Shelters

By MARY BYRNE Staff Writer Monday, January 10th, 2022 GREENFIELD — With temperatures dipping into the single digits during the next few days, area service agencies are working to provide […]

BY MARY BYRNE THE GREENFIELD RECORDER MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2021 GREENFIELD — In his nearly 40 years with ServiceNet — 30 of which he served as director of the Greenfield […]

DAILY HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE JUNE 14TH, 2021 In his June 9 message, guest columnist Jalil Johnson offered several excellent examples of the services available in Northampton to address the needs of [...]

BY ANITA FRITZTHE GREENFIELD RECORDER FRIDAY, JANUARY 29TH, 2021 As the weekend approached with the prediction of low single-digit temperatures into Sunday, the Opioid Task Force of Franklin [...]

BY JACKSON COTE MASSLIVE JANUARY 5TH, 2021 During a public hearing about law enforcement in Northampton last month, residents voiced a slew of overlapping concerns about houseless residents in [...]

OPINION LETTER THE RECORDER THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17TH, 2020 Such good news… A donor’s gift has made the expansion of the Wells St. homeless shelter possible! The article in the Dec. […]

THE RECORDER SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6TH, 2020 Here are some brief thoughts on recent happenings in Franklin County and the North Quabbin region. Cold weather tugs at the heart like no […]

BY ANNA FRITZ THE RECORDER WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2ND, 2020 GREENFIELD — As the weather worsens and temperatures drop each year, 20 people who are homeless are welcomed into ServiceNet’s Wells […]

BY GRETA JOCHEM DAILY HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2020 NORTHAMPTON — There will be no collection sites around the city on Oct. 4 for Shelter Sunday, the annual fundraiser for [...]

By SCOTT MERZBACH THE DAILY HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE MONDAY, MAY 4TH, 2020 Recent testing for COVID-19 among homeless individuals staying at shelters in Northampton and Amherst, as well as staff and [...]