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By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — Police Chief Erik Demetropoulos will be sticking around for the next three years, as the Selectboard has unanimously approved a new contract.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

The Greenfield-based Franklin Regional Council of Governments and the Mass Rural Water Association in Northfield have been awarded a total of $85,419 as part of the state’s inaugural Drought Resiliency and Water Efficiency Grant Program.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE — The newly opened Hilltown Children’s Center has a mission: building a foundation of self-confidence, individualism and fun for children, while expanding the child care options available in Franklin County.

GREENFIELD — Due to high demand, with more than 100 tickets sold in advance for Monday night’s screening of “The Encampments,” the Garden Cinemas will offer additional shows on Saturday, April 19, at 11 a.m.; Sunday, April 20, at 2:30 p.m.; Tuesday, April 22 ($5 Tuesday) at 2:15 p.m.; Wednesday, April 23 (open caption) at 2:15 p.m.; and Thursday, April 24, at 2:15 p.m.

By JOHANNA NEUMANN

Humans are great at building things, but it’s also beginning to dawn on us that these impressive and sometimes magnificent structures also impact the other creatures that we share this earth with.

By WILLIAM LAMBERS

The joy of finding an Easter basket filled with food and gifts is something you never forget. Even greater is the feeling of giving an Easter basket of food to someone in need. This has been a great tradition for many years.

There’s no shortage of urgent issues demanding our attention. In moments like these, we each have to choose something local and worth fighting for. For me, that’s our library.

With all the belly-aching, temper tantrums, hysteria and foot stomping like petulant children, the liberals writing into this newspaper since Donald Trump was re-elected have taken all the space on the opinion page. I tried to wait it out, but they are the gift that keeps on giving.

Aurum Realty Trust and Robert E. Madrigan sold to Barkley Enterprises LLC, Brickyard Road, Lots D and E. $30,000.

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Greenfield native Sam Calagione has accomplished a lot in his life. But on Friday, the founder of Dogfish Head Brewery will get to live out a dream he’s had since he was a child. 

It was a busy day at Greenfield High School, as Athol, Mahar and Pioneer competed in a track and field meet at GHS. Greenfield, who competed against Mohawk Trail the day before, was just hosting the meet and did not participate. 

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The end of operations at Kennametal’s plant at the corner of Sanderson and North streets on Tuesday has roughly 45 employees wondering what they’re going to do next.

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — More than 120 area residents packed into Town Hall on Wednesday for a conversation with U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern to voice their ongoing concerns with the Trump administration.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Sebret Sanchez, who allegedly led police on a roughly four-hour foot pursuit that caused the Discovery School at Four Corners to shelter-in-place last fall, is being held without the right to bail following Tuesday’s ruling by Franklin County Superior Court Justice John Agostini.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

For a town like Hatfield, annual road maintenance has become increasingly challenging over the past 12 years, as state Chapter 90 money declines even as the price of hot mix asphalt rises substantially.

By SHERYL HUNTER

When it comes to tribute bands, music fans have rather mixed feelings. But love ‘em or hate ‘em, they play a prominent role on the music scene and a number of these bands have shows coming up in the area in the near future.

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

It’s a shame Mother Nature got in the way of a great game at Dunkin’ Park in Hartford last week. 

By ALAN HARRIS

I had written an essay back on April 2 which seemed apropos then but as yet unpublished, I’ve replaced it with what I think has perspective on our current moment. There is no one vantage point from which humanity can digest and assimilate the vagaries and constant movements that engulf it, that it creates. That cannot be, however, an excuse for how we indulge our fancies, ignore truths, and delude ourselves at the hands of incipient, or not, tyrants, sycophants, and opportunists. We live in a circus: evolutionary, theatrical, spiritual — fill in the blanks.

By ANDREW VARNON

You might say Greenfield had a “Cinderella run” in the Strongest Town competition. Out of 16 municipalities across North America, we made it to the Final Four, and we didn’t have the Strong Towns pedigree. Who would have picked us?

My family moved to Greenfield in 2017 and bought our first home near the Newton School last year. We would like our son to start kindergarten there in fall 2026.