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By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — As the state experiences record-setting heat this summer, Three County Continuum of Care workers are collecting supplies to distribute “cooling kits” to the region’s homeless population.Standing outside the Greenfield Public Library on...

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 ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The Greenfield Public Library Foundation handed Mayor Ginny Desorgher a check for $250,000 on Monday morning, completing a $2 million pledge to reduce the taxpayer burden associated with the new library’s construction.“You don’t see all...

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

GREENFIELD — Seeking to address issues of digital inequality for accessing legal resources online, a new legal kiosk is now available at the Greenfield Public Library.Representatives from Western New England University School of Law’s Legal Kiosk...

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

Years after seeing his grandparents struggle with different forms of dementia, Leyden native Joe Wallace decided to use photography to help him process the experience.The result, a portrait series called “The Day After Yesterday,” showcases...

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

GREENFIELD — With a full year having passed since the grand opening of the new Greenfield Public Library building, staff members are bringing the community together for a time of celebration and reflection.“This year, when we were ... realizing, ‘Oh...

By SAM FERLAND

The Roundhouse Craft Series, a class made for residents to learn crafting skills at the Greenfield Public Library, began on Tuesday, hoping to encourage and inspire participants to submit their crafts to the craft showcase at the Franklin County Fair...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Author and television producer Essie Chambers, from Greenfield, will appear on the Today Show later this month to discuss her debut novel “Swift River,” which Today Show personality Jenna Bush Hager selected as her June 2024 “Read With...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

Mental health and human services provider ServiceNet will host a display of its members’ artwork at the Greenfield Public Library from Saturday, April 27, until the end of May.The nonprofit’s exhibit will display a collection of paintings,...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — After a few years submitting her work to the annual Poet’s Seat Poetry Contest, Greenfield poet and freelance writer Joannah Whitney placed first among the contest’s adult finalists Tuesday night at the Greenfield Public Library. The...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Franklin First Federal Credit Union is teaming up with the Greenfield Public Library to offer a free 12-week financial literacy program for teens ages 12 to 14.The weekly one-hour program, slated to start Feb. 5 at 5:30 p.m. at the...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — After a five-year hiatus, the Greenfield Public Library will once again host book sales. The first event, hosted by the Friends of the Greenfield Public Library, will take place on Saturday, Feb. 10, from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., according...

By BELLA LEVAVI

GREENFIELD — With a little more than two months having passed since the opening of the new Greenfield Public Library, those who raised money to make the construction possible held an event Thursday to thank donors.“The core brand promise of the...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

GREENFIELD — The late Hale and Lorraine Johnson, both artists and passionate supporters of the Greenfield Public Library, had their dreams come true Saturday as their loved ones gathered to dedicate the new library’s Lorraine Johnson Reading Room....

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — When Anna Bognolo moved to the area from overseas in 2006, the Greenfield Public Library was one of the first places she went to with her children. “I remembered from my youth how important the public library was,” said Bognolo, who took...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — Under the beating heat of the sun on Thursday, city and state officials, local leaders and eager library patrons gathered outside the Greenfield Public Library for the long-awaited opening of the new 26,800-square-foot building with...