Bella Levavi

Northampton

Reporter at The Recorder (Greenfield, MA)

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Articles

Yiddish Traditions Find New Form in "Shterna and the Lost Voice"

May 1, 2024 | theshoestring.org | Bella Levavi |Will Meyer |Brian Z. Zayatz

By Bella LevaviNORTHAMPTON - Audiences at the Parlor Room were held rapt last weekend as intricate paper shadow puppets mounted on a massive scroll crept across a hand-cranked ark, with musical accompaniment from a three-piece Klezmer band and narration by Northampton performance artist A.C. Weaver.
Franklin County lodging managers say a lack of rooms is impacting tourist trade

Mar 30, 2024 | atholdailynews.com | Bella Levavi

Innkeeper Laurie McDonald, pictured inside the Deerfield Inn in Old Deerfield, says the number of rooms available in the area could easily increase. “There is so much demand coming out this way,” she says.
Conservation restriction protects 47 acres in Shelburne

Mar 17, 2024 | recorder.com | Bella Levavi

E-Edition Advertise Newsletters Subscribe Home News Opinion Sports Arts & Life Obituaries Classifieds Calendar Catherine “Kiki” Smith donated a conservation restriction to the Franklin Land Trust covering 47 acres of land on the east side of Reynolds and Patten roads in Shelburne.
Facing history: Wendell Historical Society grapples with some challenging facts of their building’s history

Mar 15, 2024 | recorder.com | Bella Levavi

E-Edition Advertise Newsletters Subscribe Home News Opinion Sports Arts & Life Obituaries Classifieds Calendar Wallace Goldsmith, Wendell barber and entertainer, built the building that is now becoming the Wendell Historical Society.
Mohawk Trail’s regional agreement changes coming back to towns

Mar 13, 2024 | recorder.com | Bella Levavi

BUCKLAND — Following a vote from the School Committee, the Mohawk Trail Regional School District intends to reintroduce the same regional agreement amendments that failed to receive approval from all eight member towns last year. “We can change the minds of the folks who voted ‘no’ the first time,” School Committee Chair Martha Thurber said in an interview. “We have a job to do, trying to share our perspective and how the amendment will affect” the towns.
$17K fundraiser seeks to restore Heath Community Hall windows

Mar 12, 2024 | recorder.com | Bella Levavi

E-Edition Advertise Newsletters Subscribe Home News Opinion Sports Arts & Life Obituaries Classifieds Calendar Members of the Heath Community Hall Windows Fundraising Committee are urging residents to join in their effort to restore the windows of the cherished building.
With only 1 bid for Bridge of Flowers repairs, $2.28M grant for project short by $590K

Mar 11, 2024 | recorder.com | Bella Levavi

E-Edition Advertise Newsletters Subscribe Home News Opinion Sports Arts & Life Obituaries Classifieds Calendar The Bridge of Flowers, pictured during its 90th year in Shelburne Falls in 2019.
Six towns in Hampshire, Franklin counties seek regional conservation agent

Mar 9, 2024 | gazettenet.com | Bella Levavi

ASHFIELD — Six towns are pooling resources to hire a paid conservation agent to serve their communities as the number of permit filings exceeds the capacity of the all-volunteer conservation commissions. Williamsburg, Whately, Goshen, Ashfield, Buckland and Hawley have joined forces intending to hire one agent for the six towns. Conway was initially involved in the discussions but has since withdrawn.
Creating with childlike wonder: Solo show by aritst Mary Frongillo on display in GCTV lobby this month

Mar 9, 2024 | recorder.com | Bella Levavi

Artist Mary Frongillo loves to play and employs play to understand the world around her. Frongillo is the first featured lobby artist of the year at Greenfield Community Television (GCTV), located at 393 Main St., with her solo show, “Shapes in Space,” on display until March 29.
Fed budget sending millions for Deerfield building, Double Edge Theatre, Bernardston Fire Station

Mar 8, 2024 | recorder.com | James Pentland |Chris Larabee |Bella Levavi |Domenic Poli

Double Edge Theatre ensemble actor Hannah Jarrell dances with a scythe during a rehearsal on Friday, July 10, 2020, for the Ashfield troupe’s Summer Spectacle, “6 Feet Apart, All Together.” CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Two of the Goshen Highway Department’s smaller trucks fill the bays in the garage.