The Greenfield School Committee voted against new rules to regulate artificial intelligence use in schools, Franklin County Now reported Friday, Aug. 14. The panel's decision means the district enters the new school year without a formal AI policy governing classroom use of the technolo…
State officials announced $225,450 in new outdoor recreation grants for Western Massachusetts communities this week, Franklin County Now reports from Greenfield. The Healey-Driscoll administration unveiled the funding Wednesday as part of a broader push to expand recreational access in …
Leisure Woods Estates tenants in Greenfield are facing a rent increase, Franklin County Now reported Wednesday. The manufactured-housing community, one of several mobile home parks in the Franklin County shire town, saw its rate change become the focus of Franklin County Now's story, pu…
This week's Greenfield obituary notices column carries one qualifying entry: Downey, James, who died August 7, 2026. Services are scheduled for Wednesday, August 12, 2026, at Kostanski Funeral Home in Greenfield. No age, family names, profession, or other biographical detail was availab…
Greenfield Senior Center held a fresh produce distribution for residents this week, giving older adults access to healthy food close to home. The Greenfield Recorder documented the event in a photo gallery published Aug. 9, one of the few local items to surface today. Separately, the to…
Greenfield recorded 15 property transfers between July 10 and Aug. 8, but only four deeds had a sale price recorded, ranging from $50,000 to $303,410 with a median of $120,000. The month's top recorded sale was 88 Newell Pond Road at $303,410, sold by Karen M. Wasielewski and Karen M. Rooney to
Greenfield's oldest calendar model draws international attention for her fitness at 96 years old. Havi Stander, a longtime Greenfield resident, continues to pose each year for the YMCA's fundraising calendar, a local tradition that caught the eye of Vietnam.vn, which published "The secr…
Greenfield's United Way held its annual backpack collection event this week, drawing donations for local students ahead of the new school year. The Greenfield Recorder's photo editor, Paul Franz, documented the turnout in a gallery published Wednesday, Aug. 5, under the headline "PHOTOS…
Greenfield City Council Committee Chairs reshuffled their fall meeting schedule and raised a budget alarm over surging legal publication costs at their August 4 session.
Franklin County farms are in line for federal disaster relief tied to 2023 flooding. U.S. Representative Jim McGovern announced $42 million in federal funding to help growers, including those around Greenfield, recover from flood damage, according to Franklin County Now. The funding ann…