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Critics pan Eversource tree-clearing plan at Amherst meeting

AMHERST — A plan by Eversource to widen transmission lines along a nearly 30-mile corridor by significantly removing trees continues to be blasted by critics, with about 20 people bringing their concerns directly to company representatives at the North Amherst Library late last week. “We love our environment,” Jeff Weston, an elected member of the […]

'Life is a highway': Granby grads encouraged to enjoy the journey

GRANBY — Ellie Goulding’s synth-pop anthem “Anything Could Happen” blasted in the Granby Junior-Senior High School on Saturday morning while students exited the building with smiles and a pep in their step. Whether the graduates are lined up for college, going straight into the workforce or preparing to enter the military, their commencement ceremony highlighted […]

Smith Academy grads celebrate power of community

HATFIELD — The U.S. surgeon general has said that a lack of social connection can carry health risks comparable to smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day. That message resonated throughout Smith Academy’s commencement ceremony Friday night, where math teacher Julie LeGrand, the keynote speaker, urged the 21 graduates to value the connections they have […]