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Another ranking officer retires on short notice
GREENFIELD — For the second time in 12 days, a top-ranking officer in the Police Department has announced his immediate retirement, while at the same time, the mayor has announced that a previously unannounced investigation of the department has been completed and another has begun.
Four Leaf Clover reopens today
BERNARDSTON — Having reached an agreement to pay back taxes to the state Department of Revenue, Mark and Linda Snow will re-open the Four Leaf Clover Restaurant bright and early at 5 a.m. today.
“Two days is a long enough time for us to be closed,” said Mark Snow Wednesday afternoon while en route to the DOR’s Springfield office to retrieve the keys to his business.
Healthy crop of Franklin County CSAs
When Mary and Alfie Siano go shopping for food, they know exactly where their meat and vegetables are coming from.
Four Leaf Clover closed
BERNARDSTON — The Four Leaf Clover restaurant was shut down by the state Department of Revenue Tuesday morning, for back taxes.
The business owes $81,126.38 in unpaid meals taxes dating back to March of 2008, according to DOR spokesman Robert Bliss. At about 10 a.m. Tuesday, DOR agents came in, cleared out the customers and staff, and locked the restaurant’s doors behind them.
Town Council to let residents speak out on charter changes
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.”
Irene anniversary to be marked with song
“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.
GHS Principal Woodcock an ‘Unsung Heroine’
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.
Moving forward
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.
Kringle set to open new factory
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.”
A ride to the river?
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.
Two more colleges show interest in campus in Northfield
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.
Public safety has a field day
GREENFIELD — Firefighters from three states were called to Greenfield Community College Saturday morning, where they performed auto extrications, put out fires and cleared a landing zone for state police choppers and helicopter ambulances, as K-9 units worked the grounds.
Work in pizza shop recipe for helping students to shine
BERNARDSTON — When students from Brattleboro’s I.N.S.P.I.R.E. School for Autism aren’t in class, they’re rolling in the dough — at Hillside Pizza.
Since 2007, the school has taught students age 7 to 22, and currently has 14 full-time students. The curriculum includes academics as well as vocational training. That’s where Hillside Pizza comes in.
Community response electrifying
NORTHFIELD — Despite damage from the freak October snowstorm, Kiwanis Park is back in action, thanks to volunteers and donors.
The heavy fall snow brought down much of the park’s aging outdoor wiring, causing thousands of dollars in damage. Repairs have been completed, and the park is once again up for rent for events.
Heath moves to pre-empt state siting laws
HEATH — Annual town meeting voters Saturday not only approved a year-long moratorium on large-scale wind and photovoltaic electricity-generating systems, they also agreed — unanimously — to allow voting on wind- and solar bylaws at a special town meeting, should the town have laws to adopt before a year is up.
May 17, 2012
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