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By LIESEL NYGARD

BERNARDSTON — A third annual fundraising dinner on Saturday, July 12, will raise money for a therapeutic riding program’s scholarship fund.

Victim culture and the “woke” purity spiral that has swept the nation and helped to destabilize communities is running out of gas. The vast majority of Americans can’t distance themselves fast enough. For those of you unfamiliar with the term, a purity spiral is a theory where increasingly extreme views and behaviors are rewarded, while nuance and dissenting opinions are punished. This moral feeding frenzy along with horrible policy ideas united Americans against this radical craziness.

By EDWARD DOWD

Recently an acquaintance told me an unusual story about a local elementary school student being allowed, during class, to identify as (act like) a pet cat. The acquaintance went further to marvel at how the school was allowing the child to use a litter box. He reported that his source (a woman in a local barber shop) had firsthand knowledge of this as her daughter “knew” the female student involved. After making this report my neighbor shook his head in disbelief and said, “can you believe they allow that?”

By LIESEL NYGARD

GREENFIELD — The Courageous Strides therapeutic riding program is settling into its new home.

By MPRESS BENNU NEMBHARD

To the wonderful citizens of Greenfield: Greetings! My name is Mpress Bennu Nembhard, and I would like to clarify the events that occurred on Saturday, which led me to resign from the Human Rights Commission and discontinue my involvement with Juneteenth (under Moving Mountains Media). As most of the community knows, I am the president/CEO, marketer, producer, facilitator, and sole brain power behind the Greenfield Juneteenth Celebration, which has taken place for the past four years. What started as an idea has grown into a community event that isn’t only recognized in Franklin County but now throughout the Pioneer Valley. In the four years we have had entertainers and vendors from Hampden and Hampshire counties, Vermont, New York, and New Jersey. But most importantly, Greenfield Juneteenth gained attention throughout the Pioneer Valley because it showed who we are as a community and how we have evolved by being the only Juneteenth celebration in Franklin County.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GREENFIELD — State legislators, town officials and residents gathered outside City Hall Saturday afternoon to show solidarity with immigrant communities, calling out the impact of federal immigration policies and urging continued support amid the rising threat of deportations.

Registration is now open for the summer session at Franklin County’s YMCA. Visit your-y.org, call 413-773-3646, ext 0, or stop by 451 Main St. in Greenfield to register or learn more.

GREENFIELD — Local filmmaker Julian Lowenthal and the Improv Alliance will present their work at The LAVA Center on Thursday, July 10, at 6:30 p.m.

By DANIEL A. BROWN

(The Scene: Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 4, 1776)

By LUKE MACANNUCO

GREENFIELD — Forty income-eligible senior households will receive fresh, local produce starting Thursday, July 17, as part of the second season of a farm share partnership involving Prospect Meadow Farm and the Greenfield Senior Center.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — As the encampment behind Green River Park faces frequent flooding and ongoing sanitation issues, Unhoused Community Committee members spoke with the police chief Thursday morning to discuss alternative sites in the city where the homeless could gather and camp.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — First responders from across Franklin County lined Congress Street Wednesday evening to welcome Greenfield Fire Capt. John Whitney home from the hospital following a cancer diagnosis.

By JON HUER

With our Independence Day coming up, let’s take stock: Indeed, what kind of America are we celebrating?

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — More than 150 eager customers formed a line outside the city’s new Aldi grocery store in the moments before it opened Thursday morning.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

DEERFIELD — Montague Police Officer Shawna Williams faces eight charges in Greenfield District Court after she allegedly assaulted her friend in Deerfield.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE FALLS — With a new name and a new location, Crystal Visions is returning to its roots.

I am all for regime change! The megalomaniac, terrorist, must be replaced. Hopefully Vance will do better.

Rarely have I read such an uninformed letter in the Greenfield Recorder as the one I read today “Library funding cuts ‘not the end of the world,’” [Recorder, Jan. 25]. Especially the writer’s assertion that libraries are “fine for people too stingy to buy their own books ...”