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There comes a time in every town’s life when the people need to be heard … not just remembered, not just “represented,” but truly heard. I write not to scold or divide, but to express the real voices of those of us who have lived here, worked here, raised families here, and watched the heart of Greenfield slowly dim, year after year.

By SUSAN WORGAFTIK

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The county’s only Catholic preschool is slated to open early next month, a year after its initial planned opening was delayed by necessary structural modifications and a teacher shortage.

By LUKE MACANNUCO

GREENFIELD — Dozens of colorful backpacks lined the floor and table in Baystate Franklin Medical Center’s conference rooms on Tuesday, while a vast array of pens, pencils, notebooks, binders, calculators and just about every other school supply imaginable waited to be packed into the bags.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

Seeking to amplify queer voices in the valley, two Greenfield poets have launched a new monthly open mic night at the LAVA Center on Main Street.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — A scheduling conference for 43-year-old Taaniel Herberger-Brown, a Greenfield man accused of murdering Christopher Hairston, of Pittsfield, has been set for Oct. 15 as the state continues to review forensic evidence and Herberger-Brown’s defense attorney awaits the results of a psychiatric evaluation.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — In remembrance of the devastation seen in Japan 80 years ago when the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Nagasaki near the end of World War II, local activists will gather on the Greenfield Common on Saturday to call for nuclear disarmament.

By KARL MEYER

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

The 44th Montague Mug Race is right around the corner, with signups ongoing for the race which is scheduled for Aug. 16.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — In an effort to save money, make Greenfield eligible for more state funding and help reduce the city’s carbon footprint, City Council President Lora Wondolowski is proposing an ordinance requiring that departments prioritize energy efficiency when purchasing new vehicles.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — As bar advocates across the state are refusing to take new cases in an effort to pressure lawmakers into giving them a pay raise, Greenfield attorney Isaac Mass has proposed a resolution calling for City Council to support raising the rate by $35 per hour.

By AL NORMAN

“I worked hard as a freight conductor for the railroad for 80 hours a week,” says Mark F. Peters of Greenfield. “And I pay all my bills.”

In an Aug. 2 column in the Recorder, “Echoes of the past,” the writer states, "Throughout our trip, I wore an anti-Trump button on my backpack. I wanted Europeans to know we were on their side.” This writer isn't the only one rooting against America.

The preferential treatment being given to Ghislaine Maxwell is an atrocious act. Having worked with many traumatized women, I can assure you that sexual trauma is not something that ever stops hurting them. Maxwell is evil, and she deserves a special place in hell. She has nothing to add to the situation, and should be shut away and ignored, not pandered to by anyone.

So 225 years ago a local rich guy gets an item. Fifty years later, he “bequeaths” it to the town. For a while the town finds uses for it. Eventually it is no longer useful, but for some reason we “have” to put it in a display box and spend resources storing, displaying, and moving it around.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — In hopes of triggering a special election, Franklin County Register of Probate John Merrigan is leading a canvassing effort to reverse City Council’s July decision to declare the parking lot at 53 Hope St. as surplus and to draft a request for proposals (RFP) seeking a developer to build housing on the site.

By LUKE MACANNUCO

GREENFIELD — With winter around the corner, the Warm the Children charity is pushing for donations earlier this year in an effort to boost community support.

8:14 a.m. — Report of breaking and entering into a vehicle on Congress Street. Officer to investigate. Purse possibly stolen from an unsecured vehicle.

By PATRICK MCGREEVY

The last time the U.S. stared existential disaster in the face was sparked by the Fugitive Slave Act (passed by Congress in 1850) and the Dred Scott decision (issued by the Supreme Court in 1857). The first defined escaped slaves as property that must be returned to their owners and imposed penalties on those who aided them. The second stipulated that no person of African origin could be a U.S. citizen, and that slavery could not be prevented from expanding westward or even outlawed by so-called free states.