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GREENFIELD — Radial Dynamics, a Greenfield hydraulic engineering company, will steer its way into the future with its new high-tech manufacturing equipment, including a robotic arm that was purchased with the help of a $200,000 grant.

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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.

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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.

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GILL — There were no reported injuries after a recycling truck hit an F.M. Kuzmeskus school bus carrying children on Main Road Friday afternoon.

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WARWICK — Residents will decide whether the town should take ownership of the First Parish Unitarian Church and Meetinghouse, as well as consider its commitment to pursuing green energy and the town’s fiscal year 2026 budget, during Annual Town Meeting.

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GREENFIELD — After hearing the details of Mayor Ginny Desorgher’s nearly $67.93 million fiscal year 2026 budget proposal Wednesday evening, Ways and Means Committee members agreed to positively recommend it to City Council, as long as no potential reductions can be found before this month’s meeting.

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GREENFIELD — After a year of planning, Mayor Ginny Desorgher will join community members and the environmental nonprofit Greening Greenfield on Saturday to start planting trees along the perimeter of the former Wedgewood Gardens mobile home park on Colrain Street.

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The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s decision to end its Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program has town officials in Whately and Colrain going back to the drawing board to figure out how to fund hazard mitigation work in their communities.

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LEVERETT — A couple was displaced from their Teawaddle Hill Road home Tuesday night after a fire caused a partial collapse of the single-story house.

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GREENFIELD — DIAL/SELF Youth and Community Services, a Greenfield-based nonprofit that serves youths across Franklin, Hampshire and Hampden counties and the North Quabbin region, announced Tuesday that the federal Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is expected to cut nearly 40% of its roughly $2 million budget.

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GREENFIELD — Though the deadline to pull nomination papers for November’s biennial city election is months away, five candidates have already thrown their hats into the ring for City Council.

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WARWICK — The driver of a Jeep was transported by helicopter for treatment of serious injuries Friday evening following a crash on Winchester Road near its intersection with Flower Hill Road.

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GREENFIELD — Organizers hope the downtown cleanup held Friday afternoon marks the first of many.

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BERNARDSTON — A man was taken to Baystate Franklin Medical Center with minor head, neck and shoulder injuries Thursday after a mechanical failure caused the back wheel of his motorcycle to lock, throwing him across Brattleboro Road, according to Bernardston Police Sgt. Thomas Chabot.

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GREENFIELD — The cause of a fire that scorched the back of a four-family house at 16 Devens St. Thursday afternoon remains under investigation, according to Fire Chief Robert Strahan.

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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.

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GREENFIELD — Sheila Gilmour, City Council’s longest-serving member, has resigned from her Precinct 6 seat after more than seven years of service.

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GREENFIELD — In recognition of Arbor Day, the city’s Tree Committee and the Department of Public Works will plant a honeylocust tree near Kostanski Funeral Home, a business that has been a key supporter of the Tree Committee for roughly 20 years.

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GREENFIELD — Amid anticipated cuts to federal Older Americans Act (Title III) funding, the nonprofit LifePath is stopping its Healthy Living Program, which assists those facing long-term health challenges.

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GREENFIELD — The School Department is investigating allegations that a Federal Street School substitute teacher used a racial slur against a Black student and denied students of color permission to use the restrooms, according to Superintendent Karin Patenaude.

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GREENFIELD — A 25-acre portion of the city’s downtown will soon be home to dozens of trees through a state grant-funded effort to combat extreme heat with shade.