Daily Hampshire Gazette
Valley Bounty: Bringing back the chestnut
By reviving a historical crop, one farmer has a plan to feed the community while stewarding the land into the future. Jono Neiger is trained as an ecologist and conservation biologist, who approaches…
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3mSports Briefs: Smith Voc one step closer to $1 million field upgrade
Hampshire County’s own Smith Vocational High School was selected among 40 high schools across the country to be Division Finalists in T-Mobile’s Friday Night 5G Lights competition. The announcement advances Smith Voc closer to the ultimate goal of the $1 million upgrade to its football field. Fans and those around the community can vote once […]
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5mEasthampton approves 18-month moratorium on data centers
EASTHAMPTON — Easthampton is the latest Valley community to temporarily ban new data centers, as the facilities face growing scrutiny across the country and municipalities grapple with how to regulate them. The City Council on Wednesday night passed the moratorium, barring new data center construction for 18 months while the city develops permanent regulations. The […]
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4mParadise City Arts Festival returns to Northampton this weekend with 200 artists, live music
NORTHAMPTON — Thousands are expected to flock to the Three County Fairgrounds this weekend for the 31st year of the Paradise City Arts Festival — the city’s flagship arts and music event. The three-day festival, which opens at 10 a.m. Friday, will feature 200 artists from across the country and six bands on the center […]
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9mThe wheels of generosity: Northampton's Bikes For All lives up to its name
NORTHAMPTON — Middle-schooler Lucian Viruet trailed along behind a fit man with thinning, curly hair, who not long ago was playing bassoon in the Boston Symphony Orchestra, but this late afternoon was delivering a newly refurbished mountain bike. Lucian, 13, could not help himself. His wide mouth spread slowly into a grin as Rick Ranti, the bassoonist turned volunteer bike mechanic, neared a red Subaru wagon then hoisted the Huffy bicycle into the rear of the car. Lucian, who for months had been pedaling a model too small for him, now owned a bicycle that fit his frame. It cost him […]
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4mHadley affordable housing project at former Econo Lodge adds ground-mounted solar array
HADLEY — Valley Community Development will install ground-mounted solar arrays as part of its project converting the former EconoLodge into 50 units of affordable housing. The Planning Board Tuesday began its administrative review of the 29-kilowatt system that will be located at the back of the site, on a slope between the building and existing […]