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By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — A six-member review committee for the senior housing project’s request for proposals was appointed Wednesday night, about two weeks before the April 17 deadline.

By MICHAEL P. NORTON

No-bid emergency food and transportation service procurements followed a failure by state officials to assess and react to a spike in demand for shelter services, according audit results released Tuesday.

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — While one developer inquired about the town’s senior housing project, no bids were submitted in response to the request for proposals (RFP) to transform the former St. James Church parcel at 83-85 North Main St. into affordable housing.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Housing took center stage during a more than three-hour meeting Thursday, as City Council voted against the zoning amendments in a citizen’s petition to regulate accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and approved an amendment to increase the maximum building height in the Central Commercial District.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — As a proposed zoning amendment seeking to raise the height restriction on construction nears a City Council vote this week, members of the Historical Commission expressed concerns over how such a change might impact aesthetics and shared a desire to preserve historic character.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Only a week before they will be put to a special City Council vote on Thursday, the Planning Board voted unanimously to not recommend four proposed zoning amendments that would regulate accessory dwelling units, or ADUs.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Roughly a year since the completion of the new Fire Station on Main Street, the city is planning to sell the Hope Street parking lot that formerly housed the temporary station.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — City councilors serving on the city’s Economic Development Committee and Planning Board members expressed partial support for a package of proposed zoning amendments regulating accessory dwelling units (ADUs) after a joint public hearing this week.

By CHRIS LARABEE

TURNERS FALLS — The unmet needs of grandparents who are raising their grandchildren and the lack of housing in Franklin County were the focus of The United Arc’s annual Coffee and Conversation event last week.

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 ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — A new committee aimed at finding ways to best serve the city’s homeless population is gaining momentum following City Council approval of its formation last week and the appointment of its leader.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL — The Franklin County Regional Housing & Redevelopment Authority is applying for $900,000 that would be used to preserve or rehabilitate homes in Gill and New Salem to meet building and sanitary codes, and to improve accessibility.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — After the Planning Board voted unanimously to approve a series of housing-related ordinances last week, the Economic Development Committee is expected to discuss them, and potentially vote on them, Tuesday evening.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — As the city’s Community Preservation Committee decides how it will spend $213,000 in available CPA funds, the public weighed in at a hearing Thursday, expressing an overwhelming support for projects related to affordable housing.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — As the state-funded Days Inn shelter, which has predominantly housed Haitian immigrants and refugees, prepares to close its doors on Friday, the five families still living there are ready to move to new lodgings, according to ServiceNet, the human service agency that runs the shelter.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GREENFIELD — While local housing officials say the first-ever comprehensive state housing plan draws attention to the need for increased housing production, they wonder if enough focus will be given to Franklin County and say the plan lacks consideration of infrastructure and economic development ramifications.

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON — Accessory dwelling units are now allowed by right in single-family zoning districts across most of Massachusetts, under a law Gov. Maura Healey signed in August. The rule went into effect on Sunday.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The Community Preservation Committee reviewed two applications related to housing and one for historical preservation last week as it continues to review potential recipients of fiscal year 2025 funding.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Grove Street resident Wendy Robinson, 82, bought her two-story home for $116,000 five years ago. As she plans to downsize, she’s participating in a new pilot program run by the housing nonprofit Leo’s Home to make repairs so the house can be sold to a first-time homebuyer.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

CHARLEMONT — The Board of Health may be forced to shut down the Oxbow Resort, the split property offering traditional motel rooms and longer-term month-to-month apartments for rent, if the owner is unable to make upgrades that give tenants reliable access to heat and a kitchen soon.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

ERVING — State and local officials are feeling optimistic after a Tuesday afternoon presentation detailing Erving’s planned affordable senior and multi-generational housing project called Evergreen Circle at Care Drive.