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By ERIN ANHALT
The first day I worked for the city of Greenfield as the chief of staff, I had the privilege of sitting in on the Licensing Board. I cannot begin to describe how much this board made me appreciate our wonderful city, but municipal government in...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL and ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
The 2024 presidential election proved to be a decisive one for Republican Donald Trump, with the former president claiming victory the morning after the election after winning key battleground states such as Georgia, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.In...
By DOMENIC POLI
Roughly 244 million Americans are eligible to vote this year and those registered in Franklin County came out in swarms to cast their ballots in what pundits are calling the most important election in the nation’s history.Greenfield City Clerk Kathy...
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
Amid unseasonably warm and dry climate conditions, fire departments across Franklin County are advising residents about outdoor burning bans in place.Greenfield, New Salem, Ashfield, Montague Center, Turners Falls, Leyden, Erving, Sunderland and the...
By AL NORMAN
Decades before there was an Ice Cream Alley, the small crevice between two Main Street buildings in Greenfield was the storefront of Waffles T. Clown, aka Joshua Jay Jester, aka Joshua Dostis, one of Franklin County’s most colorful political activists...
By MAURA MORRISON
In the Nov. 1 letter “Nov. 5 will make or break America,” the writer states, “When Trump was in office we got two raises in our Social Security checks. How many with Biden?” This statement is incorrect. The president does not set Social Security...
I enjoyed reading the “Tradeswomen of Tomorrow” article [Recorder, Oct. 29], which talked about what Franklin County Technical School is doing to support girls’ exploration of traditionally male-dominated fields such as manufacturing and engineering,...
Admittedly, the controversy about ADUs, or accessory dwelling units is, to say the least, complicated and confusing. The idea of providing more housing for folks in need is very appealing. But one should be careful not to throw the baby out with the...
I support the Greenfield mayor’s and the Connecticut River Conservancy’s efforts to take down the two (now useless) dams on the Green River. The river has a right to flow free of human-made impediments constructed at a time when there was little...
Nov. 8: Canvas Design Basics workshop GREENFIELD — The Greenfield Public Library invites residents ages 16 and up to attend a Canva Design Basics workshop, led by Tech Foundry, on Friday, Nov. 8, at 10:30 a.m.Workshop attendees will learn the...
By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN
GREENFIELD — On the eve of Election Day, the Interfaith Council of Franklin County welcomed people of all faiths and political backgrounds to the Episcopal Church of Saints James and Andrew for an evening of prayers, songs and conversations about the...
By CHRIS LARABEE
The state’s top elections official anticipates record voter turnout in Massachusetts this November, exceeding the almost 3.7 million voters who went to the polls in 2020.“We have 1.7 [million] almost having already been returned, we expect more votes...
My wife and I enjoy our retirement in Greenfield. We live north of the high school on a third of an acre. We, and our neighbors, have well-kept yards with beautiful gardens. There are more of the same on much smaller lots between here and downtown,...
By MARA MELLITS
For Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle, the vote for Vice President Kamala Harris in Tuesday’s presidential election is personal.“My mom fought for reproductive rights. I did. My daughter did,” LaChapelle said. “Now I have a granddaughter who’s 18...
When you ask who I’m voting for, I say, “I’m voting for a dozen plus attributes: decency, integrity, sensibility, courage, stability, saneness, honesty, maturity, inclusion, transparency, moral character, normal behavior, welfare of people over...
By BECCA KING
I would like to thank the Rev. Heather Blais rector of the Episcopal Church of Saints James and Andrew in Greenfield, for her Oct. 12 column “Let us be more curious than certain.” In it, she cites how in these polarized times we stop seeing our...
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
GREENFIELD — Mayor Ginny Desorgher and the Connecticut River Conservancy will bring their plans to remove the Wiley-Russell Dam before the Historical Commission to discuss the issue on Thursday. Earlier this month, Desorgher signed a memorandum of...
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...
By MADISON SCHOFIELD
A Charlemont mosaic artist is looking for people to join her on a working trip to Guatemala in early 2025. Cindy Fisher of Bing Bang Mosaics has been working with mosaics since 2000, but said she’s been interested in them since she was a kid. “I just...
By JOHN BOS
I am, as I’m sure many of you are, totally exhausted by the coverage of the presidential campaigns. This fatigue is exacerbated by the constant and intense flow of political news, particularly from 24-hour news channels and social media.Many voters...
By ALLEN WOODS
For people who care deeply about national politics, the 2024 election is barreling down on us like the locomotive in the 1950s TV Superman intro, but we don’t have the superpowers to stop it. Continuing to stand on the tracks isn’t really a smart...
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