Lunt Silversmiths in Greenfield to end production, sell brand, turn to design

GREENFIELD - After 107 years as a Greenfield manufacturer, Lunt Silversmiths agreed Wednesday to become strictly a design and product development business, its president, James Lunt, announced Wednesday.

Greenfield fire leaves 21 homeless

GREENFIELD - A five-alarm fire ripped through the building at 29 Chapman St. early Sunday morning, destroying the upper floors and leaving 21 people homeless.

Greenfield Fire Chief Michael Winn said that neither a cause of the fire nor its point of origin had been determined Sunday afternoon, but that both were being investigated.

Many tenants had narrow escape

GREENFIELD - It was exactly one year ago Sunday that Anne Jagodowski moved into her apartment at 29 Chapman St.

Three hundred and sixty-five days later, Jagodowski lost everything except two dogs, one cat and the clothes she was wearing when she escaped the fire which left her and 20 other residents homeless.

DA's office foiled on use of dual DUI test results

GREENFIELD - The Northwestern district attorney's office has been stymied by a Supreme Judicial Court ruling in its attempt to change how Breathalyzer tests are introduced in drunken driving cases.

Licensed therapists rue impact of massage parlor raid

When massage therapist Richard Wedegartner heard Thursday morning about prostitution raids at eight area massage establishments, he slapped his forehead.

Petition seeks stronger 'green' energy standards

Opponents of the biomass plants proposed for Greenfield and Russell are gathering signatures for an initiative petition that could place a question on next November's election ballot - effectively gutting the projects.

Local events in the pipeline to mark International Day of Climate Action

The stakes couldn't be any higher, say those involved in organizing events to mark the International Day of Climate Action later this month.