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By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — City councilors are pleading for increased transparency from the School Department amid concerns over the district’s spending, particularly on special education transportation.This year, the School Department’s more than $878,000 special...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — After a joint meeting with the Economic Development Committee on Thursday evening, the Planning Board voted unanimously to recommend changes to the city’s cluster development ordinance.The proposed changes were drafted alongside...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — With an eye toward ensuring community feedback informs how the city spends its state-administered opioid abatement funds, city councilors are giving further thought on whether to transfer the money into a Special Purpose Opioid Settlement...

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GREENFIELD — At-Large City Councilor Penny Ricketts announced her immediate resignation on Monday, stepping away after a decade serving on City Council.Ricketts, who served on a variety of city boards and committees before being elected to the council...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — A proposal encouraging city councilors to read and sign the city’s Code of Civility and a section of the 1876 guide to political decorum “Robert’s Rules of Order” has been withdrawn from City Council’s August meeting agenda after...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — In a lively debate that touched on free speech, social media and censorship, the Appointments and Ordinances Committee voted 3-0 to unanimously recommend that City Council President John Bottomley bring a proposed Code of Civility before...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD – After City Council approved the purchase of two police cruisers for $150,000 last week, the city is considering electric cruisers the next time it funds additions to the department.“I’m going to vote for this one now, but for future ones,...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — City Council unanimously approved a local tax option Thursday night that will allow residents and businesses to donate to elderly and disabled residents who are struggling to pay their taxes. With the vote, Greenfield joins about 30...

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GREENFIELD — City Council voted to approve the city’s $64.87 million fiscal year 2025 budget, a roughly 5% increase from the current $61.63 million budget, without any cuts Wednesday night.The budget includes $23.7 million for the School Department...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — City Council approved a combined $1.18 million in borrowing for the Main Street redesign project and for significant sewer system repairs aimed to bring the city in compliance with a state Department of Environmental Protection consent...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — At-Large Councilor Wahab Minhas is proposing a local tax option that would allow residents to donate to the elderly or people with disabilities who are struggling to pay their taxes. If approved by a City Council vote, establishment of...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Following a heated, hour-long discussion, City Council voted unanimously to send a proposed amendment requiring all committee or subcommittee chairs to allow public comment during public meetings back to the Appointments and Ordinances...

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GREENFIELD — The city’s Major Development Review regulation will remain unchanged after a proposal to reduce the expected traffic threshold needed to trigger a more comprehensive impact study failed to receive the necessary support on Wednesday.City...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — City Council voted 6-2 with two abstentions on Monday to send a resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza to the offices of President Joe Biden, U.S. Sens. Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren, and U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern.The resolution states...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — City Council will hold a special meeting on Monday amid activists’ growing push for the council to pass a resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza.The single-topic meeting, which comes after numerous residents carrying signs and...

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — Despite the police chief’s sudden retirement last week, an education incentive for the deputy chief will come before the City Council Wednesday evening, along with the appointment of a new Precinct 7 councilor and the execution of the...