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By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GREENFIELD — A U.S. Department of Health and Human Services decision, now being challenged in court, that would make people with certain legal statuses ineligible to receive help through community health centers and Head Start has local organizations considering how this might impact their operations.

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 ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

The annual Pocumtuck Homelands Festival returns to Unity Park for the 12th year on Saturday, Aug. 2 and Sunday, Aug. 3, with special events on Friday, Aug. 1, to lead into the weekend celebration of Indigenous culture and history.

By CHRIS LARABEE

CONWAY — The Northwestern District Attorney’s Office has identified the 21-year-old Chicopee man who drowned in the Conway Community Swimming Pool on Tuesday as Abdelaziz Ayay.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

ERVING — Erving Senior & Community Center Activities Coordinator Dulcie McAndrews is taking the reins as the facility’s director following Paula Betters’ retirement.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — For the 22nd year, the Franklin County Boat Club’s Christmas in July boat parade and fireworks celebration will return on Saturday, July 26.

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — In Biblical fashion, Blessed Trinity Parish’s newest priest felt a clarifying call to the vocation during 40 days in a Middle Eastern desert, while he was serving his country in the U.S. Marine Corps.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Greenfield Community College has received $613,095 in state funding for programs aimed at training 72 students for jobs in health care and early childhood education.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The David Wells bell, a 250-pound silver bell that was constructed at Paul Revere’s foundry and given to Greenfield resident David Wells in 1799, is in need of a new home — and no one seems to have the space for it.

By WILLIAM LAMBERS

It was 80 years ago on July 16 when a mysterious flash of light and a massive explosion rumbled in the New Mexico desert. Only a few people knew about it at the time, but the United States just entered a frightening unknown world: the age of nuclear weapons.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — In an effort to curb food insecurity among Greenfield Community College students, the Franklin Community Co-op has already raised more than $7,000 for GCC’s Corner Market Food Pantry.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection has agreed to take on the cleanup of contaminated soil on First Street that has delayed the development of six affordable homes by Pioneer Valley Habitat for Humanity.

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — Three local entrepreneurs recently took the floor at the Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center, splitting $10,000 in the final installment of an annual pitch competition.

By WILLIAM LAMBERS

One of the great things to celebrate about America is our tradition of generosity in feeding the hungry. We are the nation that has saved millions of lives from starvation going back decades. When there are cries for help from abroad, we take action.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Of the approximately $1.65 million provided to the city in fiscal years 2022 and 2023 through the state’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, officials are proposing two separate projects aimed at helping Greenfield residents who are facing food insecurity and struggling to secure housing.

By LUKE MACANNUCO

GREENFIELD — Forty income-eligible senior households will receive fresh, local produce starting Thursday, July 17, as part of the second season of a farm share partnership involving Prospect Meadow Farm and the Greenfield Senior Center.

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — United Way of the Franklin & Hampshire Region is wrapping up its annual diaper drive, which formally ends on June 30.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — In the wake of federal funding cuts, Community Action Pioneer Valley’s plan to renovate the site of the former Barn Grocery Store at 95 River St. and convert it into an all-in-one service center and food pantry now faces significant hurdles.

By CHRIS LARABEE

MONTAGUE — The Community Health Center of Franklin County is getting ready to hit the road.