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A letter published April 11 had many criticisms of public libraries. I am saddened that the writer has not experienced the generosity, civic mindedness, joy, and the sense of connection that I experience at the Greenfield Public Library every week.

This letter is a response to the recent piece regarding the Greenfield Senior Center with a very different view. I have found that many people use this beautiful space for regular ongoing activities and connections with others. Kathy Dunn, the activity director, works very creatively to schedule diverse activities and classes. Exercise classes every day that meet all skill levels, craft classes, weekly game groups, entertainment, writing classes, support groups, tech help are simply a few. If you have ideas, I have found Kathy very open to suggestions and discussion. Thank you, Kathy. Please continue your wonderful work at our Senior Center.

GREENFIELD — The Friends of the Greenfield Public Library will host the 34th annual Poet’s Seat Poetry Contest celebration on Tuesday, April 29, at 6 p.m. in the library’s Community Meeting Room.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

BUCKLAND — The Historical Commission is seeking $12,500 from voters at the May 3 Annual Town Meeting to match a grant from the Massachusetts Historical Commission for a project surveying historical sites in town.

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — Whether your family traditions are pysanky egg decorating, wycinanki paper cutting or traditional folk dancing, residents are invited to celebrate all things Polish and Eastern European at The LAVA Center.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — The lights will be a little brighter on Frontier Regional School’s stage this upcoming school year, as the School Committee has approved a $100,000 transfer to replace the auditorium’s lighting.

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

It was a celebratory end of the season for several members of the Greenfield hockey program.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — Roughly 15 residents and business owners came to Monday’s Selectboard meeting to express concerns about the Avenue A streetscape in the event that the existing ash trees are removed and to ask if there might be a middle ground to removing all 14 of them.

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

TURNERS FALLS — After the Turners Falls baseball team beat Athol in the final regular season game of 2024 to win the Bi-County League North title, the Bears have been waiting to get their revenge against the Thunder. 

By ERIN LEIGH-HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE CITY — Two people were transported to Baystate Franklin Medical Center for minor injuries after a car and school bus collided at the intersection of Montague City Road and Depot Street Tuesday afternoon.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell promised local officials during a visit to Greenfield on Tuesday that she intends to prioritize efforts to curb the opioid crisis in Massachusetts amid cuts and freezing of federal funding.

By COLIN A. YOUNG

A recommendation from a task force the Legislature created a decade ago resurfaced last week before the Revenue Committee, which took testimony related to the machinations involved when a farm wants to use a portion of its land to generate both renewable electricity and supplemental income.

The Post 81 American Legion Baseball Team will hold registration and tryouts on Saturday, May 3 and Sunday, May 4 at 1 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Field in Greenfield.

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — Staff at the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association (PVMA) were checking their inboxes on April 2 and found a strange email in the spam folder.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — For her work supporting the immigrant community housed at the Days Inn shelter before its February closure, Wendy Goodman has received the 2024 Human Rights Award.

7:52 a.m. — Vandalism reported on Phillips Street. Report issued.

By BILL DANIELSON

It was the end of an exciting day of nature photography and as I pulled into my driveway I figured that I was done for the day. I had been out in forests and fields and had managed to take just about 1,000 photographs of flowers, birds and even some turtles. I went into the house, set my camera on the writing desk by my kitchen window and started the process of shifting into “evening mode,” which is what everyone aspires to after a long day. On my way through the house, heading toward a change of clothes and something for dinner, I glanced out the back window and stopped in my tracks. What in Darwin’s name was that?

By AL NORMAN

Citizens in a democracy should expect full transparency from government. “It is our goal to provide as much information to our citizens,” the city of Greenfield says on its website, “to promote a transparent government for our citizens.” The opposite of transparency is opacity.

By TOM WASKIEWICZ

Small family farms are more than businesses; they are a way of life, shaped by generations of experience, sacrifice, and resilience. Every field plowed, every seed planted, every harvest gathered carries with it the wisdom of those who came before. But there’s no handbook for passing down this knowledge. Instead, it happens in the quiet moments — side by side in the fields, in conversations at the kitchen table, in the habits formed over years of hard work.