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By EVELINE MACDOUGALL

Faced with total vision loss in the near future, many people might understandably respond with despair, fear, anger, or all three. Yet Virginia “Jinx” Hastings, 80, faces such loss in inspiring ways. After undergoing more than a dozen procedures for glaucoma, Hastings learned that she’s exhausted surgical solutions; her response was to create art, which is currently on display through July at the Dickinson Memorial Library in Northfield.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — To mark Juneteenth this week, the Sunderland Public Library and the Human Rights Task Force are inviting the public to a film screening and discussion exploring systemic inequities in the United States that have lingered from post-Civil War society to today.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

GREENFIELD — Calling all knitters: Saturday, June 14, marks Worldwide Knit in Public Day and the Greenfield Public Library intends to celebrate.

By EVELINE MACDOUGALL

Fun, educational, and surprising things are happening this summer at – and through – the Greenfield Public Library. Although this column focuses on a fishy new pilot project, readers are encouraged to check out GPL offerings to learn about the astounding array of new and ongoing opportunities, including summer reading programs, the Common Seed Project, a community baby shower, free passes to regional museums, and Worldwide Knit in Public Day, coming up on June 14.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — With a late-arriving elevator, Tilton Library’s expected completion date has been moved to August.

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Wheeler Memorial Library’s Children’s Room has reopened to the public nearly 10 months after flooding caused by a contractor’s error and a rainstorm.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE — The Selectboard and Finance Committee have agreed to scale back the proposed budget cuts for the Arms Library.

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE – Ninety-eight children and adults stopped by Moore-Leland Library last week to interact with some animals they’re unlikely to encounter on an average day.

By GUSTAVO ATENCIO FLORES

GREENFIELD — The Friends of the Greenfield Public Library crowned Christian Drake the adult winner of this year’s Poet’s Seat Poetry Contest.

By AALIANNA MARIETTA

ASHFIELD — Visitors to Belding Memorial Library last weekend gained insight on the colorful process that is pysanky, the Ukrainian tradition of decorating Easter eggs.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

GREENFIELD — There were 558,899 victims of child abuse and neglect nationwide in 2022, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Child Maltreatment Report from that year.

By EVELINE MACDOUGALL

What can you get at a local library that you aren’t required to return? The answer can be found at Greenfield Community College. Now in its 10th year, their seed library has a new logo and new name honoring longtime librarian Hope Schneider, now retired, who helped launch the college library’s program in 2015. Hope’s Seed Library now contains expanded offerings, including seeds collected from GCC gardens. While library patrons aren’t required to return seeds, growers are encouraged to consider bringing seeds saved from resulting plants, thereby helping the program to thrive.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

With all Institute of Museum and Library Services having been placed on administrative leave and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners announcing cuts to services and grants on Wednesday, local librarians are anticipating continued uncertainty heading into fiscal year 2026.

By CHRIS LARABEE

Three Franklin County libraries will offer increased accessibility resources for patrons with disabilities thanks to grants from the American Library Association’s Libraries Transforming Communities: Accessible Small and Rural Communities program.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

GREENFIELD — Residents are invited to the Greenfield Public Library to learn about the legend of Paul Revere and his 1775 ride warning Massachusetts colonists that the British were coming.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE — The Community Preservation Committee is recommending voters fund four projects, including replacing an elementary school playground and replacing the Arms Library elevator, for a total of $154,000, at this year’s Annual Town Meeting.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

ERVING — While the COVID-19 virus began raising alarm in March 2020, former Erving Public Library Director Barbara Friedman recalls being skeptical of the pandemic shutting down the new library, which had just opened to the public on March 1.

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — If awarded the money, the town is looking to allocate $326,500 in Community Development Block Grant funding toward a new Wheeler Memorial Library roof.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — Representatives from four companies visited the Carnegie Public Library Wednesday morning to express interest in acting as the project manager for either a library renovation or creation of a new library at 38 Avenue A.

By GUSTAVO ATENCIO FLORES

GREENFIELD — With a 10-year background as a book editor specializing in personal growth books, Rachel Shields Ebersole is bringing her interest in literature and self-improvement to a new club.