PHOTOS: Gearing up

'A loss for our entire community': Greenfield mourns death of longtime fire captain

Mayor Ginny Desorgher announced that flags will be lowered to half-staff to honor Capt. John Whitney, a veteran of the Greenfield Fire Department who died after a battle with cancer.

Greenfield Police advise GCC's active shooter alert was false alarm

Police Chief Todd Dodge confirmed that an automated active shooter alert sent to Greenfield Community College students and staff on Thursday afternoon was the result of a technical error during a system test.

Markey's bill to extend Temporary Protected Status for Haitians blocked

U.S. Sen. Ed Markey vowed to continue fighting for Haitian Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders after U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt blocked a legislative attempt to extend the program's protections.

New plan aims to revitalize long-vacant Greenfield bank into a food hub

Oxbow Design Build won the bid to redevelop Greenfield's vacant First National Bank building into a community food hub and event space.

My Turn: Own your power, Part 2: Microgrids needed to safeguard our future

Recently, I hosted a gathering to see if there was interest in participating in a community microgrid or networked geothermal heating in the Orchard Valley neighborhood of Amherst. Paul Fenn of Local Power, LLC was in attendance and presented about the Own Your Power program in Ithaca, New York that is assisting the city and […]