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By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

GREENFIELD — In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Greenfield Public Library is holding a series of special programs to raise awareness and foster community among those battling breast cancer.The project is over a year in the making. Last...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

GREENFIELD — There’s just a few days left to purchase a ticket for the seventh annual “Taste of the Towns” restaurant raffle to support the Greenfield Public Library. Tickets will be drawn on Saturday, Dec. 7, and the winners of the $1,200 in...

By AMALIA WOMPA

GREENFIELD — Francesca Passiglia, teen librarian at Greenfield Public Library, and Judy Raper, associate dean for community engagement at Greenfield Community College, put their heads together last year in an effort to combine their skills and...

By AMALIA WOMPA

GREENFIELD — Although local author Ernie Brill doesn’t owe his work to just one stage of his life, he does pull much of his inspiration from his cultural upbringing.Brill, 79, grew up in Brooklyn, New York, with a Jewish family in a hectic housing...

GREENFIELD — The Greenfield Public Library is hosting a photography exhibit called “The Towns of Franklin County” through Nov. 30.The exhibit features pictures from each of the 26 municipalities in Franklin County. The images, illustrating the...

GREENFIELD — The Griswold Memorial, Belding Memorial and Greenfield Public libraries, together with Greenfield Community College and the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, will host a screening of Part 1 of Ken Burns’ “College Behind Bars.”This event...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The Greenfield Public Library Foundation handed Mayor Ginny Desorgher a check for $250,000 on Monday morning, completing a $2 million pledge to reduce the taxpayer burden associated with the new library’s construction.“You don’t see all...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — As the state experiences record-setting heat this summer, Three County Continuum of Care workers are collecting supplies to distribute “cooling kits” to the region’s homeless population.Standing outside the Greenfield Public Library on...

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

GREENFIELD — Seeking to address issues of digital inequality for accessing legal resources online, a new legal kiosk is now available at the Greenfield Public Library.Representatives from Western New England University School of Law’s Legal Kiosk...

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

Years after seeing his grandparents struggle with different forms of dementia, Leyden native Joe Wallace decided to use photography to help him process the experience.The result, a portrait series called “The Day After Yesterday,” showcases...

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

GREENFIELD — With a full year having passed since the grand opening of the new Greenfield Public Library building, staff members are bringing the community together for a time of celebration and reflection.“This year, when we were ... realizing, ‘Oh...

By SAM FERLAND

The Roundhouse Craft Series, a class made for residents to learn crafting skills at the Greenfield Public Library, began on Tuesday, hoping to encourage and inspire participants to submit their crafts to the craft showcase at the Franklin County Fair...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Author and television producer Essie Chambers, from Greenfield, will appear on the Today Show later this month to discuss her debut novel “Swift River,” which Today Show personality Jenna Bush Hager selected as her June 2024 “Read With...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

Mental health and human services provider ServiceNet will host a display of its members’ artwork at the Greenfield Public Library from Saturday, April 27, until the end of May.The nonprofit’s exhibit will display a collection of paintings,...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — After a few years submitting her work to the annual Poet’s Seat Poetry Contest, Greenfield poet and freelance writer Joannah Whitney placed first among the contest’s adult finalists Tuesday night at the Greenfield Public Library. The...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Franklin First Federal Credit Union is teaming up with the Greenfield Public Library to offer a free 12-week financial literacy program for teens ages 12 to 14.The weekly one-hour program, slated to start Feb. 5 at 5:30 p.m. at the...