With the recent reopening of the General Pierce Bridge, it feels both timely and relevant to share who the bridge was named for, and how the naming came to be. Many thanks to the Greenfield Public Library and their newspaper archives for much of this.
GREENFIELD More receptacles for recycling, improving public access to meetings, and doing more to meet the needs of the homeless population were among the many issues city residents cited as important to them during Monday’s public forum hosted by.
Remember those big Famous Bill’s Restaurant signs on the Mohawk Trail between Big Y and the Longview Tower? Back-to-back at the top of a utility pole on the north side of the road, they faced both east and west. They were so big you couldn’t miss.
GREENFIELD With no presidential race to speak of, a single ballot question was the divisive issue at the polls Tuesday.Question 1 asked residents if they wished to alter the number of signatures required by the city charter for a citizens referendum.
From The Gazette and Courier, dated Saturday, Aug. 14, 1920: “If the white races are to retain control of their own destiny, to say nothing of world domination, they must keep the fire from the European powder keg. One more devastating war would.