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		<title>Plenty of homes to choose from in all price ranges</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps you&#8217;ve decided its time to move out of your apartment and purchase your first home. Or maybe your family is changing and you need more room for growing teens or aging parents. Are you an &#8220;empty nester&#8221; looking to downsize.  No matter what size, style or price range you&#8217;re looking for, there are many homes in Franklin and Hampshire County [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Market report: December 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Statistics released by the Realtor Association of Pioneer Valley: sales for single family homes in the Pioneer Valley dropped 3.2% from 341 in December 2010 to 330 in December of 2011 the median price was down 10.3% from $187,000 in December 2010 to $167,750 in December 2011 a six year review shows the median price dropped 11.7% [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cohnandcompany.com/blog/2012/02/market-report-december-2011/</link>
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		<title>Winter carnival in Greenfield</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Greenfield&#8217;s 90th annual Winter Carnival will take place this weekend, February 3-5 with events at Beacon Field and other locations around town. Commemorative winter carnival buttons are available for $5 and will entitle purchasers to discounts in many local businesses during the carnival weekend. All proceeds will go directly to support the carnival. The winter carnival has always been a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cohnandcompany.com/blog/2012/02/winter-carnival-in-greenfield/</link>
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		<title>Great chili cook off in Charlemont</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Looking for a tasty way to warm up on a cold winter day? The &#8220;Great Chili Cook Off&#8221; will be held 4-7pm this Sunday, January 29, at the Warfield House in Charlemont. Kim Blakeslee, one of the event coordinators, said there is usually 10 -12 chili entrees all competeing for 3 prizes &#8211; &#8220;most unique&#8221;, &#8220;spiciest&#8221; and &#8220;most original&#8221;. Enjoy the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greenfield Public Library gets new director</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Greenfield, Massachusetts recently hired Ellen Boyer of Burlington, Vermont as its new library director. Boyer joins the Greenfield Public Library on February 6. Boyer has a solid background in library directorship having worked most recently as the director of the Mark Skinner Library in Manchester, Vermont. She has a master&#8217;s degree in library and information science from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cohnandcompany.com/blog/2012/01/greenfield-public-library-gets-new-director/</link>
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		<title>Market Report 2011: a year in review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Overall, the Franklin County housing market remained strong in 2011 with a total of 533 properties sold throughout the year. These properties include 426 single family homes which sold for an average price of $187,964 after being on the market for 176 days. There were 38 condominium sales in 2011 with an average sale price of $173,884 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cohnandcompany.com/blog/2012/01/market-report-2011-a-year-in-review/</link>
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		<title>Looking for an affordable mortgage?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Massachusetts Housing Financce Agency has just introduced the MassHousing Mortgage with NO MI, a mortgage product that provides financing up to 97% loan to value (LTV) without mortgage insurance. The MassHousing Mortgage with NO MI is available for owner occupied one to four family properties including condominiums on both purchase and limited cash-out transactions. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cohnandcompany.com/blog/2012/01/looking-for-an-affordable-mortgage/</link>
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		<title>Brush burning season begins January 15</title>
		<description><![CDATA[2011 was a year to remember (or forget!) with a hurricane, a tornado and the Halloween snowstorm all bringing much damage and many down trees in the area. Now is the time to start burning those piles of brush you&#8217;ve gathered around your yard as the 2012 Massachusetts brush burning season begins on Sunday, January 15 and will run through [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cohnandcompany.com/blog/2012/01/brush-burning-season-begins-january-15/</link>
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		<title>New high school proposed for Greenfield</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Greenfield, Massachusetts school and town officials are moving forward with preserving and renovating part of the current Greenfield high school building (built in 1957), and adding a new structure designed with flexible classroom space for 21st century learning. The school&#8217;s building committee has reviewed design options and hope to renovate the existing 1,000 seat auditorium and build [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cohnandcompany.com/blog/2012/01/new-high-school-proposed-for-greenfield/</link>
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		<title>Greenfield Education Foundation supports local schools</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You may have been reading about schools in the last year. On how students in school systems in various countries spend more time in school, as the foundation of anyone&#8217;s life starts in kindergarten in terms of schooling. In Korea, students spend more hours each day in class and more months/weeks per year in school. [...]]]></description>
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