. Grafton Peace Pagoda Flower Festival May 23 The 2021 Grafton Peace Pagoda Flower Festival will be held on Sunday, May 23, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in front of the peace pagoda. The festival celebrates the birth of Buddha and all living things. This year the ceremony will be limited to drumming and prayer from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Visitors will be pouring sweet tea on Buddha’s head for the blessing of all life. Due to the continued coronavirus concerns, wear a mask and bring a ...

Lydia Huntley Sigourney was America’s first best-selling poet and the first woman in American history to make a living by her pen. Born in Norwich in 1791, she lived here until leaving for Hartford in 1814, where she published her poems, thus earning the title “The Sweet Singer of Hartford.” Until her death in 1865, she held great affection for her birthplace, contributing a poem to be read at Norwich’s 200th anniversary celebration in 1859. Lydia Huntley was the daughter of the gardene...

Virtual live worship at Second Congregational Church Second Congregational Church is currently holding virtual services live via YouTube on Sunday mornings at 10am. This week we will celebrate virtual communion; worshippers are invited to have bread and juice/wine on hand for the service. The service live-stream is accessible at www.bennscc.org. Rev. D. Mark Blank’s sermon, entitled “Not So Mild-Mannered Jesus” is based on John 2:13-22. The weekly service includes musical contrib...

Dont miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BENNINGTON — Every weekday in front of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, on Pleasant Street, volunteers offer members of the public free hot drinks and pleasant conversation. It’s called the Community Coffee Pot project and it runs from 2 to 3:30 p.m. All are welcome to visit. The outreach sprouted from a meeting of the Greater Bennington Interfaith Council. It was born out of frustration about not being able to find daytime shelte...

Greenfield Key Club’s drive-thru food drive to benefit Salvation Army People line up for warm meals at the Salvation Army on Chapman Street in Greenfield on Tuesday. Students in the Greenfield High School Key Club are organizing a drive-thru food drive that will benefit the Salvation Army’s food program Staff Photo/Paul Franz Cook Jose Lopez Cotto plates up some fish with rice and beans at the Salvation Army on Chapman Street in Greenfield on Tuesday. Students in the Greenfield High School ...