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By DANIEL A. BROWN

While attending the April 5 “Hands-Off” rally in Santa Fe along with 2,000 others, I couldn’t help noticing that many of us were long in the tooth which inspired some humorous conversations along the lines of “Ain’t you sick and tired of doing this?” My first protest rally was in 1966, so yeah. Plus, I’m still waiting for my check from George Soros.

When people in your community are having their civil rights challenged and taken away and they call on you to help, you step up and help. It’s basic humanity and it’s caring about your neighbors, coworkers, friends and family. The resolution for Greenfield to become a safe city (also known as sanctuary city) for transgender and gender diverse people is just that, an answer to the call for help and support. Unless you are part of that community or know people who are part of that community, you probably don’t realize the extent of the assault that is happening right now on their everyday lives. It’s not their responsibility to educate you, but if you’re going to argue against Greenfield becoming a safe city for them, you should step up and educate yourselves.

I joined the stand out on Wisdom Way bridge over I-91 on Friday, April 25, one of the coordinated stand outs on every I-91 overpass in Massachusetts, and have this to report.

Highest Honors: Megan Bacigalupo, Dylan Collins-Harrison, Haddie Connelley, Stella Longe, Colby Sheperd and Kayden Viencek.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

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.

GREENFIELD — The MassHire Franklin Hampshire Workforce Board will offer a Health Occupations Job Fair on Wednesday, April 30, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Greenfield Community College Dining Commons.

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The New England Learning Center for Women in Transition (NELCWIT) will reflect on 50 years of providing sexual and domestic violence crisis services for Franklin County and the North Quabbin residents with its 16th annual “Power to Persevere” fundraiser.

By AL NORMAN

At 9:50 pm on April 16, “home equity theft” was finally repaid in Greenfield. The City Council voted to pay a $354,000 settlement, including legal fees, to two former homeowners who lost their property at tax-title auctions, forfeiting equity in excess of taxes owed. Eight years after these homes were “taken,” some of their lost equity was returned.

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The Episcopal Church of Saints James and Andrew will participate in World Labyrinth Day for the 17th consecutive year, welcoming the public to the labyrinth on its side lawn as a moving meditation for world peace on Saturday, May 3.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

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.

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — For a quarter of a century, Deerfield Academy and the Episcopal Church of Saints James and Andrew have been serving up helpings for body and soul.

By DANIEL CANTOR YALOWITZ

In past columns, I’ve explored and expressed the need to focus on important aspects of our lives such as patience, empathy, slowing down, curiosity, creativity, and intimacy. I want to add one to that list that matters much in this era of human history. Given:

A recent writer on the Recorder’s opinion page said Greenfield “should base our ordinances on the facts and the history of our community.” But she then mangled the facts and our history by stating: “We have defined ADUs as residences independent of the principal house for about 10 years.”

The May 5 annual town elections are almost here. As someone who bought my beautiful Deerfield home in 2023, it’s very important to me that members of our local government be accessible and responsive. Not only has Tim Hilchey been accessible, actively listens to concerns, offers clarifications, and is never dismissive, on every project he’s championed, Tim has worked hard and successfully to bring home state and federal dollars.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

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

GREENFIELD — Franklin County’s YMCA at 451 Main St. will host its annual Healthy Kids Day on Saturday, April 26, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., offering a variety of free family-friendly activities to encourage healthy children, healthy families and a healthy start to summer.

By GUSTAVO ATENCIO FLORES

GREENFIELD — The Pioneer Valley Symphony is bringing together various choruses, orchestras and guest soloists from across the region for its season finale, a performance of Carl Orff’s classic “Carmina Burana” and other compositions.

By ALLEN WOODS

Fear is a powerful emotion, capable of driving behavior that would be completely irrational without it. In America, it is now a legal justification for killing someone who appears threatening, whether the threat is credible or not. The same rationale fueled America’s invasion of Iraq in 2003 because we were falsely convinced it possessed weapons of mass destruction.