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GREENFIELD — A handful of residents came to City Hall on Tuesday to share their thoughts on a revised proposal to rezone some parcels on the French King Highway with hopes that it will spur industrial development in the city.The proposal was the...

GREENFIELD — A panel of residents, city councilors and officials are inching closer toward voting on aspects of its review of the city charter’s process for citizens initiatives. Issues that came to focus during an ad hoc committee meeting on...

I am writing in support of columnist Al Norman. Both books he and I reference, “Bowling Alone,” and “The Geography of Nowhere,” explicitly point to the blandness, lack of community/continuity and social isolation that plagues our American Society....

GREENFIELD — Months after the proposed expansion of the industrial development zone near Route 2 was first voted down by City Council, the Planning Board plans to reinitiate the discussion with a revised proposal.The board and Planning and Development...

GREENFIELD — Aldi, the discount supermarket chain based in Germany, is one step closer to setting up shop in Greenfield after the Conservation Commission approved special conditions for the project proposed for 208 Mohawk Trail.Commissioners this week...

Thanks to Al Norman for his revealing column “The Assessors Puzzle Box,” (Recorder, Jan. 18). We were shocked to discover we are paying more in real estate taxes for our three-bedroom ranch home than Patriot Care, the marijuana dispensary on Legion...

As a resident of Factory Hollow Road in Greenfield, I was one of the interested parties attending an informal meeting there sponsored by “Greenfield Grows LLC” on Aug. 22.The meeting was to outline a preliminary proposal for a major cannabis growing...

One of the biggest front-page Greenfield Recorder news stories of 2022 was the upswell of community activism that led to a significant rewriting of zoning regulations that placed new, clear limits on outdoor marijuana cultivation, and defined the...

GREENFIELD — The proposed expansion of the industrial development zone near Route 2 — a zoning change that appeared to be a shoo-in at the start of the process — was ultimately voted down Wednesday night following a lengthy discussion among city...

I want to publicly thank Al Norman of Greenfield for the help he provided to the citizens of Hudson in fighting off the largest redevelopment proposal in our town’s history.A developer from Atlanta, Georgia proposed a 1.2 million square foot...