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By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Four years after the Biden administration declared Juneteenth a federal holiday, Human Rights Commission Chair Mpress Bennu said this year’s celebration in Greenfield is shaping up to be the largest one yet.

By AL NORMAN

That government which is closest to the people, should be the most accessible to the people.

To the person who took the Triad pet food box from Foster’s, shame on you. The donations from that box is for seniors in need so they can keep their pets. If you needed help, a phone number was on the box.

By SHERYL HUNTER

GREENFIELD — There will be music, music and more music when the 39th annual Green River Festival returns to the Franklin County Fairgrounds this weekend.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The School Committee voted 6-1 on Saturday to appoint Monson Public Schools interim Superintendent Roland Joyal Jr. to serve as Greenfield’s interim superintendent after six candidates were interviewed over the course of the day.

By BEN CLARKE

Good news. Inflation is basically gone, the economy is roaring, and America is “hot” again. I know this because Donald Trump said so. And he’s a man of his word. Just ask his wives. Or bankruptcy lawyers.

Franklin County Continuing the Political Revolution (FCCPR) would like to say thank you to all who made Saturday’s “No Kings” march and rally such an amazing experience. Three hundred and eighty-nine people signed up to attend the march through www.mobilize .com, so we expected that up to 500 might actually attend. Nearly 3,000 came out, nearly six times what we expected, a recognition of the outrage, concern, anger, and fear generated by the Trump administration’s attacks on our communities, our institutions, and our democracy.

In case you missed it, the estimated cost of the military parade held on Saturday is $45 million. That number does not include the cleanup or repairs to the damage to the roads there from the tanks and heavy military equipment. Meanwhile, 7,000 soldiers will be corralled into two unused government buildings for their visit to Washington. The New York Times reported on May 15 that the thousands of visiting soldiers in Washington for the parade will stay in unused government buildings and sleep on cots, according to the Army. The soldiers are mere pawns in Donald Trump’s vision of himself in the grand viewing stand.

It’s not too late to enroll in the YMCA’s summer camps.

By KARL MEYER

When Donald Trump proclaimed on the first day of his lame-duck presidency that the ancient, globally recognized Gulf of Mexico would receive his own new moniker from that day forward, I recognized what dictatorship looked like. His fundamental attack on common reality, on history, on the right to speech itself, was an opening salvo on democracy here in the United States. And places beyond. This international body of water was known to people across the globe by its centuries-old Aztec-derived name. Now, one petty soul on a planet of eight billion people was demanding all global maps be changed.

By AMHAD ESFAHANI

Those who understand, really don’t have to say anything, and never is this more self-evident than within the Boston State House. Last week, I attended the “Massachusetts Muslim Day at the State House” put on by the state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), and apart from the decorum, the diagonal waves of hidden intent left me reeling.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — As a massive military parade comprising 128 U.S. Army tanks and more than 6,000 soldiers rolled through Washington, D.C. on Saturday, thousands from across Franklin County took to the streets to protest President Donald Trump in a “No Kings Day” demonstration.

By JEFF LAJOIE

AMHERST — As the innings ticked by Saturday – seventh, eighth, ninth, 10th – and tension grew across Sortino Field, the opportunity arose for someone to etch their name into Franklin County softball lore on the sport’s biggest stage.

12:36 p.m. — Caller reports her son was being harassed at the Greenfield Skate Park on Chapman Street by a male party in a blue sweatsuit who told him he cannot skate at the park and will report him for missing school. Caller just wanted it documented in case other kids are being harassed. Services rendered.

GREENFIELD — State Police detectives and Greenfield Police with the Northwestern District Attorney’s Anti-Crime Task Force made two drug- and weapons-related arrests while conducting traffic stops this month.

By JON HUER

Liberals and Democrats are agitated out of their minds over Trump’s many transgressions. Virtually everything Trump does — so radically different from every presidential behavior we have ever known — aggravates them. They cry out: “Why isn’t he more like the other presidents?”

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The Zoning Board of Appeals approved a special permit allowing applicant Cameron Ward to open Camelot Cafe, believed to be the first cat cafe in western Massachusetts, Thursday evening.

By ANN VALENTINE

The Greenfield Education Association is dismayed with the resignation of Superintendent Patenaude during this challenging time. In service to this district over the last 16 years, Ms. Patenaude led with the utmost integrity and always put the best interests of Greenfield’s students, staff, and families at the forefront of every decision. The recent attacks and accusations regarding school budget management do not reflect the dedication, superb management, attention to detail, and transparency she has consistently demonstrated.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Returning to budget talks following May’s City Council meeting, the School Committee voted Wednesday to approve a level-funded fiscal year 2026 budget, reflecting roughly $1.89 million in cuts from the original proposal that was submitted to the mayor earlier this year.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The School Committee voted unanimously to approve two interview sessions on Saturday for the seven candidates who have applied to fill Superintendent Karin Patenaude’s role for an interim period.