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A letter of gratitude long overdue. Our Greenfield community service workers deserve special recognition and appreciation for their outstanding professional service given to me from a car accident I had a couple months ago in Wendy’s parking lot.While...

By DOMENIC POLI

Intervention from the largest-ever addiction prevention and treatment program produced a 15% reduction in non-fatal opioid overdoses, but no difference in the number of overdose deaths, according to a report published by the New England Journal of...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

TURNERS FALLS — A day never forgotten, remembered again. On Sept. 11, 2001, the world was shocked by four coordinated Islamist terrorist attacks that killed almost 3,000 people and injured thousands more. That morning, the Muslim militant group...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Residents and public safety officials packed the John Zon Community Center Tuesday night, cheering as Police Chief Todd Dodge’s 6-year-old grandson Silas pinned a badge to his uniform.The symbolic act, which followed a swearing-in...

By DOMENIC POLI

The Source to Sea Cleanup has provided a valuable service to the Connecticut River Valley since its 1997 inception. And it can provide receipts.Nearly 40,000 volunteers have removed 1,100 tons of trash, almost 14,000 tires and 144,000 beverage...

By SHERYL HUNTER

It’s never easy to bid farewell to summer, and fortunately, there are a few summer music series chugging along, providing us with a last gasp of the warm weather months before we have to resign ourselves to life in the great indoors. Let’s take a look...

By WENDY GOODMAN

 In regard to the Aug. 20 letter “Liberals not so tolerant” [Recorder], I think the writer misses the point.I speak for myself and some other “liberals” who had similar “outsider” experiences. It seems if we fought for change, we are now labeled...

The Greenfield Fire Department will hold a ceremony marking 23 years since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center at 9 a.m. Wednesday morning at the Fire Station, located at 41 Main St. in Greenfield.Fire Chief Robert Strahan said the...

‘Healing Trauma’ group continues for eight weeks GREENFIELD — “Healing Trauma,” a confidential support and discussion group that explores the impact of interpersonal violence and trauma on individuals, meets in a hybrid format on Tuesdays from 4 to 6...

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...

In response to the My Turn column “Japanese knotweed is the problem, not the solution,” [Recorder, Sept. 4], I agree. Japanese knotweed is the problem as it is choking out our native species, but saying that glyphosate is the solution is troubling.The...

I am not voting for the two candidates who are running for president this time around because it’s a big mess. In addition, there are many reasons I think it’s time for three parties, including an Independent Party to get a chance hear their voices....

By EVELINE MACDOUGALL

The Pleasant Street Community Garden in Greenfield broke ground 25 years ago when local farmer Rich Pascale volunteered to till some land at the corner of School and Pleasant Streets, making it possible for locals to create a community garden on the...

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — So many things have changed over the last 100 years — people have walked on the moon, everyone has a cellphone in their pocket and to top it all off, Greenfield even became a city. Tucked off of High Street, though, folks on Madison...

By RUTH CHARNEY

My mother told me to eat my vegetables, now a CSA does.            Don’t get me wrong, I love my CSA. It’s a privilege to belong and I’ve been a member for many years. It’s a membership I would never think of relinquishing. I am a proud, boastful...

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — For 175 years, the Franklin County Fair has brought families, friends and the agricultural community together with rides, food and all manner of competitions for all ages.And at the 175th edition of the fair this weekend, which featured...

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

The municipalities of Greenfield, Deerfield, Sunderland and Montague are experiencing the largest COVID-19 outbreak the region has seen since January, according to epidemiologist Jack Sullivan.Increased COVID-19 detection in wastewater samples,...