Florence native Erik Ostberg chosen in Banana Ball draft, opts for unique baseball opportunity

New noise study supports Hadley battery energy storage project

HADLEY — Hadley planners are close to giving approval to a stand-alone battery energy storage system on Breckenridge Road following a consultant’s assurances that noise from the project will be in compliance with state law. At the Sept. 15 continuation of a hearing for ZP Battery Devco’s plans for the 5-megawatt system, to be located […]

Healey eyes winter energy relief as affordability bill remains stalled

BOSTON — Without signals that legislative negotiators are close to agreement on a long-debated energy affordability bill and as some Bay State households get ready to turn the heat back on, Gov. Maura Healey said that her administration is discussing “relief we can provide to people” heading into fall and winter. Energy policy negotiations have […]

Old Belchertown school reborn as Pathfinder Tech satellite campus

BELCHERTOWN — The Cold Spring School campus is smaller than Theodore Nadeau remembers. The Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical High School student from Belchertown can vividly picture his former Cold Spring Elementary School classroom. He points around the area, recalling the layout of tables and benches, the nap corner and the administrative area he never dared […]

All in the family: Dunphys reunite in Williamsburg after 111 years

WILLIAMSBURG — The last name Dunphy is iconic in Williamsburg and remains honored, plastered on the front door of the Anne T. Dunphy School. For just a brief moment when the new school was going up, there was discussion to change its namesake, but the community said absolutely not. Descendants of the Dunphys haven’t had […]

Area Briefs: Drive-through flu clinic Saturday in Easthampton

Drive-through flu clinic Saturday EASTHAMPTON — The Easthampton Health Department and Fire Department, in partnership with Northampton’s shared services nursing team, will hold an annual free drive-thru flu vaccine clinic Saturday, Sept. 26, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Public Safety Complex, 32 Payson Ave. Flu vaccines are free and open to anyone […]