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By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The New England Learning Center for Women in Transition (NELCWIT) will reflect on 50 years of providing sexual and domestic violence crisis services for Franklin County and the North Quabbin residents with its 16th annual “Power to Persevere” fundraiser.

By AL NORMAN

At 9:50 pm on April 16, “home equity theft” was finally repaid in Greenfield. The City Council voted to pay a $354,000 settlement, including legal fees, to two former homeowners who lost their property at tax-title auctions, forfeiting equity in excess of taxes owed. Eight years after these homes were “taken,” some of their lost equity was returned.

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The Episcopal Church of Saints James and Andrew will participate in World Labyrinth Day for the 17th consecutive year, welcoming the public to the labyrinth on its side lawn as a moving meditation for world peace on Saturday, May 3.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Though the deadline to pull nomination papers for November’s biennial city election is months away, five candidates have already thrown their hats into the ring for City Council.

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — For a quarter of a century, Deerfield Academy and the Episcopal Church of Saints James and Andrew have been serving up helpings for body and soul.

By DANIEL CANTOR YALOWITZ

In past columns, I’ve explored and expressed the need to focus on important aspects of our lives such as patience, empathy, slowing down, curiosity, creativity, and intimacy. I want to add one to that list that matters much in this era of human history. Given:

A recent writer on the Recorder’s opinion page said Greenfield “should base our ordinances on the facts and the history of our community.” But she then mangled the facts and our history by stating: “We have defined ADUs as residences independent of the principal house for about 10 years.”

The May 5 annual town elections are almost here. As someone who bought my beautiful Deerfield home in 2023, it’s very important to me that members of our local government be accessible and responsive. Not only has Tim Hilchey been accessible, actively listens to concerns, offers clarifications, and is never dismissive, on every project he’s championed, Tim has worked hard and successfully to bring home state and federal dollars.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Organizers hope the downtown cleanup held Friday afternoon marks the first of many.

GREENFIELD — Franklin County’s YMCA at 451 Main St. will host its annual Healthy Kids Day on Saturday, April 26, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., offering a variety of free family-friendly activities to encourage healthy children, healthy families and a healthy start to summer.

By GUSTAVO ATENCIO FLORES

GREENFIELD — The Pioneer Valley Symphony is bringing together various choruses, orchestras and guest soloists from across the region for its season finale, a performance of Carl Orff’s classic “Carmina Burana” and other compositions.

By ALLEN WOODS

Fear is a powerful emotion, capable of driving behavior that would be completely irrational without it. In America, it is now a legal justification for killing someone who appears threatening, whether the threat is credible or not. The same rationale fueled America’s invasion of Iraq in 2003 because we were falsely convinced it possessed weapons of mass destruction.

After the April 5 standout, I got to thinking … It was great to see everyone who was unhappy with Trump standing out, but did he see us? And did he get a message about why you were standing out?

By CAROLYN BROWN

Western Massachusetts has a new lesbian bar and performance venue.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The cause of a fire that scorched the back of a four-family house at 16 Devens St. Thursday afternoon remains under investigation, according to Fire Chief Robert Strahan.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Roughly a year since the completion of the new Fire Station on Main Street, the city is planning to sell the Hope Street parking lot that formerly housed the temporary station.

Not being affiliated with any official political party, and a person who weighs all sides, reads a variety of news reports and listens to opposing opinions, I consider myself a common sense moderate who also happens to vote. Progressive Democrats have gone too far with cradle-to- grave government help and regulations that impose restrictions on us as if we are all still in kindergarten. Conservative Republicans have gone too far in removing regulations which basically fosters a “wild-west” type of activity where the powerful and strong-willed are allowed to succeed without much regard to how their actions affect others.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Sheila Gilmour, City Council’s longest-serving member, has resigned from her Precinct 6 seat after more than seven years of service.