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After extreme weather events brought about a particularly challenging growing season for Pioneer Valley farmers in 2023, this year’s peach crop appears to be shaping up to be devastating for some western Massachusetts farmers, while most weathered the storm.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Almost a year after Mayor Ginny Desorgher decided to remove the park benches and chess table at the end of Miles Street — a choice that supporters saw as a public safety measure and opponents viewed as an anti-homeless infrastructure change — a bench will soon return to the area.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

DEERFIELD — A 17-year-old boy from Hatfield was killed in a rollover crash on Greenfield Road on Sunday, according to the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office.

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GREENFIELD — With the biennial city election slated for November, three new faces are running unopposed for City Council seats representing Precincts 7 and 9, as well as one at-large position.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

Two years since Gov. Maura Healey launched MassReconnect, a program ensuring a free community college education for students ages 25 and older who do not have bachelor’s degrees, community colleges in western Massachusetts have seen year-to-year enrollment increases.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — With receipt of the Exemplary Program award through the state Department of Transportation’s Safe Routes to School program, Greenfield Middle School is being honored for its work to encourage walking and biking to school.

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GREENFIELD — In a year when the city’s School Committee will be tasked with remedying a strained relationship with City Council, eight candidates will face off for four vacant seats this fall.

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GREENFIELD — After an hour-long public comment period during which a sizeable crowd of residents voiced concerns about Noble Home LLC’s plans to build 22 condominiums divided into multi-family buildings, the Conservation Commission continued the hearing to Aug. 12.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

MONTAGUE — A 60-year-old man from Erving was found dead in the Montague Plains Wildlife Management Area Tuesday evening, according to the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office.

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GREENFIELD — Just days before Main Street Bar & Grille was expected to change ownership, the purchasing party, Greenfield resident Ivan Tristan, canceled the sale.

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GREENFIELD — Greenfield Community College has received $613,095 in state funding for programs aimed at training 72 students for jobs in health care and early childhood education.

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GREENFIELD — For the second year, the Greenfield Tree Committee is partnering with Sugarloaf Gardens Nursery Manager Dan Ziomek, a plant and soil scientist, to lead residents on the Crossroads Tree Tour next week.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — City Council voted unanimously in favor of an ordinance to create a Parking Benefit District in the downtown area, to be used to reinvest parking funds into public projects aimed at attracting businesses.

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GREENFIELD — After more than an hour of public comment, City Council voted 10-1 to declare the parking lot at 53 Hope St. as surplus Wednesday evening and to draft a request for proposals (RFP) seeking a developer to build housing on the site.

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GREENFIELD — After serving Franklin County residents for more than 16 years, Main Street Bar & Grille co-owners Christina Guevin-Gurney and Tom Gurney have sold the 94 Main St. business to longtime bar owner and first-time restaurateur Ivan Tristan.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — As the region braces for high temperatures of 91 degrees Thursday, the city has opened cooling centers in several publicly owned buildings.

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GREENFIELD — The Human Rights Commission voted unanimously in favor of a resolution to support a statewide single-payer health care system on Monday, bringing the idea one step closer to City Council.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The David Wells bell, a 250-pound silver bell that was constructed at Paul Revere’s foundry and given to Greenfield resident David Wells in 1799, is in need of a new home — and no one seems to have the space for it.

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GREENFIELD — In an effort to curb food insecurity among Greenfield Community College students, the Franklin Community Co-op has already raised more than $7,000 for GCC’s Corner Market Food Pantry.

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GREENFIELD — Firefighters formed a line at the Fire Station’s bay doors Wednesday afternoon, applauding as Lt. William Taylor gave his final radio sign-off after 33 years of service and stepped into his retirement.

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GREENFIELD — The FBI is searching for 47-year-old Yanrong Zhu, a fugitive Greenfield resident who allegedly conspired with six others to grow, transport and sell illicit marijuana in a ring that spanned Massachusetts, Maine and New York, and relied on labor from Chinese nationals who were smuggled into the country.