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By MADISON SCHOFIELD

Lights! Camera! Greenfield! is back for Greenfield Community Television’s fifth annual film sprint competition, challenging aspiring filmmakers to make a short film in just two weeks. 

By EVELINE MACDOUGALL

(Editor’s note: This is part two in a two-part series.)

GREENFIELD — The first in a series of Greening Greenfield talks on supporting birds, titled “How to Choose Bird-Friendly Plants — Putting the Puzzle Pieces Together,” will be presented Monday, Jan. 27, at 6:30 p.m. at the Second Congregational Church, 16 Court Square.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The city’s Board of License Commissioners approved an entertainment license for the annual Extravaganja, a cannabis-themed event planned for the Franklin County Fairgrounds on April 19, under the condition that organizers create a designated smoking area.

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The state on Wednesday called its first three witnesses to kick off the trial of a Vermont man accused of seriously injuring a Rhode Island family of four in a head-on crash on Route 2 nearly two years ago.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Board of Health member Ahmad Esfahani resigned last week after he claims the Health Department hesitated to put a proposed policy regulating minors’ cellphone through the public engagement process.

By CHRIS LARABEE

With help from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR), businesses across Franklin County will use grant money to increase their capacity and expand the local food supply chain.

By SHERYL HUNTER

January is the month of new beginnings, and with the new year comes the arrival of new music. In the upcoming weeks, some popular Franklin County-based musicians playing their first local shows of 2025 where they will give audiences the chance to listen to new music before it is officially released.

Thank you letter writer Karl Meyer for recognizing that women have been pushed aside for way too long, creating a society that does not value every human being [”Time for men to stand up for a just society,” Jan. 16]. Women are 50% or more of the world we live in and they deserve to be treated equally by men.

I have a simple question to ask. It is for all readers but especially for those who voted for Donald Trump. It is not meant to be snarky and is asked seriously and in good faith. Please take a minute or two before answering.

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The required 12 jurors have been selected for the trial of a Vermont man accused of causing a head-on crash on Route 2 that resulted in serious injuries to a Rhode Island family of four in 2023, with witness testimony expected to begin Wednesday.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The Police Department has completed renovations to its dispatch center, a roughly two-year-long project that Chief Todd Dodge said was done primarily in-house through the Central Maintenance Department and volunteer work.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

GREENFIELD — Combining art and activism, the latest Artspace Community Arts Center exhibit aims to explore what the future may hold.

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — People were encouraged to band together and weave a tapestry of local resilience, as they work toward a stronger community during Greenfield Community College’s 26th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration.

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — For its work in closing the digital divide in Franklin County and the North Quabbin, the National Digital Inclusion Alliance has named the Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG) a 2024 Digital Inclusion Trailblazer.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection awarded the Lunt Neighborhood Action Group $20,000 in Technical Assistance Grant funding as it continues its work to study the former Lunt Silversmiths site’s contamination by the toxin trichloroethylene (TCE).

By DANIEL CANTOR YALOWITZ

Most of us awakened this morning with an awareness of the magnitude of this particular day in history. Whether we intended to or not, we have come to and through this day knowing that we are bearing witness to a significant political event (or spectacle) that will impact our lives greatly, whether we like it — or not. Whether we are activated, agitated, or holding any other feelings about today’s inaugural events, our democratic republic moves on (or so we can hope.).

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — City Council will hear the Fire Department’s request for up to $1.9 million to replace its 25-year-old ladder truck in February.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The Historical Commission voted unanimously Thursday evening to rescind the demolition delay it placed on the former Zion Korean Church, contingent on the execution of a Barre farm owner’s offer to dismantle and relocate the 182-year-old church, bringing it back to its original hometown.