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GREENFIELD — Friendly’s will make its last Fribbles and Monster Mash Sundaes this weekend before it closes its doors Sunday, wrapping up 42 years of business at 200 Mohawk Trail.The company announced the closure in a written statement published in...

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GREENFIELD — Local and State Police are searching for a male and female suspect who allegedly ran from their vehicle during a traffic stop.According to Greenfield Police Lt. Christopher Greene, the man and woman ran toward Cherry Street, where...

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GREENFIELD — Local police had a slithery surprise on Thursday morning when they encountered what they believe to be an endangered snake on Pleasant Street. Greenfield Police Officer Marcus Johansson responded to a report of a large black snake sunning...

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GREENFIELD — School Committee discussions on whether to consider stationing a school resource officer in the city’s schools resulted in a 3-3 tie vote on Wednesday, leading the issue to be tabled until the October meeting.Wednesday’s discussion comes...

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GREENFIELD — After a roughly 75-minute public comment session that brought City Hall’s meeting room to standing room only, the Economic Development Committee voted 2-1 with one abstention in favor of recommending changes to the city’s cluster...

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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...

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BERNARDSTON — The Board of Health will hire a licensed professional to study the soil at Bernardston Elementary School after John Lepore, a certified restoration ecological practitioner with Future Lands Designs LLC, found elevated levels of arsenic...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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GREENFIELD — A 30-year-old Greenfield woman accused of physically assaulting an elderly woman at a pro-Israel rally on the Greenfield Common in May turned herself into the police last week, according to Police Chief Todd Dodge.The defendant, whose...

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GREENFIELD — In an effort to alleviate the city’s housing shortage, Board of Assessors member Chuck Green is proposing an amendment to the city’s zoning ordinances that would allow residents to permanently reside in campers and trailers on private...

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GREENFIELD — Two weeks after a three-vehicle crash hospitalized five people, city officials are planning to install two flashing stop signs at the four-way intersection of Country Club Road and Silver Street.At a meeting last week, members of the...

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GREENFIELD — The Franklin County Agricultural Society has received a $75,000 grant from the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism to complete its $250,000 walkway repaving project, aimed at making the grounds more accessible to disabled...

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GREENFIELD — Officials are urging the public to take precautions after the Department of Public Health detected the West Nile virus in Greenfield on Friday morning, a potentially life-threatening virus spread primarily by mosquitoes.Public Health...

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GREENFIELD – The Franklin County YMCA signed a contract with Western Mass Demolition Corporation this week to tear down a 182-year-old church, prompting the Historical Commission to consider a delay on the project, according to city officials. An...

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GREENFIELD — Of the city’s estimated 985 multi-family homes, Board of Assessors member Chuck Green said the number of rental units in Greenfield, and their addresses, remain unknown.As the Board of Assessors works to draft a proposed tax rate for City...

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GREENFIELD — The pre-trial conference for defendant Taaniel Herberger-Brown, the Greenfield man charged with murdering 35-year-old Christopher Hairston of Pittsfield, was continued to Oct. 1 as new details emerged in the case, according to First...

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GREENFIELD — Amid a spike in kindergarten enrollment at the city’s three elementary schools, Superintendent of Schools Karin Patenaude said the district has hired three additional kindergarten teachers.Patenaude said Wednesday that there were 110...

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GREENFIELD – Mayor Virginia Desorgher appointed Todd Dodge as the city’s police chief, ending his more than six-month tenure as “acting chief.”City Clerk Kathy Scott swore Dodge into the position Tuesday afternoon at City Hall. According to a written...

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GREENFIELD — A three-vehicle crash at the intersection of Silver Street, Country Club Road and Vernon Street hospitalized five occupants on Friday afternoon. Greenfield Police and Fire personnel joined Northfield EMS, Colrain Ambulance, American...