AG report details decades of abuse at Fall River, Springfield, Worcester dioceses

Ferry Street closed between Pleasant Street and Emerald Place due to sink hole

EASTHAMPTON — A large sink hole that formed in the middle of Ferry Street Thursday afternoon closed a section of the roadway, spanning from Pleasant Street to Emerald Place. Easthampton Police posted on Facebook about the closure just after 4 p.m. Thursday. The post says crews are on the scene working, asking residents to avoid the […]

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200 years around the table: St. John’s to celebrate its Northampton legacy this weekend

NORTHAMPTON — The St. John’s Episcopal Church orients itself inward rather than upward. The wooden pews and cream arches inside the church on Elm Street turn inward toward the dark wood table draped with forest green and white tableclothes. The large circle around “God’s table,” as the Rev. Anna Woofenden calls it, places the altar […]

Chesterfield residents approve bylaw for battery energy storage systems

CHESTERFIELD — Residents at a special Town Meeting Wednesday night unanimously approved a bylaw governing battery energy storage systems, or BESS. The attorney general will need to sign off before the rules take effect. According to Town Clerk Sandy Wickland, 46 people attended the meeting. Every person in the room, representing approximately 5% of the […]

Amherst Fire Department receives $888K grant to boost staffing levels

AMHERST — A three-year plan to increase staffing for the Amherst Fire Department, bringing the department to as many as 55 full-time members by fiscal 2029, is being supported with an $888,000 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. As part of $14.7 million in grant funding for fire departments and other first responder organizations […]