Parking Meter Painting Brings Together Families, Community

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recorder.comreenfield ecorderT U E S DAY $1G Serving the people of Franklin County Rand North Quabbin since 1792 M ay 8,2018 The people speak ORANGE DOUBLE MURDER TRIAL Smith guilty der of Thomas Harty, 95, and Jurors find for fatally wounded his 77-year- old wife, Joanna Fisher, on murder in the Oct. 5, 2016, at the couple’s 581 East River St. home in Or- ange. first degree Her co-defendant, Joshua Hart, 25, of Athol was also con- By DAVID McLELLAN victed of the murders in his Recorder Staff Superior Court trial last month. GREENFIELD —Brittany Smith and Hart will be sen- Smith is guilty of two counts of tenced at 2 p.m. on Thursday murder in at the Franklin County Justice the first C e n t e r. degree, “We are grateful for the each of hard work and thoughtfulness which car- of both juries,”prosecutor ries a Jeremy Bucci said after the manda- seven-day trial concluded. “We tory sen- hope these convictions help to tence of bring the wonderful Fisher life impris- and Harty families a measure onment of closure.” without SMI T H The jury —nine women parole. and three men —accepted the The 29-year-old Athol p r o s e c u t i o n’s narrative of woman shook and wept Mon- events, in which Smith and day as the Franklin County Su- Hart “stalked”the victims, perior Court jury delivered looking through their windows RECORDER STAFF/PAUL FRANZ guilty verdicts on eight indict- late at night. Deerfield residents cast their votes in Deerfield Town Hall, Monday. ments, including those for Smith and Hart were des- armed robbery and motor ve- perate to get a car and money hicle theft. and get out of town. They ANNUAL TOWN MEETING AND ELECTION RESULTS: A2-A5, A8, B4 The jury concluded that Smith participated in the mur- SEE GUILT Y A2 Annual Town Meeting stories for: Election results for: Buckland, Colrain, Deerfield, Erving, Greenfield RecorderGill, Montague, - 05/08/2018 Northfield, Warwick Hawley, Monroe, New Salem, Wendell Page : A01 Greenfield resident Parking meter painting brings named professional Woman of the Year together families, community By CHRISTIE WISNIEWSKI Recorder Staff ight-year-old Azariah The scene will be adorn- meter together on Tuesday, Cosme focused intently ing one of 20 parking meters though Victoria admitted that GREENFIELD —Green- Eas he recreated an epic on Greenfield’s Main Street her son was the one calling field resident Lora Won- battle be- soon as part the shots on the design. dolowski has been named the tween two of a program “It’s all about Minecraft Professional Women’s Cham- iconic char- from the and I just doodled on the ber 2018 Woman of the Year. acters from Recreation side,”she said. Wondolowski, executive di- the mas- Department Residents were working rector of Leadership Pioneer sively popu- to bring more on their crafts over three Valley, says she is “thrilled and lar video public art to days last week, whether to- humbled”to be recognized for game downtown. gether as parents and chil- the award. Minecraf t. “I think dren or husband-and-wife, or “It is especially poignant at “The En- this is awe- by themselves. In addition to a time when women’s issues der dragon some, espe- Minecraft, a number of are more front and center,” and Steve cially seeing scenes adorned the parking she said. “I hope to make an are fight- DAN DESROCHERS your artwork meters at various states of impact in my community and WO N D O LOW S KI ing,”he around town,” completeness, from cartoon DAN DESROCHERS/RECORDER STAFF inspire people to do so, too.” said, as he ABOUT TOWN Vi c t o r i a characters to real-life loca- Laurie Naughton of This award, which has been “Lora is an outstanding ex- painted a Cosme, tions. Montague puts the finishing given since 1954, is presented ample of the talent and pas- pixelated recreation of the Azariah’s mother, said. Victoria said that the ex- touches on her parking to a western Massachusetts sion that we are lucky to have battle between good and evil The two were painting the meter rendering of her woman who “exemplifies out- in our area and we can’t wait on a parking meter. 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Copyright © 2018 Greenfield Recorder 05/08/2018 May 8, 2018 9:58 am (GMT +4:00) Powered by TECNAVIA A8GREENFIELD RECORDER |Tue sday,M ay 8,2018 recor der.com Montague approves school budget with resource officer

