Greenfield News

How does it feel to walk among 9,000 graves? "Shocking," says Greenfield High School junior Dustin Cutler.

As they delved into discussion, a new teacher at a turnaround school heard "music" in their words-and a sign that his own year is turning around.

Greenfield's town website will be getting a facelift, and a little zip, with the help of a Rochester, N.Y.-based company selling video ads to local businesses.

As they delved into discussion, a new teacher at a turnaround school heard "music" in their words - and a sign that his own year is turning around.

8:58 p.m. Arrested, Keith D. Haworth, 21, of 139B Broadmeadow Rd., Apt. 2, Marlborough, for OUI-liquor, possession of Class B drug.

Why did a dozen Hampshire College cyclists and their supporters head from Amherst to Greenfield on Monday before heading to the West Coast, from where they will pedal back to Greenfield? The event, an extension of Franklin County Bike Week, was a fundraiser for the Co-Cycle cross-country bicycle tour that the students plan to do this summer as a ... (more)

With the former Kollmorgen site on King Street spoken for, city planners, developers and real estate brokers are hopeful that the stretch of King from downtown to Damon Road will finally reach its potential.

Just because last winter was incredibly mild doesn't mean people are taking the upcoming days of summer for granted.

The StrangeCreek Campout takes over Camp Kee-Wanee in Greenfield, Mass., this Memorial Day weekend.

The mayor and the town's public safety commissioners are on their way to Town Council to ask for its support in taking the town's police and fire chief positions out of Civil Service so that Greenfield could begin looking at a larger pool of candidates as it searches for a permanent police chief.

A local manufacturer is about to add 5,000 square feet to his 22,000-square-foot building in the industrial park and he said that will mean more jobs and more money spent in Greenfield.

When Mary and Alfie Siano go shopping for food, they know exactly where their meat and vegetables are coming from.

Town Council will hold a public hearing tonight to allow residents to weigh in on changes a town committee has made to the town charter after a nearly two-year review, including formally recognizing Greenfield as a "city." Greenfield is currently known as the "city known as the Town of Greenfield." The Charter Review Committee has submitted its ... (more)

WHATELY - Wilfred J. 'Sonny' Meunier, 72, of 32 Chestnut Plain Road, Whately, died Monday morning in the Holyoke Soldiers' Home.

O The Comical Mystery Tour of Greenfield will be appearing at the Munich Haus Restaurant in Chicopee as part of a murder mystery dinner theater event on May 25.

The man who is currently serving the town as acting police chief, and who for three months has studied the department as a consultant for the mayor, has submitted a report that could end up changing the way things are done.

"Shakin' All Over" will shake up the crowd with 1950s music at the Leominster Elks on Sunday at 6 p.m. with the help of Dance2Swing teaching duo Alan Cormier and Luan Carnevale.

The Chicopee Historical Society's May meeting will be held on May 16 and include a brisk tour of the 2.5 mile Chicopee Canal and River Walk led by historian Stephen Jendrysik.

U.S. Rep. John W. Olver, D-Amherst, speaks Friday at the dedication of the new transit center in Greenfield named after him.

Angela McCarthy says her 11-year-old son Colin is happiest when he's around people, enjoys the annual family vacation to Cape Cod and skiing with his father.