Daily Hampshire Gazette
New, younger faces elected to Plainfield boards
PLAINFIELD — The median age of town officials went down after Saturday’s election, as a couple younger candidates gained seats out of three contested races. Henry Stockman, 26, beat out incumbent…
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6mApple season off to sweet start for Massachusetts Apple Month
Gov. Maura Healey declared September to be Massachusetts Apple Month. In Franklin County, farmers are seeing a successful start to the season.
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9mEye of the Hurricane: New principal takes the lead at Amherst Regional
AMHERST — Running track for the High School of Commerce in Springfield, Marc Gomes finished fifth in the 100-meter dash at the Western Massachusetts Track and Field Championships in 2004. Amherst Regional High School’s Mike Wiley won the event. Despite this disappointment, as his high school career continued, Gomes began winning regional meets, in part […]
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5mArea Briefs: UMass climbs to No. 24 in public university rankings
UMass climbs to No. 24 in public university rankings AMHERST — The University of Massachusetts Amherst climbed five spots to No. 24 in U.S. News & World Report’s 2027 rankings of top public universities, and is the only public institution in New England in the top 30. UMass is tied at No. 24 with Texas […]
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5mState 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 federal support.
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6mSouthampton's Pomeroy Meadow Road to get sidewalks, drop-off lane in plan for safer route to Norris Elementary
SOUTHAMPTON — Plans are moving forward for new infrastructure on Pomeroy Meadow Road to help give students a safer route to Norris Elementary School, including new sidewalks on both sides of the road, a student drop-off lane and crosswalks. It’s still early in the planning stage, with designs at 25% completion and construction slated for 2028. Town officials and representatives from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) presented current plans at a public hearing Sept. 23 at Norris. “Intents of the program is to provide the infrastructure to walk and bike, and then hopefully (less) cars come and that way people […]