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Greenfield school facilities subcommittee launches year-long planning process

Greenfield's Long-Term Facilities Use Advisory Committee held its first working session May 4, beginning a roughly year-long process to examine what the city should do with its aging school buildings.

Greenfield Cultural Council tables annual report, overhauls arts survey design

Greenfield Cultural Council scraps annual report plan and overhauls community arts survey.

Greenfield Parking Panel Endorses Federal Street No-Parking Rule for Recycling Trucks

Greenfield's parking committee endorsed a no-parking restriction on Federal Street to make way for the city's new automated recycling trucks and heard troubling data about the Olive Street garage. The committee voted unanimously to prohibit parking from 5 p.m.

Conservation Commission Continues River Street Pavilion Hearing, Awaits DEP Comments

Greenfield Conservation Commission continues pavilion hearing at 52 River Street while closing a tank emergency with no spill found.

Greenfield School Subcommittee Sends AI Policy to Full Committee for Review

Greenfield school policy subcommittee advances AI use policy and tightens volunteer access rules.

Greenfield Opioid Commission Tables Grant Documents, Sets September Forum Plan

Greenfield's Opioid Use and Prevention Commission voted unanimously to table its draft grant application documents and set its sights on a September community forum at the Recover Project.

Greenfield Community Relations Committee Debates Youth Internships, Communications Gaps

Greenfield's Community Relations Committee discussed a potential youth internship program and city communications shortfalls at its April 27 meeting, taking no formal votes.

Greenfield Sustainability Panel Approves Minutes, Sets Agenda for Main Street Research

Greenfield sustainability panel advances master plan chapters, eyes $1 million in state climate funding.

Greenfield CPC Loosens Grant Conditions for RDI Housing Project

Greenfield's Community Preservation Committee voted 6-1 to let housing developer RDI access a $150,000 award before construction begins on its 176 Main Street project.

Greenfield Public Safety Commission reviews third-alarm brush fire that crossed Interstate 91

Greenfield's Public Safety Commission heard accounts of a third-alarm, 14-acre brush fire that crossed Interstate 91 and drew more than 100 firefighters from three states on April 14.

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