🌱 Meet the Greenfield banker being hailed as a Franklin County superhero
Greenfield Town, Massachusetts Patch AM: a 4 min readGreetings Greenfield Town! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Meet the Greenfield banker being hailed as a Franklin County superhero
- How you can help local veterans with simple household donations
- What Maple Leaf’s Turners Falls shutdown means for Franklin County jobs
Also on today's calendar: Kane Hodder Live "Friday the 13th Part VII" Screening and Q&A. and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Mostly sunny and not as warm, with a high of 70 and low of 39 degrees.
- Sunday: Rather cloudy, temps: high: 65, low: 47.
- Monday: Breezy with a stray shower, with a high of 68 and low of 40 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. Chelsea Depault Named Franklin County Superhero at Chamber Breakfast (businesswest.com) — Greenfield Cooperative Bank is celebrating one of its own, as vice president Chelsea Depault was honored as a Franklin County “superhero” at the Chamber’s Super Breakfast in Greenfield. Her work spans securing critical pandemic loans, serving on regional boards, and volunteering with youth programs, highlighting how one local resident quietly supports neighbors across Franklin County. 
2. Greenfield Cooperative Bank Launches Household Essentials Drive for Veterans (businesswest.com) — Greenfield Cooperative Bank is inviting Franklin County residents to support local veterans by donating household essentials at its Shelburne Falls branch through Nov. 9. Working with Project New Hope and partner groups, the drive seeks toiletries, personal care items, and even pet supplies to help veterans and their families build stability after military service.
3. Maple Leaf Foods to close Turners Falls factory, consolidate to Indianapolis (atholdailynews.com) — A major regional employer with roots in Greenfield is shutting down its Turners Falls factory over the next 12 to 18 months, as Maple Leaf Foods consolidates plant-based production to Indianapolis. The closure, affecting up to 150 jobs and local tax and water revenues, has town and state officials coordinating retraining, job placement, and potential new uses for the site.
4. Abuse in Catholic dioceses, nursing home exploitation & more (nepm.org) — Franklin County voters, including those in the Greenfield area, will soon decide whether to raise local taxes to cover roughly half the $230 million price tag for a new regional technical high school. The program also examines a sweeping report on clergy abuse in the Springfield Diocese and a probe into how profit-focused ownership changes have affected nursing home care in western Massachusetts.
📸 Around Greenfield Town
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Upcoming Events in
Greenfield Town
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Tapestry Harm Reduction Services Information Session
Main Lobby
2:00 pm -
MassHire Job Fair
Community Meeting Room
3:00 pm -
Kids' LEGO Club (drop-in)
Children's Activity Room
3:30 pm -
Needleworker's Guild: Embroidery for Everyone
Makerspace
6:00 pm -
Planning for Medicare
Community Meeting Room
6:00 pm -
Greenfield Public Library's Spice Club Kit: Ginger, Available Tuesday, October 6
Greenfield Public Library, 402 Main Street, Greenfield -
Greenfield Community College Information Session
Main Lobby
10:00 am -
Book Babies
Children's Activity Room
10:00 am -
Drop-in Scrabble at GPL
2nd Floor Games Corner
4:30 pm -
Drop-In Knitting & Crochet/ Loose Ends Project
Conference Room
5:30 pm -
FreeWrite Women's Writing in Recovery Group - Local History Room
Local History Room
6:00 pm -
Kane Hodder Live "Friday the 13th Part VII" Screening and Q&A. →
The Shea Theater, 71 Avenue A, Montague
6:30 pm
Monday October 5
Tuesday October 6
Tuesday October 13
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Dead River Company posted a job opening for Delivery Driver - Seasonal in Bernardston. Apply here.
- Circle K posted a job opening for Team Member in South Deerfield. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Greenfield Town here.
Ok Greenfield Town! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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