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H.S. Roundup: Depth scoring steps up for Northampton girls soccer in shut out over Ludlow

LUDLOW — The Northampton girls soccer team is not short on experience nor goalscorers. Multiple key seniors have been playing on varsity for the Blue Devils for four seasons, while four upperclassmen had multiple goals to their names heading into the team’s second matchup at Ludlow. But on Monday, Northampton saw a different duo find […]

Supreme Court to weigh whether oil companies can be forced to pay for climate change

The Supreme Court opened its new term Monday by hearing arguments on whether the oil and gas industry may be forced to pay damages for the scorching heat waves, wildfires and droughts that are blamed on climate change. It’s a momentous question the justices have put off deciding for nearly a decade — and may […]

Northampton City Council OKs new sign regs

NORTHAMPTON — Following a 2015 Supreme Court ruling that messages written on signs are protected as free speech, the City Council, after years of review, has created new regulations on the display of signs in the city. After councilors spent more than an hour deliberating over details, weighing businesses’ freedom to advertise over potential nuisance caused by illuminated signage, the council voted on Oct. 1 to limit the number of ground signs a business can display to six and to require illuminated signs to turn off at 11 p.m. The ordinance categorizes signs by size, type and location. It allows residents, […]

Hilltown microtransit reaping rewards

CHESTERFIELD — Microtransit is paying off as every $1 invested in Hilltown microtransit balloons to $23 in economic return, according to a new study by the Donohue Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. That’s $4 million of economic growth in the area from 2022 through 2025 driven by three Hillside Easy Ride vans. Meanwhile, […]