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Home rule bills filed to increase Athol alcohol license numbers
ATHOL – Two bills to increase the number of all-alcohol and beer and wine licenses available to local businesses are now before the legislature, according to Town Manager Shaun Suhoski. At the Select…
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6mPrimary care fix may wait until after November election
BOSTON – Massachusetts residents scrambling to find a primary care doctor may not see a legislative intervention for months — potentially after the November election. House and Senate negotiators tasked with hashing out legislation aimed at pumping more money into the under-invested primary care sector and shoring up the workforce met for the first time Thursday, […]
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5mOrange Selectboard faces three Open Meeting Law complaints
The Orange Selectboard voted Wednesday to accept three Open Meeting Law complaints regarding unequal access to a Sept. 5 meeting and an unlisted leadership reorganization during a Sept. 1 meeting.
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4mAthol school superintendent presents three-year goal plan
ATHOL – Athol-Royalston Regional School District Superintendent Matthew Ehrenworth has presented his goals for the next three years, outlining how progress will be evaluated through 2029. The School Committee voted to accept the goals at its meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 16, which Ehrenworth said are tied to several of the district’s existing priorities, including its […]
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5mPioneer Valley forestland: 1,200-plus acres across six towns permanently conserved
AMHERST — More than 1,200 acres of forestland throughout the region, including over 200 acres in Pelham, Westhampton and Williamsburg, are being donated to the Kestrel and Mount Grace land trusts for permanent conservation by an affiliate of The Lyme Timber Company. The timberland properties are on 12 parcels that Lyme bought from W.D. Cowls […]
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5mAmherst gets $175K boost to reenvision Hampshire College campus
AMHERST — MassDevelopment is providing Amherst a $175,000 grant to support the future redevelopment of Hampshire College’s land and continue an ongoing zoning study on the approximately 860-acre campus. The money supplements a $75,000 grant MassDevelopment awarded in May, through its Real Estate Services Technical Assistance Program, that is going toward technical assistance for the […]