By DAVID McLELLAN to be around $25. will not have a disciplinary role. airport’s manager. entrance at Hillcrest Elementary Recorder Staff One new item covered by the bud- “The officer is a resource for the Camden said he is in his first year School, as well as $72,000 to upgrade get is a school resource officer — students,”said Sullivan, adding that as manager, and has been working the Building Management Systems MONTAGUE —A budget with a someone trained to deal with issues the officer can offer information to hard to increase revenue. The air- at Great Falls Middle School and school resource officer, a solar array of public safety and overseen by the students, especially when it comes to port’s budget was approved, but was Turners Falls High School. and a name change for the board of Montague Police Department. The legal troubles a student or their fam- amended, with around $2,000 de- ■The Colle Opera House will get Selectmen were approved at Mon- decision to hire a school resource of- ily may be having. ducted —the money which was in- $97,375 for “operations, mainte- tague’s annual Town Meeting Satur- ficer comes at a time of heightened tended for a hired intern. nance, and debt service”of the build- d a y. discus- Airport intern ing, and $150,000 for repairs. The 124 Town Meeting members sion One article that caused some con- Other articles approved ■The title of “Board of Select- approved a $9,400,018 town budget — around tention was the Turners Falls Air- ■The Water Pollution Control Fa- m e n”has been changed to “Select a 4.5 percent increase over the cur- school port’s request for additional money cility will have a budget of $2,017,231 Board.” rent year’s budget of $8,993,941 —for safety to hire an intern from the Franklin —a 15.4 percent decrease from last ■A resolution recognizing that general operations. and vio- County Technical School. year ’s budget of $2,384,214. “catastrophic climate change”is tak- The Franklin County Technical lence in The budget increase would have ■The town voted to appropriate ing place was passed. School’s budget also increased to the U.S. been around 2.2 percent —from $20,000 to purchase, equip, and re- ■The position of cultural coordi- $10,992,400 —a 4.85 percent increase The school resource officer —ap- $49,925 this year to $51,039. pair Water Pollution Control vehi- nator for the Town of Montague will from this year’s budget of proximately a $55,000 hit to the town Many of the Town Meeting mem- cles, and $25,000 for new control pan- be established. $10,484,400. budget —will be primarily stationed bers pointed out that the airport does els and alarms at the Denton Street ■$100,000 to purchase, equip and Similarly, $9,811,160 was approved at Turners Falls High School, but will not raise enough money to break and Montague Center Pump Sta- repair Department of Public Works for the Gill-Montague Regional frequently visit other schools in the even and called the airport’s benefits tions. vehicles and equipment was ap- School District —a 4.9 percent in- district. “intangible.” ■A solar array will be installed at proved. crease from this year’s budget of According to acting Police Chief “It seems like we’re subsidizing a the Water Pollution Control Facility ■Voters approved $15,000 to fund $9,356,560. Chris Bonnett, the officer will be able private club,”said Mark Wisnewski for $521,000. information technology equipment. According to Gill-Montague Re- to connect with students in a way a of 196 Turnpike Road. ■Exterior renovations costing ■$7,000 will go toward developing gional School District Superinten- normal police officer could not, learn- Wisnewski said funding the air- $30,000 will happen to the senior cen- a plan for Montague Center Park im- dent Michael Sullivan, the budget is ing the students’first names and in- port was funding an “expensive ter at 62 Fifth St., including replacing provements. satisfactory, although state aid to teracting with them on a daily basis. h o b b y, ”but said he was willing to the steps and building side rails. ■$30,000 was approved to manage schools has been relatively stagnant. While the officer will also help support another year of funding. ■$30,000 was approved for an in- town maps. “The state aid is relatively flat,” with matters such as calling or visit- “We spend a lot of time office-wise tercom system at Sheffield Elemen- Sullivan said, noting the increase in ing frequently truant students’par- with business, getting more business tary, $25,000 for an intercom system Reach David McLellan Greenfield Recorder - 05/08/2018 Copymoney Reduced spent per studentto 70% is fromexpected originalents, to Sullivan fit letter was page clear the officer partners,”said Bryan Camden,Page the : andA08 $12,000 for double door security at: [email protected]

