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Opinion

Editorial: The race is on

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

This year’s Greenfield School Committee election could have been classified as a ho-hum, no race for the two seats being vacated. But with the entry of a write-in candidate — and the subsequent reaction by one of the other candidates — this election is no longer a sleeper. Instead, it has become one that should be getting the attention of the Greenfield voters heading into Tuesday’s election. Let’s set the … 0

Letter: Starlight, star bright

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Kudos to The Recorder for raising the profile of light pollution. You rightly point out that this obscures our appreciation of the starscape, and I, for one, could think of no more compelling reason to address this problem. We would do well to not think this a strictly metropolitan issue, as even the most rural parts of the readership have seen their view … 0

Letter: Our drug problem

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

I hope its not too late to compliment The Recorder and Chris Curtis for the great series on the major drug crisis in Greenfield. Yes, it runs through all our lives now, regardless of class or race. I live on School Street, in one of those back-lot houses chopped into small apartments that are common in town. Twice in the past year, I’ve … 0

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