Daily Hampshire Gazette
Guest columnist Heidi Dollard: Gardening can address biodiversity crisis
Heidi Dollard offers an ecological perspective on gardening, emphasizing the importance of native plants and dead wood to support local biodiversity and save declining bird and insect populations.
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4mPublic invited to Picture Main Street info session
NORTHAMPTON — Following the submittal of its 100% design guidelines for the Picture Main Street project, the city is hosting an informational session to present its Main Street redesign plans to the public from 4 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday at 180 Main St. The city first began submitting design plans to the Massachusetts Department […]
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Amherst Media sells planned building site
AMHERST — Amherst Media’s quest to build a new headquarters and technology center on Main Street, a short distance from the Emily Dickinson Museum, is ending with the sale of the land it bought in 2013 for that purpose. The .56-acre site at 420 Main St., which had been eyed for the nonprofit’s new $1.3 […]
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3mAmherst to run tax, treasurer services in Pelham
PELHAM — Tax collection and treasurer services for Pelham residents are being provided by the town of Amherst under a new intermunicipal agreement. The decision to have Amherst’s five-member team provide the services to Pelham, in a one-year pilot, came following a May 11 vote by the Select Board to eliminate the collector and treasurer […]
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3mMassDOT to update Routes 5 and 10 bridges in Hatfield, Whately
MassDOT is set to begin a multi-year project next summer to replace the structurally deficient bridge decks of three bridges carrying Routes 5 and 10 over Interstate 91 in Whately and Hatfield.
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2mJohn Gnatek
<html><head></head><body>John Gnatek<br /><br />Leeds, MA - John Gnatek, age 94, passed away at Linda Manor, in Leeds on June 9th, 2026. He was born in Hadley, Massachusetts on December 27th , 1931 and was one of 7 children. He was the son of Michael ...