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By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Officials are urging the public to take precautions after the Department of Public Health detected the West Nile virus in Greenfield on Friday morning, a potentially life-threatening virus spread primarily by mosquitoes.Public Health...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD – The Franklin County YMCA signed a contract with Western Mass Demolition Corporation this week to tear down a 182-year-old church, prompting the Historical Commission to consider a delay on the project, according to city officials. An...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Of the city’s estimated 985 multi-family homes, Board of Assessors member Chuck Green said the number of rental units in Greenfield, and their addresses, remain unknown.As the Board of Assessors works to draft a proposed tax rate for City...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The pre-trial conference for defendant Taaniel Herberger-Brown, the Greenfield man charged with murdering 35-year-old Christopher Hairston of Pittsfield, was continued to Oct. 1 as new details emerged in the case, according to First...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Amid a spike in kindergarten enrollment at the city’s three elementary schools, Superintendent of Schools Karin Patenaude said the district has hired three additional kindergarten teachers.Patenaude said Wednesday that there were 110...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD – Mayor Virginia Desorgher appointed Todd Dodge as the city’s police chief, ending his more than six-month tenure as “acting chief.”City Clerk Kathy Scott swore Dodge into the position Tuesday afternoon at City Hall. According to a written...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE – Shawn Rickan has started as the new principal of Turners Falls High School and Great Falls Middle School as the school year begins for the Gill-Montague Regional School District (GMRSD).During a School Committee meeting on Tuesday, GMRSD...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL – Earlier this summer, Stacey Hamel heard a rumor that since the barriers were placed on the French King Bridge in August 2023, neither Gill nor Erving first responders have been called to the bridge for rescue of people in crisis, or recovery of...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

ERVING — Voters will consider updates to the town’s tax-work off program for seniors, easements for a bridge project and new voting procedures when a special Town Meeting convenes Wednesday.The meeting begins at 7 p.m. in the Erving Elementary School...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — State Police have not yet found the suspect or truck involved in a chase that made its way through Greenfield on Saturday afternoon.According to State Police Sgt. Gregory Jones, troopers with the Shelburne Falls barracks assisted...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — After 12 years of ownership, Charles Garbiel and his family have decided to put the Shady Glen Diner up for sale.“My wife and I have been talking for about six months about it,” Garbiel explained. “I’ve just spent 12 years, seven days...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD – After City Council approved the purchase of two police cruisers for $150,000 last week, the city is considering electric cruisers the next time it funds additions to the department.“I’m going to vote for this one now, but for future ones,...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The city’s newly formed Open Space Task Force is searching for a fifth member to help manage Greenfield’s conservation and recreational spaces in line with the city’s 2021 Open Space and Recreation plan.At it’s inaugural meeting Monday...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

SHELBURNE FALLS — The iconic Shelburne Falls Bridge of Flowers was cleared of several plants this past weekend ahead of the $3 million restoration and repair project which began Sunday and will run through the end of this year.Bridge of Flowers...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — As Americans get older across the country, an organization in Montague is seeking to help the aging population remain independent and connected to the community.A group of volunteers has created a chapter of the national organization...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

The 38th annual Green River Festival persevered through two days of severe weather this weekend as rain and thunderstorms brought delays and schedule changes for performers and festival-goers.Friday’s programming began when the gates to the Franklin...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Some 30 community members gathered on Beacon Field in 90-degree weather Wednesday afternoon for the city’s third annual Juneteenth celebration.In 2021, the Biden administration officially recognized Juneteenth — commemorating the day in...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — A federal judge has denied the city’s motion to dismiss a case involving two residents who sued the city for taking the excess value of their foreclosed properties over a tax debt, a practice the U.S. Supreme Court ruled was...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — As the Greenfield School Department works to decommission the vacant Green River School and transfer ownership to the city, challenges have arisen as the district works to tie up loose financial ends with the Massachusetts School Building...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD – The Greenfield Grand Lodge Order of Elks has awarded Literacy Project Executive Director Judith Roberts with the 2022-2023 Elks Distinguished Citizenship Award.“We are honored to receive this award,” said Roberts. “The Literacy Project...