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By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Roughly a year after the Greenfield Police Department first began leasing the roughly 150-square-foot storefront at 205 Main St. with plans to develop a downtown substation, the miniature station is now up and running.

By DOMENIC POLI

State officials joined U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern in kicking off the 11th annual Summer Food Rocks Tour with stops in Greenfield and Orange on Friday, when they met with community members and advocated for continued federal funding for meals programs.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — When 5-year-old poodle mix Charlotte, a normally cuddly and energetic pooch, started acting lethargic and losing weight, her owners took a trip to Veterinary Emergency & Specialty Hospital (VESH) in South Deerfield.

By DOUG SELWYN

I was cutting the crusts off the sandwich I had prepared for our 6-year-old grandson, making sure to use the correct peanut butter, jam and bread (potato), and I thought about the millions of families across the country feeding their finicky eaters, balancing their parental need to provide nutrition for their young ones against what those children will eat, and what the family can afford. And then I thought about doing that for thousands of children every day, which is the responsibility of school district food services departments.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Despite having recently received a notice to vacate her location at the site of the former Wilson’s Department Store, Cleary Jewelers owner Kerry Semaski maintains that her business will stay where it is until her lease expires in 2029.

By AHMAD ESFAHANI

A few years ago I went up and down a handful of municipalities along the Connecticut River (mostly in northern Vermont and New Hampshire) speaking on the topic of secession. Having dipped my toes into the waters of the New Hampshire liberty movement’s attempt at a “national divorce,” I thought “maybe simply starting from scratch could be an even better idea.”

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Those looking to kick back with ice cream or a beverage surrounded by feline friends can do so at the Camelot Cat Cafe, believed to be western Massachusetts’ first cat cafe, starting Friday.

I was recently asked why my stories can be so contrasting. My response was, I like to keep ‘em guessing. Which is really not true, I’m just kidding. I tend to jump back and forth from writing about injustices to spreading the word of love. One story could be about liars, thieves, and bottom-feeders (Trump). The next story could be about love, gratitude, and inclusion (MLK).

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Amid an influx of tobacco license suspensions for local convenience stores, as well as a revocation, Mayor Ginny Desorgher asked the Board of Health to have some “mercy” on local businesses.

GREENFIELD — The Colrain Street bridge over Interstate 91 is temporarily closed to allow for preservation work, according to the state Department of Transportation.

By LUKE MACANNUCO

GREENFIELD — In Baystate Franklin Medical Center’s cafeteria and oncology unit, the displayed works of local photographers Dave Madeloni and Richard Philben provide glimpses of the natural world in an otherwise sterile hospital environment.

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 MADISON SCHOFIELD

GREENFIELD — Western Massachusetts residents say the state needs to reconsider recent updates to its solar incentive program.

By DONALD LASHIER

I think my mailman hates me. I’m not really a bad guy: it’s not my fault that I receive so much junk mail! Talk about contributing to such a heavy load that he must carry through rain, snow, cold wind and hot sunny days.

By DANIEL A. BROWN

Who’s afraid of the big, bad Trump? Well, apparently every Republican member of Congress. All he has to do is whistle and they cringe like a litter of scolded puppies. While the current poster child of congressional cowardice is Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski for voting for the big ugly bill she knew was horrendous, the full weight of submissive behavior falls on her peers.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

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 DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The 21st annual Blooming Backpacks drive to collect new backpacks filled with school supplies for students in need will conclude on Tuesday, Aug. 5.

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.

By JON HUER

Anxiety is rising among Democrats who believe that Trumpsters don’t intend to give up their power, not now, not tomorrow, not ever, and that, under Donald Trump, there will be no further elections in America. James Carville, the revered Democratic strategist, said recently that it’s likely Trump will “call martial law [and] cancel the midterm elections.” Even ordinary Americans can see that the so-called peaceful transfer of power would be neither peaceful nor transferred in America’s political future.