Greenfield Recorder
Guest columnist Peter M. Haas: UMass death spiral
As a retired professor with 35 years of teaching experience at UMass Amherst and having served as Graduate Program Director in the Political Science Department, I found the March 30 Gazette story on…
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12mStakeholders cautious over impact of pending FirstLight sale
Hull Street Energy has announced the acquisition of FirstLight Hydro Generating Co.'s US properties, which includes 1,400 megawatts of clean energy in the Northeast, but environmental advocates and tribal representatives are concerned about the potential impact of private equity ownership on the future of operations.
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7mAfter failed vote on new location, South County Senior Center board mulls next steps
SUNDERLAND — After Deerfield voters shot down the proposal to move the South County Senior Center to an office building at 112 Amherst Road in Sunderland, the center’s Board of Oversight is left brainstorming next steps, including the possibility of becoming a consortium or district. “I want to keep it as positive as we can,” […]
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7mLeyden backs all articles, including 'symbolic' school assessment vote
Leyden voters approved all articles put before them at the Annual Town Meeting, including the Pioneer Valley Regional School District's $1.02 million assessment, with a 47-27 vote.
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5mFirm to determine potential uses of former cereal factory site in Orange
Fuss & O'Neill has been tasked with determining potential future uses for the land of a former cereal factory in Orange that burned down in 2022, after removing debris from the site.
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5mAmherst College professor to address 'constitutional rot' in Charlemont Forum program
Austin Sarat, a professor at Amherst College, will discuss the concept of constitutional rot in a lecture on June 4, arguing that American citizens have been suffering from this decay in the system of government for a long time.