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By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Resident Patricia Williams, who serves on the city’s Elderly and Disabled Taxation Fund Committee, is the sole candidate seeking the seat of former Precinct 6 City Councilor Sheila Gilmour.

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GREENFIELD — Precinct 6 City Councilor Patricia Williams has filed a proposed resolution urging City Council to support legislation mandating that the largest oil and gas companies pay for municipal projects to mitigate the impacts of climate change.

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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.

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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 — 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.

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GREENFIELD — City councilors who serve on the Committee Chairs subcommittee have until June 12 to decide whether to nominate Patricia Williams for the Precinct 6 City Council seat last held by Sheila Gilmour.

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GREENFIELD — A new Opioid Use and Prevention Commission is tasked with finding the best ways to spend the city’s opioid settlement funds and inform the city on issues related to opioid use, overdose and addiction prevention.

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GREENFIELD — City councilors approved Mayor Ginny Desorgher’s $67.9 million fiscal year 2026 budget Wednesday night, increasing the School Department budget by $254 in a largely symbolic act to ensure it was level-funded from the current fiscal year.

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GREENFIELD — School Committee members voted 4-2 to provide a resolution to City Council requesting that $350,000 be added to the School Department’s fiscal year 2026 budget as Mayor Ginny Desorgher maintains her commitment to a conservative budget amid rising insurance costs and uncertain state and federal funding.

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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.

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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 — 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 — City Council voted 9-0, with one abstention, to approve a resolution declaring Greenfield a “sanctuary city” for transgender and gender-diverse people Wednesday evening.

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GREENFIELD — City Council voted unanimously to settle a $354,000 home equity lawsuit Wednesday evening, putting an official end to the practice of taking the entire equity of a home in the event of a tax lien foreclosure, after the state declared it illegal last summer.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Tensions rose between City Council and School Committee Wednesday in the wake of Mayor Ginny Desorgher’s announcement that the city cannot fund the School Department’s nearly $25.59 million budget proposal for fiscal year 2026, a $1.89 million increase over the current fiscal year.

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GREENFIELD — City Council will vote on whether to approve the formation of a new committee intended to discuss ways to best serve and interact with the city’s homeless population during its next meeting March 19.

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GREENFIELD — As the city heads into its fiscal year 2026 budget season, an ongoing conflict over transparency between the School Department and City Council has re-emerged.

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GREENFIELD — City Council voted unanimously to approve the $1.9 million purchase of a new ladder truck for the Fire Department Wednesday night, following a unanimous vote of approval at a Ways and Means Committee meeting the night before.

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GREENFIELD — City Council voted down a motion to reconsider an amendment lifting the 24-unit cap on multi-family housing Wednesday night, after more than an hour of public comment in which residents expressed a variety of viewpoints on the city’s housing ordinances.

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GREENFIELD — City Councilors Lora Wondolowski and John Garrett were both voted into leadership roles Tuesday night, with the council voting unanimously to appoint Wondolowski president and Garrett vice president.