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By JOHN BOS

In my life there are four dates that remain unforgettable. And connected for personal and global reasons.Feb. 12: I was born in Dr. Jenny’s home hospital in an old Victorian house in Tonawanda, New York on this day in 1936. Our father was there for...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The Salasin Project invited the community to check out its new digs inside the Riddell Medical Building during an open house on Wednesday.The nonprofit works closely with entities such as Stone Soup Cafe and the Western Massachusetts...

By JON HUER

During the recent presidential debate, Donald Trump held Kamala Harris responsible (as he did Joe Biden during the June 27 debate) for the tragedy of 13 soldiers dead in the hasty U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.Morning came and so did Sept. 11, and...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A multi-issue grassroots organization that champions progressive causes is holding an online art auction to raise money to combat Project 2025, a transitional blueprint crafted by a conservative think tank in the event Donald Trump is...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

Michael Holden and Sue McMahon, both former members of the Bernardston Harley Owners Group (HOG) Chapter, had the idea to try and reconnect with two former members of the chapter.Holden knew that 25 years ago, Steve and Lee Carrol moved out of the...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Officials from the local internet provider Greenfield Community Energy and Technology (GCET) voiced their frustrations at Wednesday’s City Council meeting after Mayor Ginny Desorgher pulled back American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — City councilors voiced their opinions on Mayor Ginny Desorgher’s decision to remove the park benches from Miles Street — a choice that supporters see as a public safety measure and opponents view as an anti-homeless infrastructure...

GREENFIELD — The Griswold Memorial, Belding Memorial and Greenfield Public libraries, together with Greenfield Community College and the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, will host a screening of Part 1 of Ken Burns’ “College Behind Bars.”This event...

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

GREENFIELD — To Caitlin von Schmidt, supporting community members with voter registration is a divisive thing to do. But to her, and to similar volunteers across the country, it is nevertheless important to provide this assistance.“I do understand...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Officials floated the idea of hosting a community health study into adverse health effects reported by those living near Lunt Silversmiths’ Federal Street property during a public engagement meeting on Tuesday evening.“Since this...

By SHERYL HUNTER

The pandemic took its toll on musicians everywhere, but the Americana quintet Fruition managed to emerge from their forced time off the road fully recharged and sounding better than ever.The band, who have been together for over 15 years, recently...

GREENFIELD — Entering the Greenfield Community College Dining Commons on Friday, the more than 200 attendees of the annual Help, Hope and Healing Breakfast were greeted by 158 T-shirts suspended throughout the room, representing each child served by...

Folks all around are getting ready to “clean up the Connecticut River.”Many tons of trash will be collected, and hundreds of people will happily take part in these community events to help protect New England’s beautiful waterway. Cleanups are a...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — In celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, Four Rivers Charter Public School invited Madison Curbelo, a Westfield native and semi-finalist on NBC’s “The Voice,” to perform for the...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Fred Warren worked 15 years for the Target Corporation and woke up every morning with one goal in mind — put Walmart out of business.Then, an e-commerce company called Amazon came on the scene, and the two brick-and-mortar retail giants...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The Greenfield Redevelopment Authority is searching for local artists to display their work on the exterior windows of the long-vacant First National Bank building on Bank Row. With applications due Oct. 14, the Greenfield Redevelopment...

By AL NORMAN

On Wednesday evening, the Greenfield City Council will consider an update of the city’s Open Space Cluster Development (OSCD) zoning ordinance. This cluster development has been described as a way “to build more houses on less land.”The open space...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — As of Sept. 19, LifePath will have served elderly residents, individuals with disabilities and caregivers across western and north central Massachusetts for half a century.The organization, originally known as Franklin County Home Health...

By SUSANAE GLOVACKI

There are a few things I would like people to know about our Haitian and Central and South American neighbors who are staying in the emergency shelter in Greenfield. I write this when there is a particularly horrendous, completely false story...

‘Cathedrals’ screening canceled GREENFIELD — A screening of the documentary “Cathedrals,” which was originally scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 18, at the Greenfield Public Library, has been canceled due to licensing restrictions.Interfaith Council...

GREENFIELD — The new music ministry team at the Second Congregational Church of Greenfield — made up of Michael Pfitzer, minister of music, and Dorothy Claire Glover, organist/pianist — is ramping up the fall music program and welcomes participation...