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By TRYSTAN GREIST

I hope the City Council passes their draft ordinance protecting gender-affirming care for transgender people and a related trans sanctuary resolution as quickly as possible. Why? Because the situation for trans folks in parts of the country is dire. Texas is creating a registry of transgender individuals. We fear that camps are next. They’ve already banned gender-affirming care for youth and made it illegal for parents to raise trans kids. It’s very scary, and trans parents are looking for safe places to move. Other states are following suit with similar forms of persecution.

Chip Ainsworth is correct in his March 22 “Keeping Score” column that pickleball is a sport that “even a rhinoceros could play.” But one of its positives is that it’s a great participatory sport that can be, and is, played by many different species.

Picture a state. Any state. Now picture the state having endured a weather disaster. A tornado, flooding, fires, earthquake. Now picture the state asking for federal assistance in the tone of Ben Stein from Ferris Bueller: FEMA? FEMA? FEMA? Anyone?

In response to Nelson Schiffrett’s April 2 letter, “Lead and we will follow,” go to Jessica Craven’s “Chop Wood, Carry Water” website, which is published every day with a list of things that one can do to counteract the Trump administration’s antics. The list includes letters to write, people to call and what to say, petitions to sign and information about public demonstrations. It is very uplifting and inspiring to read these posts and take some small action. It has improved my mental health. And today’s news gives me heart that Schiffett and I are not alone. The tide is just beginning to turn!

By MICHELLE SCHUTT

April is National Community College Month and a great time to reflect on what makes GCC and all community colleges so special.

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — The town’s new planning and economic development coordinator officially settled into Town Hall on March 24, bringing a background in planning, zoning and grant applications.

WENDELL — Gail Mason will convene the first event in the 2025 “Honoring Elders” series at the Wendell Meetinghouse on Tuesday, April 8, with Karen and Michael Idoine as the honorees. The event is scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m.

By PAUL FRANZ and DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — A fire that killed two dogs and three cats at 41 Rogers Ave. on Sunday afternoon was determined to have started on the left side of the house’s first floor, according to a state Department of Fire Services spokesperson.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

NORTHFIELD — After achieving the necessary Special Town Meeting support in November, the town’s plan to purchase Valley Concrete & Construction’s facility at 546 Northfield Road in Bernardston to serve as a new home for Northfield EMS has fallen through.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Accusing his Republican colleagues in Congress of being “too scared to stand up to their leadership,” namely, President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk, U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern is co-sponsoring a new bill designed to block “backdoor” cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

By MAYA MITCHELL

Five years after the first case of what was then a novel coronavirus infection, health care professionals and state legislators worry Massachusetts isn’t ready if another pandemic were to happen.

By CHRIS LARABEE

CONWAY — With a 65-acre conservation restriction enacted in mid-March, 74 acres of land on Reeds Bridge Road have now been permanently conserved by a local family and the Franklin Land Trust.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — In an effort to feed and unite the community, Stone Soup Cafe, in partnership with Greenfield Savings Bank, Greenfield Cooperative Bank and other local sponsors, is hosting monthly pay-what-you-can Community Soup Nights until June.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

BUCKLAND — Town officials are eyeing an operating budget of just over $5.9 million for fiscal year 2026, representing a 6.7% increase from this fiscal year’s numbers.

6:28 p.m. — Disturbance reported at McDonald’s on the Mohawk Trail. Services rendered.

As part of National Child Abuse Prevention Month, the Greenfield Recorder is working with Enough Abuse, a citizen education and community engagement initiative organized in 2002 to prevent child sexual abuse in Massachusetts, to share a total of 20 tips for parents that will help them keep their children safe from sexual abuse. These tips will be shared over four weeks.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Members of the Historical Commission expressed approval of Rural Development Inc.’s plan to build a 24-unit, four-story residential building at 170-186 Main St. at their meeting Thursday evening.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE — Tucker Jenkins will keep his job as a Shelburne police detective, following a 10-week investigation into the relationship between Jenkins and a student at Mohawk Trail Regional School.