AMHERS T Body pulled from Puffer’s Pond was UMass student East Bridgewater senior a UMass journalism major

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN For the Recorder

AMHERST —A man whose body was recovered from Puffer’s Pond on Friday has been identified as Univer- sity of Massachusetts student Jacob Johnson, 21, of East Bridgewater, according to the district attorney’s office. Spokeswoman Mary Carey said no foul play is suspected. Authorities did not provide any further details Monday mor ning. Johnson was a senior jour- GAZETTE FILE PHOTO nalism major in the College of Emergency personnel search for a missing swimmer at Puffer's Pond in Amherst, Friday. Social and Behavioral Sci- ences, according to an email a sharp intellect with a witty, the world —could really use hard worker,”former arts edi- sent to the UMass Amherst disarming personality. He at the moment.” tor Kathleen Mellen, who left community. He would have made my classroom a “He cared about making a the Gazette in 2017, said. “I’m DAN DESROCHERS/RECORDER STAFF walked with his classmates at warmer, more thoughtful, and difference in the world, about very sorry to hear about his Azariah Cosme, 8, of Greenfield, works on his Minecraft- graduation this Friday, ac- more interesting place every the environment, about peace death, it’s heartbreaking.” inspired parking meter. cording to an email from jour- day he was and every- During his time at the nalism department chairman there.” thing that Gazette, Johnson wrote on a Brian McDermott and chief In an matters wide range of topics, from a undergraduate adviser Beth email, Braun The more most,”jour- review of a Henry Rollins con- Me te rs Wa l l a c e . told the nalism pro- cert to an interview with FROM A1 “On behalf of UMass, we Gazette that you argued fessor Karen Amherst storyteller Motoko extend our sincere condo- one of his fa- List said in a Dworkin. perience has brought her lences to Jacob’s family and vorite things with him, the statement. “Immediately impressive,” closer to her son and allowed friends who are mourning his about John- “Those of us was how Mellen described them to bond. untimely death,”Cara Appel- son was that better you liked who worked Johnson, who she said had no “Especially since I have a Silbaugh, dean of students, he was an in- with him and hesitancy about jumping into little daughter at home, so I said in a statement. dependent knew him are difficult work. “Really lik- h a v e n’t been able to spend as Johnson, who came to t h i n k e r. h i m .” heartbro- able.” much time with him,”Vi c t o r i a UMass in 2014 after graduat- “When he JOSH BRAUN ken.” Emergency responders said. ing from East Bridgewater would dis- Johnson were called to the pond on UMass journalism professor Ted Hinman and Armeme High School, worked as a stu- agree with was also an Friday for a report of a possi- Margosian, a Greenfield- dent journalist at The Boston his peers or intern at the ble drowning at around 1:40 based husband-and-wife com- DAN DESROCHERS/RECORDER STAFF Globe last year. with me, the ensuing conver- Daily Hampshire Gazette, p.m. Calls came over the po- bination, were two of the A parking meter, painted by “Jacob’s friends and pro- sation always promised to be where he wrote for the arts lice scanner from bystanders artists creating their own in- Armeme Margosian of fessors knew him as a won- not only meaningful and inter- section in the fall of 2016. who had lost sight of a man in terpretations of other pieces Greenfield, takes inspiration derful person, an engaging esting, but friendly and fun,” “He was a really, really the middle of the pond. of art on separate parking from “The Starry Night”by scholar, and a promising pro- Braun wrote. “The more you meters at the Recreation De- Vincent Van Gogh. fessional,”journalism profes- argued with him, the better partment last week. sor Josh Braun said in a you liked him. It was a pretty For Margosian, her meter that.” statement. “He was invari- singular quality of the sort the had a recreation of the classic “It could be on Coney Is- ably articulate and combined journalism profession —and oil on canvas painting “The land at night,”he said of the Starry Night,”by Dutch post- piece of art. MINI ADS impressionist Vincent Van Hinman said that the park- Gogh. She swirled yellow and ing meters will bring art to DEATH NOTICE S white on the steel, creating the public eye, and for free — Tired of waiting to have those trees removed? 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