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Greenfield Community College to host Franklin County Intergenerational Film Festival
11-08-2024 10:20 AM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GREENFIELD – Greenfield Community College (GCC) will host the inaugural Franklin County Intergenerational Film Festival on Nov. 14 to showcase and celebrate six short films created by teens and older adults during GCC’s Cyber-Senior Program.The...

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Greenfield Police respond to alleged armed robbery on Federal Street
11-01-2024 5:44 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD – Police are investigating an alleged armed robbery that took place in the area around the Wendy’s on Federal Street after a man claimed he was robbed of $1,000, according to Officer Marcus Johansson.At approximately 4 p.m. Friday, officer...


Montague Tree Warden Mark Stevens remembered for town service
11-01-2024 4:34 PM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — In the days before former Montague Tree Warden Mark Stevens died of pancreatic cancer on Oct. 17, he had one last job to complete.On Oct. 3, Stevens, in his pajamas and Crocs, placed “no parking” signs on the side of Avenue A where...


Police: Missing New Hampshire woman’s body found in Warwick
11-01-2024 10:23 AM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

WARWICK — The remains of a woman from Keene, New Hampshire, were found in Warwick, according to police in that city who have been investigating a report of a missing person over the past three weeks.The body was identified as 31-year-old Justina...


State awards $6.3M in grants for Wilson’s redevelopment project in Greenfield
10-31-2024 4:47 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The redevelopment of the former Wilson’s Department Store on Main Street is receiving more than $6.3 million as part of an infusion of state grants to foster housing and economic development.The money is part of a pool of $161 million in...


Greenfield Community College hosts Safe and Healthy School Summit
10-30-2024 4:20 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Educators from more than 24 schools and districts gathered at Greenfield Community College Wednesday morning as keynote speaker Gaelin Elmore, a former NFL player, spoke of his tumultuous childhood and how community leaders can assist...


‘Change-maker’ William Gordon to retire from Greenfield PD
10-28-2024 4:20 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Deputy Police Chief William Gordon will retire this Friday, Nov. 1, closing a 38-year career in law enforcement and leaving behind a number of innovative changes to policing, both in Greenfield and across the country.Gordon, 54, began his...


Pathlight programs, personnel merging with larger ServiceNet
10-25-2024 6:55 PM

By SAMUEL GELINAS

NORTHAMPTON — Regional human service agencies Pathlight and ServiceNet are merging in a move that leaders say will enable Pathlight’s programming to continue and allow ServiceNet to expand resources it already offers.The organizations’ leaders and...


Greenfield School Committee’s DeNeeve recognized with state honor
10-14-2024 4:33 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The Massachusetts Association of School Committees (MASC) has selected School Committee member Elizabeth DeNeeve to be a 2024 All-State School Committee Member — the first such recognition presented to a Greenfield School Committee member...


Turners Falls power canal water drawdown extended to Oct. 20
10-14-2024 3:56 PM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS – FirstLight’s annual drawdown of water has been extended for continued maintenance on the Turners Falls power canal left dike until Oct. 20, three weeks longer than anticipated.According to FirstLight, the planned maintenance project...


Panel recommends Sara Brown for Greenfield City Council seat
10-10-2024 1:41 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Committee Chairs recommended Sara Brown, president and co-founder of Valley Housing Co-op, to fill former At-Large Councilor Penny Ricketts’ seat on Wednesday, narrowing the candidate pool from five to one.The recommendation came a week...


HS Roundup: Mahar field hockey erases 5-1 deficit to tie Turners (PHOTOS)
09-17-2024 9:00 PM

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

ORANGE — It wasn’t looking good for the Mahar field hockey team during the third quarter against Turners Falls on Tuesday. The Sens found themselves trailing 5-1 after the Thunder tallied twice in the opening two minutes of the half, dropping Mahar —...


Bernardston veterans honored at Cushman Park memorial
09-14-2024 8:50 PM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

BERNARDSTON — The Bernardston Veterans Memorial at Cushman Park celebrated new additions to the memorial on Saturday, including two new stones at the memorial and three dedicated granite benches.The re-dedication ceremony was attended by around 35...


Erving School Union 28 Superintendent hopes to create collaborative atmosphere
09-02-2024 5:38 PM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

ERVING – The Erving School Union 28 district is starting the school year with Shannon White-Cleveland as the new superintendent for K-6 students across New Salem, Wendell, Erving, Leverett and Shutesbury.White-Cleveland has around 30 years of...


Fairgrounds in Greenfield to complete repaving project with $75K grant
08-30-2024 5:29 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The Franklin County Agricultural Society has received a $75,000 grant from the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism to complete its $250,000 walkway repaving project, aimed at making the grounds more accessible to disabled...


Baby on board: Mother details roadside birth of daughter on Route 2 in Gill
08-30-2024 5:20 PM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

ORANGE — Carolyn Gilmore was informed by her midwives that the labor process for a second child typically goes faster than the first. However, Gilmore wasn’t expecting to deliver her second child within a half hour of her water breaking, nor in the...


West Nile virus discovered in Greenfield
08-30-2024 2:00 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Officials are urging the public to take precautions after the Department of Public Health detected the West Nile virus in Greenfield on Friday morning, a potentially life-threatening virus spread primarily by mosquitoes.Public Health...


Greenfield Historical Commission mulls demolition delay for Zion Korean Church
08-29-2024 4:27 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD – The Franklin County YMCA signed a contract with Western Mass Demolition Corporation this week to tear down a 182-year-old church, prompting the Historical Commission to consider a delay on the project, according to city officials. An...


Greenfield struggles to track rentals as assessors mull residential tax exemption
08-28-2024 3:44 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Of the city’s estimated 985 multi-family homes, Board of Assessors member Chuck Green said the number of rental units in Greenfield, and their addresses, remain unknown.As the Board of Assessors works to draft a proposed tax rate for City...


Hearing for Greenfield murder suspect pushed to Oct. 1
08-28-2024 3:20 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The pre-trial conference for defendant Taaniel Herberger-Brown, the Greenfield man charged with murdering 35-year-old Christopher Hairston of Pittsfield, was continued to Oct. 1 as new details emerged in the case, according to First...


New kindergarten teachers hired amid enrollment spike in Greenfield
08-28-2024 2:36 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Amid a spike in kindergarten enrollment at the city’s three elementary schools, Superintendent of Schools Karin Patenaude said the district has hired three additional kindergarten teachers.Patenaude said Wednesday that there were 110...

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