
The Athol Selectboard voted this week to temporarily make downtown parking free in metered spots for at least the next two weeks as construction downtown in the Lord Pond Plaza is resulting in increased parking needs on Main Street and Exchange Street.

Senator Jo Comerford has given an update on COVID-19 booster vaccine availability in Massachusetts after constituents reached out with concerns around receiving this year’s updated booster shot.

The Connecticut River Conservancy has been awarded $180,000 for the Greenfield Electric Light & Power Dam improvement project.

Concerns were raised by families of Greenfield Public Schools after a photo of a school form from a back-to-school packet circulated across the internet stating that due to a “new law” schools would be sharing junior and senior student names, address and phone number with military recruiters unless parents complete the form to opt out.

The Athol Senior Center has been closed Wednesday and will remain so until Monday, September 22nd while construction is underway in the parking lot that makes the entrance unsafe at this time.

A motor vehicle crash Wednesday morning has resulted in a significant traffic jam. The accident occurred on Routes 5, 10, and 116 in South Deerfield just north of the Whately line.

A candidate meet and greet event will be held this Saturday morning ahead of the September 9th primary election.

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The Greenfield City Council held a Special Meeting Wednesday evening to discuss the ballot question in regards to the citizens’ petition against the Council’s vote to authorize the Mayor to sell the Hope Street parking lot.