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Castaways to have new owners by summer
WHATELY — By summer, the Castaways Lounge will operate under new ownership.The prospective buyers of the strip club, Nicholas Spagnola and Julius Sokol, plan on closing on the sale in the next couple of months, Spagnola confirmed Thursday. He hopes to... → Read More
Methadone clinic to move near Energy Park in Greenfield
GREENFIELD — A little over a year after advocates pitched the owner of the county’s lone methadone clinic to expand its services to meet the increasing need, a new site has been found downtown. The Health Care Resource Centers methadone clinic plans... → Read More
Greenfield school super: More cuts may follow
GREENFIELD — Superintendent Jordana Harper is still planning cuts to the public schools although she’s working to limit the damage by dipping into the district’s savings. The cuts may increase class size, Harper said Wednesday, but she hopes it will... → Read More
Questions over Greenfield assessor’s office future loom after budget vote
GREENFIELD — City officials are in disagreement over the future of the assessor’s office following the roughly $100,000 cut by the council last week, opening up a series of financial questions that could lead to future funding issues. “I’m concerned... → Read More
City officials agree on $4.1M anaerobic digester
GREENFIELD — The city will be able to pursue an anaerobic digester now that it has agreed to budget $4.1 million for the project that will be led by the Department of Public Works. The project has flown under the radar this year after being widely... → Read More
Greenfield schools in OK position, for now
GREENFIELD — Half of the $1.35 million gap between the public schools request and the mayor’s budget was restored this week, which has left school officials expressing gratitude but aware the schools remain in a precarious position, especially in the... → Read More
Bank rebuilding project picking up speed
GREENFIELD — The First National Bank project is picking up some steam now that the state-funded architects have provided city officials with a cost to build their dreams. An initial price tag of $5.8 million was presented this week to Greenfield... → Read More
Local taekwondo studio wins at regional competition
GREENFIELD — Roundhouse kicks. Flips in the air. Kicks and flips leading to broken boards all in one motion. Six-year-old Spencer Towne looked on. He and most of his teammates had less than a year or two of experience under their belts, though most... → Read More
Community center or senior center? COA seeks to change name
GREENFIELD — The Council on Aging’s board is considering trying to change the name of the John Zon Community Center to its originally planned name of a senior center. The desire to change the name is in part response to recent debate spurred by this... → Read More
UPDATED: Shorthanded City Council opts for budget cuts to fund schools
GREENFIELD — A shorthanded City Council, due to illness, left the legislative body without the votes to raise taxes and fully fund the schools, which resulted in a night of cuts to other departments.About $700,000 of citywide department cuts were made... → Read More
Judge rules in favor of big box in Greenfield
GREENFIELD — Nearly a decade after the developers sought to build a 135,000-square-foot superstore along the French King Highway corridor, they now have the permission to go ahead and build a “Walmart prototype” store if they are still... → Read More
Greenfield Council to vote on $52M budget Wednesday
GREENFIELD — On the eve of the $52 million budget vote, city officials remain at odds over how to fund the schools.A decision on the city’s spending plan, which could set the tone during the campaign season for the next mayor and whether residents... → Read More
What’s the cost of this year’s budget to Greenfield taxpayers?
GREENFIELD — In Mayor William Martin’s initial budget memo he issued a warning on the stability of funding public schools in the future without embarking in regionalization. “Stressed and beleaguered school districts are visible across the state; even... → Read More
Greenfield Health Department to start anew
GREENFIELD — By next month the Health Department will effectively press restart. The city’s contracted health inspector, Jami Kolosewicz, resigned last week. She once was a full-time inspector with Greenfield, left to take a similar job in Orange, but... → Read More
Franklin Tech: Non-credible threats of gun violence two days in a row
TURNERS FALLS — Franklin Technical School responded to nearly identical non-credible threats of gun violence two days in a row, according to local and state officials. Near the end of the school day Thursday, a student found in a classroom the words... → Read More
Ways and Means Committee pitches more money for Greenfield schools
GREENFIELD — Precinct 5 Councilor Tim Dolan lobbied to add an additional $758,000 to the public schools budget. If approved by the full council next week, it could raise taxes by about 85 cents from this year’s rate, which would be roughly 49 cents... → Read More
Greenfield City Council removes Civil Service from police department
GREENFIELD — The City Council gave a near unanimous vote to remove Civil Service from governing the city’s Police Department for its rank-and-file officers.The Greenfield Police Department now needs the approval from the state Legislature and the... → Read More
Mayor’s office offers ways to give more money to schools
GREENFIELD — City Councilors received data from the mayor’s office Wednesday on ways it can approach the School Committee’s $20 million budget, which is $1.3 million more than what the mayor later recommended.The information provided to the council... → Read More
City Councilor resigns to focus on child adoption
GREENFIELD — Precinct 9 Councilor Dan Leonovich resigned from the City Council Tuesday, effective immediately.“My wife and I started the process of adopting a child from Ukraine,” an excited Leonovich said. He and his wife recently found out that... → Read More
City Council meeting to tackle library, Civil Service
GREENFIELD — The City Council will decide tonight if it wants to honor a citizen’s petition on the library and send it to the polls, and then whether it wants to put the question before residents in a special election or at the November election. The... → Read More