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By JACOB NELSON

It turns out pancakes and hot air balloons have at least one thing in common: they both pair well with maple syrup.“Flying over the woods is a good way to find maple trees,” offers Paul Sena, owner of both Worthington Ballooning and Hickory Hill Farm....

By SCOTT MERZBACH

SOUTHAMPTON — The Southampton Select Board agreed last week to withhold paying its quarterly assessment to the Hampshire Regional School District in response to ongoing challenges in the school district’s business office that are putting the town’s...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

SHELBURNE — As hundreds shared laughter, tears and fond memories of late hilltown legislator Steve Kulik during a memorial ceremony on Sunday, the words of Maya Angelou rang true.“When great souls die, after a period, peace blooms.”Kulik died of...

My name is Ron Sampson, and I am running for Worthington Select Board. I am a lifelong resident of Worthington, born and raised here. I attended the Russell H. Conwell School. My wife of 41 years, Robin and I bought my parents’ home where we raised...

By Stephen T. Smith

It’s not uncommon to consider a visit to the emergency room an experience best avoided. They are often incredibly busy places and the emergencies are often very real. This is especially so during the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day. Throw in...

By JACOB NELSON

WORTHINGTON — “Agriculture is going to have to look different,” says Lincoln Fishman of Sawyer Farm in Worthington, given the climate crisis. “And I’m just not interested in farming the old way.”Well-read and well-spoken, Fishman has a keen ability to...

By REBECA PEREIRA

In Worthington, tucked behind a kempt grassy landscape of standard backyard detritus and outdoor furnishings, cushioned lawn chairs and an above-ground pool, is an undulating race track befitting the small town’s biggest bike enthusiasts.It’s a...

By BERA DUNAU

WORTHINGTON — Spouses Aaron and Eric Frary were looking to find a larger property for their goat farm. So they bought an inn.Fast forward and the couple are now the owners and operators of The Goldenrod Country Inn. Located in the premises of the...

By BERA DUNAU

WORTHINGTON — Yvonne Gittelson, an educator who works for the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education as the corrections program specialist for the state, will be addressing the Town Democratic Committee’s Sundays with the Candidates series...

By BERA DUNAU

WILLIAMSBURG — Town residents will be able to get an update on the Mill River Greenway project and provide feedback on it and adjacent projects at a community forum on Sunday at the Town Offices in Haydenville.The event will take place from 2 to 4...

By BERA DUNAU

WORTHINGTON — Friends and family are remembering community icon Bradford Fisk, who owned Corners Grocery for 25 years, as a family man who entertained many with his singing voice. He died July 30 at age 92.“He was the most wonderful guy and he will be...

By BERA DUNAU

Policing is changing in the hilltowns, and more change is on the horizon.Both Worthington and Plainfield moved to having full-time chiefs this year. Chesterfield and Goshen are considering regionalizing their police departments after the chiefs in...

By BERA DUNAU

CUMMINGTON — When Steve Magargal was 12-years-old, he caddied for George Shultz for the first time at the Worthington Golf Club, now The Links At Worthington. The pair would become good friends and years later Magargal, the owner and operator of...

By BERA DUNAU

WORTHINGTON — When he was growing up, Jared Sena used to roller skate in one of the rooms of his family’s ski lodge, a barn that over three generations has held auctions, weddings and even potatoes. Now, the Worthington native is all grown up and...

By BERA DUNAU

WORTHINGTON — New details have emerged about the Tuesday crash between a U.S. Army helicopter and a snowmobile in Worthington that left a local man badly injured.In an email from the Fort Drum Army base in New York, a spokeswoman said the helicopter...

By FRAN RYAN

WORTHINGTON — Driving across a field maintained as a snowmobile trail on Tuesday night just after 7:30, a snowmobiler was seriously injured when he crashed into the rear of a U.S. Army Black Hawk medevac helicopter that had landed in the field earlier...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

WORTHINGTON — With limited fire hydrants in the Hilltowns, a new special type of fire truck will allow Worthington firefighters to more quickly extinguish fires by transporting 3,000 gallons of water to blazes and more easily drawing water from other...