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Reporter Staff
Last year s Better Beaches Program events included Fire Juggling on the Beach. Photo courtesy Save the Harbor
The Save the Harbor organization is seeking proposals from organizations and individuals for free beach events to help them “Reimagine the Beach” this summer as part of their Better Beaches Program partnership with the Department of Conservation and Recreation.
In 2020, the Better Beaches Program awarded more than $200,000 in grants to 22 organizations that ran creative and socially distanced summer programs, including virtual circus performances, community music contests, virtual wellness and fitness classes, and virtual youth programs. In 2020, 25 percent of the grants went to providing safety equipment and support as organizations faced the unprecedented challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, as they worked to keep our beaches safe and open.
Whose mountain is it?: State stakes claim on old Mount Tom quarry as owners seek bankruptcy protection
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HOLYOKE The state is moving to claim ownership of the former Mount Tom quarry to stop the current owners from converting the 16-acre site into a clean-fill operation in which truckloads of soil would be dumped in the massive crater on the side of the mountain over the next 20 years.
Officials with the state Department of Conservation and Recreation are laying claim to the title for the quarry parcel under terms of the state’s 2002 purchase of 144.7 acres of the former Mount Tom Ski Area for $1.3 million. They want to see the land preserved in its natural state and protected for future use for outdoor recreation.
Karle Heine has one word for bands playing music without singing: “Boring.”
The owner of New World Tavern in Plymouth thinks the state regulation preventing performers from crooning while playing their instruments is not helping his business during the economic slowdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The customers don’t care for it,” he says. “They want to experience the whole act. The musicians are doing the best they can, but it doesn’t have the same pizzazz. It’s hurting us not letting them sing. People want to see the whole show.”
Others in the food trade – as well as performers – are in agreement. While they are on board with protecting people from infection during this age of coronavirus, most believe an outright ban on singing is unnecessary since workarounds are possible.
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