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More than 80 residents of Franklin and Hampshire counties have signed onto a letter addressed to the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, urging Commissioner Doug Rice to reallocate funds that better support “forest-based climate...

GREENFIELD — The licensed site professional’s response to the Department of Environmental Protection’s audit of the former Lunt Silversmiths property is being described as “woefully deficient” by a group of residents who belong to the site’s public...

GREENFIELD — With the goal of applying for grants that would make it possible to hire an independent licensed site professional, the neighborhood group that has been outspoken in its concerns over the environmental cleanup process at the former Lunt...

GREENFIELD — In a meeting with a representative from the state Department of Environmental Protection, residents and city officials continued to express a lack of confidence in the licensed site professional overseeing the environmental cleanup at the...

GREENFIELD — Board of Health Chair Nancee Bershof addressed the results of an audit conducted by the state Department of Environmental Protection on the environmental cleanup at the former Lunt Silversmiths property, responding also to allegations...

NORTHFIELD — Ten protesters with the environmental activist group Extinction Rebellion gathered at 5 a.m. Wednesday at the intake area of FirstLight Hydro Generating Co.’s Northfield Mountain Pumped Storage Station to demand the facility be shut down...

GREENFIELD — The results of an audit conducted by the state Department of Environmental Protection show more work is needed with respect to the environmental cleanup at the former Lunt Silversmiths property.In the audit report, the DEP found that the...

I was relieved to see the article titled “Lunt property under audit by Mass DEP” in the Saturday, Feb. 12 edition of the Recorder. I’ve been concerned about mismanagement at the 298 Federal St. site and was grateful to hear that others in the...

Recently, two experts in the cleanup of contaminated properties, or brownfields, offered their assessment of the current state of the old Lunt Silversmiths site. Lyons Witten, a hydrologist and licensed site professional (LSP) and Glen Ayers, a...

GREENFIELD — The state Department of Environmental Protection has initiated an audit of the ongoing environmental remediation efforts at the former Lunt Silversmiths property on Federal Street.In an email to resident and former public health agent...