GREENFIELD — Town Council will hold a public hearing tonight to allow residents to weigh in on changes a town committee has made to the town charter after a nearly two-year review, including formally recognizing Greenfield as a “city.”
Greenfield is currently known as the “city known as the Town of Greenfield.”
“Goodnight Irene” comes to mind, of course, but there was just so much more water over the dam — and everywhere else — when the tropical storm struck last August.
So, the Connecticut River Watershed Council plans to put the storm’s floodwaters to work by inviting songwriters of all types and stripes to come up with ditties inspired by the deluge.
GREENFIELD — Longtime resident and educator Donna Woodcock has spent most of her life working with children.
Now, she’s being recognized for that passion.
Woodcock was selected by the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women as one of its 2012 “Unsung Heroines” after being nominated by Rep. Denise Andrews.
GREENFIELD — Franklin Regional Transit Authority has had a week to settle into its new home at the foot of Bank Row and its administrator says “everything is running smoothly — even if all the planned services like interstate buses and trains aren’t available there yet.
BERNARDSTON — The Kringle Candle Co. will soon move into its new factory on Industrial Drive, while retail operations will stay on South Street.
“Things are going well; we’re way ahead of schedule,” said Michael Kittredge III, who founded the company in town in 2009. “We’ll be in the new building very soon, and hope to start production there within the next two or three weeks.”
CHARLEMONT — A local business’s proposal for a river livery and shuttle service for tube riders will be discussed at a Planning Board public hearing Thursday night, beginning at 7:15 p.m.
NORTHFIELD — Two more Christian colleges have announced their interest in the former Northfield Mount Hermon School campus, at what may have been the final tour Monday.
Utility workers install a new pole at the corner of Arch and Chapman streets on Tuesday. A smiling shrub watches over their work. Recorder/Paul Franz
