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My Turn: Get your motor runnin’

Friday, May 17, 2013

An ordinary woman, fast approaching her 70th birthday, needs to rent a car. She is a sensible sort, preferring safety to style, the familiar to the new. She’d rent a tank if available, something to assure the invincibility of her precious cargo, in the event of, well you know, road lunatics. What happens … 0

In the Arena: Another snag for Lunt

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 the entire council, not just those who happen to be there on the night of … 0

My Turn: Leveling the playing field

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 to this huge project could void this decision in court for two years. But they … 0

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