By Donna L Duck Tuesday, October 29, 2019 “Where being nice is not only encouraged, but required,” boasts the motto of a new group on Facebook whose stated purpose is to promote the good in Greenfield. This site, Positively Greenfield, popped up six months ago and has grown to over 3000 members with 1500 posts…
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The Greenfield Leek: Campaign Signs Cause a Stir Among “Our” Community; QR Code Holds Key
The Greenfield Leek Campaign Signs Cause a Stir Among “Our Community; QR Code Holds Key By Donna L Duck Wednesday, August 14, 2019 Campaign season is in full swing as signs have sprouted in lawns around Greenfield. In particular, the signs promoting mayoral candidate Brickett Allis caused a bit of a stir; The one-word sticking…
The Greenfield Leek: Clay Oven Returns; Cites Lack of Full-Time Health Inspectors
The Greenfield Leek Clay Oven Returns; Cites Lack of Full-Time Health Inspectors By Donna L Duck Monday, January 7, 2019 Greenfield—Just 18 months after Clay Oven was required to close by the Board of Health, the restaurant is slated to reopen next month in the former Country Jeweler storefront. Clay Oven was reprimanded on three…
The Greenfield Leek: City Council weighs new library proposal amid bloom of Little Free Libraries
The Greenfield Leek City Council weighs new library proposal amid bloom of Little Free Libraries By Donna L. Duck Wednesday, November 28, 2018 As signs have gone up around town stating “New Library, Yes!,” City of Greenfield residents may have also noticed new Little Free Library boxes pop up as well. At least three new…
How about treating trees like any other critical municipal infrastructure?
I was out for a run recently when I noticed this scene on Wells Street: If you look at the pavement, there is a narrow line of fresh asphalt that runs along the street about four feet off the curb. That is a trench Berkshire Gas dug the week prior for new gas lines. About…
Greenfield needs a real, codified plan for its tree stock, or else we will always be fighting over individual trees.
I was not able to make it to last night’s tree hearing at Town Hall, but the Recorder has a reasonably good summary of the proceedings: Seven trees on Norwood Street once slated for removal are now safe, and gas line installation in tree belts will be on hold until at least Monday, according to…
It seems like millenials and seniors are looking for mostly the same stuff in downtown Greenfield.
Following the publication in The Atlantic last week of Alana Semuels’ article about Greenfield and its fight against big-box retail, I have a bunch of interesting conversations and debates on the topic. I shared a Facebook post by Precinct 7 Councilor Otis Wheeler responding to the article. According to Otis, What if the prominence of…