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By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Interim Franklin County Sheriff Lori M. Streeter has announced plans to run for sheriff and seek the Democratic nomination on the November 2026 ballot.

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The soon-to-open storefront at 365 Main St. will not be the first Art Deviation Gallery & Store that Greenfield resident JJ White has owned, but it will differ from the one that operated briefly in South Deerfield in 2020.

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A couple was sentenced to three years’ probation after pleading guilty to animal cruelty in Franklin County Superior Court on Wednesday afternoon.

By ROBERT W. KUBACKI

GREENFIELD — The Greenfield Public Library will be closed on Friday, March 28, for staff training. The library will reopen on Saturday, March 29, at 9:30 a.m.

By SHERYL HUNTER

Pete Seeger said that “the key to the future of the world is finding the optimistic stories and letting them be known.”

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — To remain compliant with Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection standards, the city’s Department of Public Works must hire a potable water specialist who holds a Grade 3T drinking water license and certification before the second week of April, according to DPW Director Marlo Warner II.

By MORNING STAR CHENVEN

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GREENFIELD — Officials at the Greenfield-based Connecticut River Conservancy are left waiting amid the freeze of $13 million in federal funding that had been awarded to the environmental advocacy nonprofit, including $11.5 million for river restoration in New Hampshire.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — A new committee aimed at finding ways to best serve the city’s homeless population is gaining momentum following City Council approval of its formation last week and the appointment of its leader.

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — More than 50,000 meals will be served to western Massachusetts residents in need this year through a $450,000 grant administered by the Franklin County Community Development Corporation.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — One of the prospective owners of Magic Wings often thinks back to fond memories of celebrating a life milestone at the nearly quarter-century-old butterfly conservatory and gardens on Routes 5 and 10.

By EVELINE MACDOUGALL

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The city’s Community and Economic Development Director Amy Cahillane announced last week that with two developers eyeing the former First National Bank building on Bank Row, the city plans to publish a request for proposals for the long-vacant site early this summer.

By AALIANNA MARIETTA

GREENFIELD — Every Sunday morning like clockwork, volunteers with the “Sunday Soup & Sandwiches” program hand homemade soup, sandwiches and snacks through the windows at the Episcopal Church of Saints James and Andrew to a long line of waiting visitors.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GREENFIELD — A proposed cat cafe at 305 Wells St., believed to be the first in western Massachusetts, will have to wait until June for a decision from the Zoning Board of Appeals on a special permit.

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Local restaurateur Amy McMahan will close Mesa Verde this month as she transitions the business into an experimental space to train chefs for the Cape Cod restaurant group she has joined.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

GREENFIELD — Learn what it’s like for someone to further their education while incarcerated during a screening of the PBS documentary “College Behind Bars.”

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The Building Bridges Veterans Initiative’s director received a $3,000 check from the Greenfield Elks Lodge 1296 on Thursday afternoon to fund meal preparation for former service members.

I am writing to express my gratitude to the offices of Sens. Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren, as well as state Reps. Katherine Clark, Bill Keating, and U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern for taking the time to meet with me this week to discuss the passage of the Safe Step Act, investment in headache/pain research through the NIH, and robust funding for headache care for our veterans.