Daily Hampshire Gazette
Deerfield Selectboard mulls departure from Senior Center agreement
The Deerfield Selectboard is considering leaving the South County Senior Center agreement, with the Deerfield Town Hall at 8 Conway St. proposed as the new location.
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4mEasthampton dog park gets final funding push
EASTHAMPTON — The dream of bringing a dog park to Easthampton is now a reality, after the City Council approved the final funding needed to bring the project to life in Nonotuck Park next year. “Here we are, we’re going to have a dog park in Easthampton,” said Joan Kurtz, president of Friends of the […]
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4mPlainfield residents share views on plan priorities
PLAINFIELD — The top priorities in town are local control of energy sources and bringing down property taxes, according to the latest round of public comment on the town’s comprehensive plan. During a public input session last week at Town Hall with 30 residents, signs were placed on the wall with various priorities residents have […]
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6mCity Briefing: Council OKs CPA money for Pine Grove trails, Historic Northampton
NORTHAMPTON — The City Council voted to approve nearly $1 million in Community Preservation Act (CPA) funding last week, giving the green light to five ecological restoration, recreation and historic preservation projects. The Community Preservation Act, signed into law in 2000, allows municipalities to raise money through a property tax surcharge of up to 3% […]
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7mNew tracker shows progress toward housing production goal
A new statewide housing production tracker shows Massachusetts is about 15.6% of the way to reaching its goal of adding 222,000 housing units between 2025 and 2035. This represents the clearest picture of home production progress Massachusetts has seen in decades as the state continues to grapple with a housing affordability crisis. According to the tracker, […]
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2mMosquito in western Mass. provides season's first West Nile virus sample
State public health officials said Thursday that West Nile virus was detected in mosquitoes in Berkshire County, marking the first positive sample of the year. The virus is transmitted to people through bites from infected mosquitoes, and Massachusetts last year logged nine human cases, the Department of Public Health said. The positive sample came from […]