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GREENFIELD — About 35 people who turned out to the Elks Lodge on Monday aired grievances about how the city is being managed and expressed their ideas on how to combat these issues.Billed as a Greenfield Citizens Forum, the public discussion was...

GREENFIELD — With an upcoming community forum series, a group of residents is hoping to offer a space to “foster respectful discussions” on a wide range of issues relating to local public policy and civic engagement.“The goal is to keep the citizens...

GREENFIELD — The section of the the city charter that outlines the process by which a citizens initiative petition can be put forth has been sent to the full City Council for review, with no changes recommended by the Appointments and Ordinances...

On Oct. 13, 2021, 64 million Americans received some good news from the Social Security Administration: Social Security checks would rise by a 5.9% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) beginning in January 2022 — an increase for the average retired worker...

Editor’s note: As part of the Greenfield Recorder’s end-of-the-year features, we are publishing in two parts our choices for the top 10 newsmakers of 2021 — two share one spot. See Saturday’s edition for Part 2. They are listed in no particular order....

Editor’s note: Many media outlets write about the year’s top national and international news stories and newsmakers. As a community newspaper, the Greenfield Recorder chose to focus on local news. This is the first installment of the 12 Top News...

On Nov. 2 Greenfield voters decided the rules for signature requirements for “citizen referendums,” section 7-8 of the City Charter. A referendum “allows citizens to propose an existing law or ordinance be brought to the voters for reconsideration.”...

GREENFIELD — Problems due to changes in how the Department of Transitional Assistance processes food stamp applications continues to grow,

GREENFIELD — Downtown Greenfield was active Saturday morning with the presence of a protest against FirstLight Power and groups campaigning about Question One, which will be on the ballot in November.More than two dozen protesters stood in front of...

If you told me six months ago that I would be on the same side of a political issue, much less working on a ballot question for that issue with Al Norman, I would have said you were crazy. However, here we are. I feel compelled to work across the...