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By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — As early as next fall, Greenfield Community College will have launched its new heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) training program aimed at improving equity in the green workforce. The development of the program was made...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — After more than a decade of declining enrollment, the number of students at Greenfield Community College increased this fall semester by the largest percentage since 2010, school officials say.This semester also marked the highest number...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — As one of the few deaf or hard-of-hearing students to attend Greenfield Community College, the first day of school for Ally Deso wasn’t just a matter of showing up for class.“She did a lot of prep,” said her mother, Greenfield resident...

By SCOTT MERZBACH and JULIAN MENDOZA

Back in April, the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts distributed 1 million pounds of food to its 172 food pantries and meal sites, a sizable increase from the 750,000 pounds of food that went to the same locations just two months earlier.While the...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — The Franklin County Community Meals Program intends to honor Christopher “Monte” Belmonte, one of the Pioneer Valley’s most well-known “food heroes,” at its annual auction on Monday.“In deciding what we were going to do, we needed to do...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — A local clinic was recently recognized by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for providing “exemplary support” to breastfeeding mothers through the national Women, Infants and Children (WIC) supplemental nutrition program.WIC serves to...

By BELLA LEVAVI

WARWICK — The first day of school is always a momentous occasion, but for Warwick Community School, Thursday marked an important milestone years in the making. Students walked the hallways of Warwick Community School for the first time since 2020 on...

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — Following last week’s launch of the MassReconnect program, community college students age 25 and older, such as Greenfield Community College student Tim Sweeney, will get a chance to rekindle their academic dreams without financial...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — Greenfield Community College has been selected as one of 15 community colleges in the country, and the only institution in New England, to participate in a workforce development program aimed at bringing equity to the forefront of the...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — In a condensed version of a 90-minute show, five teenagers shared a series of deeply personal stories from their lives in America, experiences in which they were forced to confront the reality of race and racism in a white-dominant...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — After a short-term hiatus, Greenfield Community College has revived its internship program with the hiring of a new coordinator, David Brown. “Internships are about more than just career readiness; they are experiences that help guide...

By JAMES PENTLAND

NORTHAMPTON — Community Legal Aid is using funding from the Executive Office of Economic Development’s Community Empowerment and Reinvestment Grant Program to advertise its services for people facing barriers to housing and employment due to past...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — With $100,000 in donor funding to support the purchase of new laptops, any student in need of a computer for their fall semester at Greenfield Community College will have access to one. The laptops and other devices will be available to...

By MARY BYRNE

TURNERS FALLS — Five years after moving into its current office on Main Street in Greenfield, the Community Health Center of Franklin County is expanding to include a Turners Falls branch.“We thought we had built space we’d be able to grow into over...

By CHRIS LARABEE

Four school districts in the region will upgrade their security measures with the help of a state grant.The Pioneer Valley Regional, Hawlemont Regional, Four Rivers Charter Public and Warwick school districts each received Safer Schools and...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

WARWICK — Jen Smith, assistant principal at Crocker Farm Elementary School in Amherst, has been hired as Warwick Community School’s new principal.Warwick School District Superintendent Carole Learned-Miller, who worked alongside Smith as her...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — An organization that provides free legal services to low-income and elderly residents is partnering with Baystate Franklin Medical Center and the Community Health Center of Franklin County in hopes of more easily connecting with people...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

TURNERS FALLS — For this year’s Brick House 5K race, the Community Resource Center is emphasizing that winning the race is no more important than simply finishing it.“We’re giving out prizes in a lottery system this year,” said Deborah Frenkel,...

GREENFIELD — About 150 people gathered for the Franklin County Community Development Corporation’s “Celebrating Entrepreneurs” block party last week, providing an opportunity to get to know local business owners.Two speakers — Revan Schendler of the...