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State makes ‘crucial’ investments in local climate technology
The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center provided tax incentives and grants to florrent and XFlow Energy to support renewable energy innovation and job creation in western Massachusetts amid reduced…
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Columnist Karen Gardner: Two more years
Mr. President, have you been watching the news? No, Stephen, should I? I’ve been going over plans for my ballroom and there are just so many decisions to make. You know getting this ballroom completed is just the most important thing for my legacy as president. The people are going to love this when it’s […]
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5mBagDay: Northampton’s Festive Holiday Shopping Tradition
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! For close to 40 years, BagDay® has not only kicked off the holiday shopping season – it’s become a festive and cheery event that brings together families and friends from across generations. Held on the Saturday before Thanksgiving, the First BagDay® was inaugurated in 1988. Businesses and […]
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3mSouth Hadley Police Chief Jennifer Gundersen to retire in December
SOUTH HADLEY — Police Chief Jennifer Gundersen will retire on Dec. 28, ending a 32-year-long career in law enforcement. Town Administrator Lisa Wong broke the news during a Select Board meeting on Tuesday night. Gundersen’s retirement was brought up during her last contract negotiations, so Wong said she “knew this was coming.” “This is going […]
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4mTrusts conserve 202-acre Dudleyville Forest in Shutesbury
SHUTESBURY — A 202-acre site known as the Dudleyville Forest is being permanently protected as wildlands by the Kestrel Land Trust and the Northeast Wilderness Trust, a regional land trust. The completed project, located off Montague Road, represents the latest collaboration between the two organizations, and came together with $175,000 from the Healey-Driscoll Administration’s Acquisition […]
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6mArts briefs: 'Barbara Forever' screening, a new 'Hamlet' adaptation and Aaron Lee Tasjan
‘Barbara Forever’ screening Amherst Cinema will host a screening of Brydie O’Connor’s movie “Barbara Forever,” about pioneering lesbian filmmaker Barbara Hammer, on Thursday, Nov. 12, at 7 p.m. O’Connor will take part in a post-film discussion with editor Matt Hixon and producer Elijah Stevens. Per the event listing, “Through the course of the film, Barbara shows us that the personal is not only political, the personal is historical. Looking to Barbara as one of the first filmmakers to put a lesbian life on screen that wasn’t there before, her work becomes a blueprint for a new generation of queer and radical […]