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GREENFIELD — Greenfield Community College has increased the number of public safety officers patrolling its campus as the administration investigates reported threats made by a student to a faculty member on Friday.

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WHATELY — Northampton Police took a 57-year-old man from Rimrock, Arizona, into custody Tuesday morning after an 80 mph pursuit on Interstate 91 North ended with the suspect allegedly pulling a knife on police officers.

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GREENFIELD — Following the state’s release of guidelines outlining how accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, can be locally regulated earlier this year, housing activists filed four proposed amendments to regulate ADUs in the form of a citizen’s petition on Friday.

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GREENFIELD — A man driving a Toyota SUV caused minor damage to the Franklin County Community Justice Support Center after he crashed into the 106 Main St. property on his way to a doctor’s appointment Monday morning.

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GREENFIELD — As the city’s Community Preservation Committee decides how it will spend $213,000 in available CPA funds, the public weighed in at a hearing Thursday, expressing an overwhelming support for projects related to affordable housing.

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SHELBURNE – A Vermont man was arrested in Keene, New Hampshire, for allegedly breaking into Aubuchon Hardware two weeks ago and stealing goods and cash.

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SOUTH DEERFIELD — The Northwestern District Attorney’s Office has identified the 60-year-old South Deerfield man who was fatally struck by a train Monday evening as Michael Arietta.

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GREENFIELD — The U.S. Attorney’s Office has filed a joint complaint with the state Attorney General’s Office under the federal and Massachusetts False Claims Acts against 19 skilled nursing facilities in Massachusetts and Connecticut owned by the health care company RegalCare, which operates a rehabilitation clinic on Laurel Street.

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SHELBURNE — The Planning Board announced Tuesday that a controversial bylaw regulating food trucks will be withdrawn from Annual Town Meeting consideration this spring as town counsel advised it needs to be “thought through more carefully.”

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GREENFIELD — The School Committee approved a $29 million budget proposal for fiscal year 2026, representing a nearly 8% increase over the current fiscal year.

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GREENFIELD — Hazardous materials crews have cleared asbestos from the former Zion Korean Church in accordance with an agreement between a farm owner in Barre and Franklin County’s YMCA to move the historic building in the months ahead, saving it from demolition.

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SOUTH DEERFIELD — A 60-year-old man from South Deerfield was killed Monday after he was struck by a northbound Amtrak train, according to Northwestern District Attorney’s Office spokesperson Laurie Loisel.

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SOUTH DEERFIELD — An adult was transported to Baystate Franklin Medical Center with injuries described by Deerfield Police Chief John Paciorek as being “life-threatening at minimum” after being struck by a northbound Amtrak train.

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GREENFIELD — As the state-funded Days Inn shelter, which has predominantly housed Haitian immigrants and refugees, prepares to close its doors on Friday, the five families still living there are ready to move to new lodgings, according to ServiceNet, the human service agency that runs the shelter.

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GREENFIELD — The Zoning Board of Appeals further continued Viridi Wireless’ presentation to request a variance and special permit to build a 170-foot cell tower near 112 Newton St. following a two-hour presentation Thursday evening.

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GREENFIELD — The city’s plans to demolish the former District 7 School at 46 Severance St. prompted discussion of tracking and mapping Greenfield’s city-owned historic structures during a Historical Commission meeting Thursday night.

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GREENFIELD — As the city heads into its fiscal year 2026 budget season, an ongoing conflict over transparency between the School Department and City Council has re-emerged.

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GREENFIELD — City Council voted unanimously to approve the $1.9 million purchase of a new ladder truck for the Fire Department Wednesday night, following a unanimous vote of approval at a Ways and Means Committee meeting the night before.

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GREENFIELD — The Franklin Community Co-op’s plans to expand Green Fields Market remain in limbo as negotiations continue between Cleary Jewelers and the parties involved with converting the former Wilson’s Department Store into a mixed-use development.

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High winds and subfreezing temperatures brought power outages to more than 2,000 homes in western Massachusetts on Sunday and Monday, prompting Eversource crews to work through “treacherous” conditions, according to company spokesperson Priscilla Ress.