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Easthampton leaves associate planner job unfilled amid budget crisis
EASTHAMPTON — A monthslong vacancy in the Planning Department is putting more work on the plates of other staff members, with no current plans to fill the position. The position of associate planner…
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4mGuest columnist Steve Fox: A feeling of genuine hope, even for skeptics
I have two good friends who are eternal optimists. Part of it, they say, is due to their Hampshire College backgrounds, but it seems more than that. The glass is always half-full for these two, even when we meet to watch football every Sunday and my New York Giants are trailing late in the second […]
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6mHadley property tax bills to rise $781 as Select Board keeps single tax rate
HADLEY — A homeowner living in an average single-family home, assessed at $510,723, will pay nearly $800 more in property taxes in the coming year, according to information provided to the Select Board at its Nov. 4 meeting. At the annual tax classification hearing, the Select Board voted unanimously to set a single tax rate of $12.21 per $1,000 valuation, following a presentation by Principal Assessor Cheryl Hollway and Jeff Mish, who chairs the Board of Assessors. If that rate is approved by the state’s Department of Revenue, the average single-family home, which has increased in value from $475,929 to $510,723, […]
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Amherst mother charged after letting 12-year-old daughter drive pickup truck
AMHERST — An Amherst woman is facing a criminal charge after allegedly allowing her 12-year-old daughter to drive her pickup truck on a public way Friday afternoon, police said. At 4:15 p.m. Friday, police were notified by another parent that, about 10 minutes earlier, a girl was seen driving a half-ton pickup truck to a […]
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5mHyperion Systems LLC hoping to install 2.14-acre solar array in Whately
The Whately Zoning Board of Appeals held its first public hearing regarding Hyperion Systems LLC's proposal to install a 2.14-acre solar array at Chang Farm.
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4mAmherst College plans Dickinson Street building for daycare, faculty housing
AMHERST — A three-story building that will be affiliated with Amherst College, which will include first-floor space for the Woodside Children’s Center and residential units on the upper levels, is being planned for two parcels on Dickinson Street. Developer Barry Roberts, represented by attorney Thomas Reidy of Bacon Wilson, is seeking to build at 24 […]