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Cultural Council Closes Out Lapsed $750 Arts Grant
Greenfield Cultural Council forfeits a lapsed $750 arts grant and opens its fiscal 2027 cycle with $20,075 to give away.
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Assessors Vote to Enter Executive Session
Greenfield assessors confirm they don't vote on TIFs as a new downtown deal surfaces.
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Greenfield panel OKs minutes, presses schools on staffing
Greenfield finance subcommittee digs into special ed costs and a proposed nurse leader post. Members Webb, Goodwin and Childs unanimously approved prior minutes and reviewed August warrants, where out-of-district special education tuition and new band instruments were the largest expenses.
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Committee keeps drafting Greenfield civics handbook
Greenfield's Community Relations Committee workshopped a civics handbook meant to demystify city government, after a resident questioned its purpose. Councillors Rent, Fulton, Sylvain Owens and Dillman attended, with Minhouse absent.
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Greenfield Recorder Reports Death of Longtime Resident JoAnn Feltrinelli
Greenfield Recorder reported the death of longtime resident JoAnn R. Feltrinelli, who died Thursday, August 27, 2026. According to the Recorder's obituary, posted early Tuesday, September 1 and headlined "JoAnn R. Feltrinelli - Greenfield Recorder," she was preceded in death by her daug…
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Only one of 11 Greenfield property sales lists a price in August
Greenfield recorded 11 property transfers between July 31 and Aug. 29, but only one, the July 31 sale of 69 Green River Rd. for $320,000 from Hedgerow Enterprises Inc. to Greenfield Savings Bank, had a sale price recorded. With price data available for just 1 of 11 deeds, the period's median and…
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MassDOT Road Work Closes Greenfield Streets Today
Road crews will close sections of Greenfield streets today as MassDOT completes work, Franklin County Now reports. The closures come as the town also mourns the loss of longtime resident Donna L. Randall-Lacey, 77, of Pond Street, who died at home on August 23, according to an obituary …
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Greenfield Panel Votes to Co-Sponsor Energy Fair
The Sustainable Greenfield Implementation Committee voted to co-sponsor the city's energy fair again this November and confronted years of lapsed reporting to the mayor.
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Health Officials Confirm West Nile Virus in Greenfield Mosquito Samples
Health officials confirmed West Nile virus in two mosquito samples collected in Greenfield, Franklin County Now reported this week, though no human cases have surfaced so far. The finding, drawn from routine mosquito surveillance, comes as the town's Community Preservation Committee sep…
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Commission Backs Fire Promotions for Kimball, Perotti
Greenfield's Public Safety Commission voted unanimously to recommend two fire department promotions and flagged a looming ambulance fund shortfall.