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Greenfield Cultural Council Awards $23,000 in Grants to Local Artists

Greenfield's Local Cultural Council has awarded more than $23,000 in grants this year to local artists, scholars and cultural organizations, according to a Franklin County Now report published this week. The council is one of hundreds of town-level bodies statewide that distribute Massa…

Greenfield Council Cuts Poet Seat Tower Appropriation to $25,000, Tables Borrowing Order

Greenfield City Council scaled back a Poet Seat Tower repair appropriation from $100,000 to $25,000 Tuesday, citing fiscal pressure and a lack of a comprehensive capital plan.

Greenfield Assessors Flag Chapter Land Errors, Cancel August 5 Meeting

Greenfield Board of Assessors discloses widespread chapter land record errors and approves excise abatements.

DA's Office Confirms Fatal Skydiving Accident at Orange's Jumptown Skydiving

A fatal skydiving accident at Orange's Jumptown Skydiving drew attention from investigators and international media this week. The Northwestern District Attorney's office confirmed a Boston-area man died Sunday during a jump at the business, according to WCVB, whose report was headlined…

DA's Office Confirms Fatal Skydiving Accident at Orange's Jumptown Skydiving

A fatal skydiving accident at Orange's Jumptown Skydiving drew attention from investigators and international media this week. The Northwestern District Attorney's office confirmed a Boston-area man died Sunday during a jump at the business, according to WCVB, whose report was headlined…

Greenfield Cultural Council Awards Grants to Local Artists, Scholars

Greenfield Cultural Council awards more than $23,000 to local artists and scholars this year. The town's grant-making body, which channels state cultural funding into local arts, humanities and science programming, confirmed the awards in reporting out Tuesday, though a full list of rec…

Greenfield EDC Votes to Seek Legislative Liquor License for Downtown Bears Den

Greenfield's Economic Development Committee unanimously backed a petition to the state legislature for a new liquor license for the Bears Den, a restaurant planned by Gleason Ventures, LLC at 5 Bank Row, and signaled strong support for advancing a year-long data center moratorium to the full City Co

Greenfield Conservation Commission Delays Hotel Hearing After Abutter Notification Lapse

Greenfield Conservation Commission postpones hotel hearing and debates $495,000 flood-buffer parcel.

Erving Select Board Approves $140,000 Year-End Budget Transfers, Signs Two-Year Trash Disposal Deal

ERVING — July 14, 2026 — Erving Select Board votes to transfer $140,000 between budget groups to close fiscal year 2026 deficits. Meeting jointly with the Finance Committee on July 14, the board unanimously approved moving $55,000 and $85,000 from the public safety budget group into general government and

Northwestern DA Confirms Investigation Into Fatal Orange Skydiving Fall

A skydiving accident at an Orange jump site drew national and international news attention this week. A Boston man died in a fall during a jump on Sunday, July 12, according to the Northwestern District Attorney's Office, as reported by WCVB in a story headlined "Boston man dies in week…

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