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By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — A program piloted by ServiceNet in 2020 to help remove barriers to mental health and substance use disorder treatment recently received a $4 million grant through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to extend and...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — For the first time since 2020, Greenfield Community College will host its annual Martin Luther King Day celebration.“I think some people think of this as a holiday where they can take time off,” said Associate Dean for Community...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — Following a close vote Wednesday night, Amy Proietti will remain chair of the School Committee for another year.“I think as a group we have a ways to go, but in my personal opinion, there have been great strides made,” said School...

Dana White speaking in author series GREENFIELD — Dana White, creator of the popular podcast and blog “A Slob Comes Clean,” will impart tips from her books “Organizing for the Rest of Us” and ”Decluttering at the Speed of Life,” on Tuesday, Jan. 17,...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — The Friends of the Greenfield Public Library will partner with area breweries over the next few months in an effort to raise money for library programming.As part of the fundraising series, breweries will donate a portion of their funds...

By RUTH CHARNEY

‘While there is still time for words,” — let’s talk. I don’t recall who said these words, only that they resonate. Words are risky things, after all. Troublemakers. In company, we often censor our words to talk only about safe things, definitely not...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The local Upward Bound program that in 2021 moved from Northfield Mount Hermon School to Greenfield Community College announced on Tuesday that a lack of federal funding is forcing its closure after roughly 55 years of serving...

By MARY BYRNE

On her fourth day in office on Wednesday, Climate Chief Melissa Hoffer joined legislators and climate activists from across the state, including many from western Massachusetts, who gathered to celebrate the efforts of the new administration and...

By SHERYL HUNTER

An afternoon of dancing is the perfect way to lift those post-holiday winter blahs. So if that’s what you are in need of, head to Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center in Greenfield on Sunday afternoon (Jan. 15) for the Winter Cajun and Zydeco...

By MARY BYRNE

As Executive Director Rachel Berggren prepares for her exit, the Franklin County Community Meals Program is actively searching for someone to fill her shoes. “It’s a great opportunity for someone to come and learn about getting their hands dirty in...

Maybe SoulFest isn’t appropriate fore the small town of Northfield, but not for the reasons one writer lays out in her letter to the editor “SoulFest not appropriate for Northfield,” Recorder, Jan. 5). Her stated concern is the mental health of the...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — The Take the Floor pitch competition returns this month for its third installment of offering local entrepreneurs an opportunity to receive free coaching and support, and a chance at winning $3,000 to grow their business. “We’re excited,”...

In Daniel Brown’s My Turn “Yes, Trumpism is a cult mentality,” (Jan. 3), he states that he was in a cult for a decade and a half. He now believes us Trump supporters are in a cult. That’s pretty humorous.You see, cultists see no faults in their cult...

By WENDY GOODMAN

I resigned from the Greenfield Human Rights Commission in October, in protest. The behavior of Mayor Roxann Wedegartner and her lack of engagement with the commission (other than to criticize or control) was insulting at best. I could no longer serve...

Recorder, Readers Write, Dec. 31, “Greenfield and its thought police.” Mr. Russ Kimball. Well said, well written. The truth be told. Thank you.Ed GregoryGreenfield

By MARY BYRNE

Editor’s note: The Greenfield Recorder has been providing regular updates on the risk level of COVID-19 transmission as wastewater testing results are received.With the volume of virus in wastewater at its highest since tracking began last spring, the...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — After serving as vice president for the past year, Precinct 2 Councilor Dan Guin will assume the role of City Council president for 2023, a position most recently held by Precinct 6 Councilor Sheila Gilmour.“I look forward to the...

By ALLEN WOODS

It’s always dangerous for me to watch TV since I am especially susceptible to infectious earworms that repeat a musical chorus or catch-phrase long after the commercial has ended. (I thought “earworm” was a humorous term, but like everything else...

Over 10 years ago, I was a city councilor who eagerly voted to change zoning on the French King Highway to allow for commercial development. More than a decade has passed and this area has seen zero new commercial development. This despite the fact...

As a resident of Factory Hollow Road in Greenfield, I was one of the interested parties attending an informal meeting there sponsored by “Greenfield Grows LLC” on Aug. 22.The meeting was to outline a preliminary proposal for a major cannabis growing...