Friday, May 17, 2013
Greenfield Mayor Bill Martin’s efforts to purchase the former Lunt property on Federal Street may have hit another snag. The Greenfield Town Council learned this week that the town’s bond counsel has demanded that the funding vote be retaken and that it pass by a two-thirds majority of …
Friday, May 17, 2013
In her time on the Gill Montague Regional School District Committee, Marge Levenson has been an independent voice for the students, for transparency and for fiscal responsibility. I haven’t always agreed with her, but I’ve always known that she was speaking her mind and not pursuing any hidden …
Thursday, May 16, 2013
While I have left Franklin County, I still follow the news in my former town of Orange and was troubled to read the headlines regarding the suspension of Mahar faculty Mike Magee and the response by the Mahar administration to students seeking to support him via Facebook and …
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
If there’s good news coming from this week’s meeting of the Mahar Regional School Committee, it’s that the parties involved in the controversy over a popular teacher’s disputed suspension are now trying to find a mutually acceptable resolution. Even as agreement is reached, however, one that essentially allows …
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Two years ago this month, the Greenfield Planning Board, by a one-vote margin, voted to grant a special permit for a 135,000-square-foot big box store in a special overlay zone along the French King Highway. At that time, few people in Greenfield would have imagined that seven neighbors …
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
I would like to take a moment and say a HUGE “Thank You” to all the doctors, nurses and staff at the Baystate Franklin Medical Center Emergency Department for all their help this past week as my son was/is very sick and although it was a bit of …
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Sunday night, reports of an alleged hate crime at Columbia University shocked the Columbia community and Americans everywhere. Indeed, in my time at Columbia, I have never witnessed such an explicit instance of racial violence, and it utterly disturbs me. However, I am equally disturbed by another type …
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
The Internal Revenue Service has long been one of the federal agencies that Americans love to hate. While playing its role as the chief collector of federal taxes, it has created the image of an organization of faceless …
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Did you know Greenfield has its very own oasis? This haven is the Greenfield Senior Center. You can choose how to restore yourself, from aerobics to yoga, line dancing and Tai Chi. Bridge, mahjong are popular as well as Wii sports and art classes. The range of workshops …
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
This past weekend my husband and I were dining with local and international friends. I was mentioning an interview I had recently heard on Harry Shearer’s “Le Show” with Alexa O’Brien. Ms. O’Brien is an independent journalist who is, uniquely, covering the Bradley Manning pretrial hearings. In my …
