Community speaks out on military spending ahead of Tax Day GREENFIELD Although April 18 was the official day taxes were due, the Traprock Center for Peace and Justice, Veterans for Peace and roughly 40 local activists convened on the Greenfield.
Tax Day is quickly approaching April 18 but some Massachusetts residents will resist paying their federal taxes as a war protest. War tax resistance, as it s known, dates back to the American Revolution, when Quakers refused to pay taxes designated for military purposes. The movement gained national attention in 1964 when singer Joan Baez refused to pay 60% of her income taxes due to the war in Vietnam. .
Pastel exhibit coming to Artspace GREENFIELD The Mill Street Artists, a group that originally practiced pastels under Becky Clark for nearly a decade, has a group showcase at Artspace Community Arts Center, 15 Mill St., on display through Thursday,.
Editor’s note: Here’s a collection of quotes harvested from the front pages of the Greenfield Recorder in 2022. This is the first of three installments. January“Mother Nature may be on strike, but if it’s cold enough, we can make snow.” Berkshire.