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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The City Council last week approved a $140,000 allocation of the city's economic development funds for a new brewery in the Onota building on North Street. This...

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Two area organizations have received nearly $900,000 in funding from the MassWorks Infrastructure Program.   CT Management Group has been awarded $250,000...

Depletion of Hadley conservation panel raises questions for Route 9 road job "> Published: 7/14/2021 10:09:02 PM HADLEY — Consultants working for the state’s Department of Transportation are pressing ahead with getting approvals from the town’s Conservation Commission so a Route 9 widening project can be put out to bid in September. But with the Select Board last week reducing the commission from seven to six members, and two commissioners resigning in protest over the decision to remove ...

Hadley Town Meeting will decide on river campsites, levee study, budget By SCOTT MERZBACH HADLEY — Formalizing a process to give landowners the right to have multiple campsites along the Connecticut River, and continuing a study to protect Hadley center from possible floods, will be decided by voters at annual Town Meeting Saturday. The 28-article warrant, including an $18.06 million omnibus budget, begins Saturday at 1 p.m. in the playing fields next to Hopkins Academy. The Planning Board-sp...

HADLEY — Formalizing a process to give landowners the right to have multiple campsites along the Connecticut River, and continuing a study to protect Hadley center from possible floods, will be decided by voters at annual Town Meeting Saturday.The...

Voters advance sewer line project in Hatfield Hatfield Town Hall GAZETTE FILE PHOTO Published: 5/13/2021 11:55:50 AM HATFIELD — A Route 5 water and sewer infrastructure project can move forward with minor changes following annual Town Meeting approval this week, despite a property owner’s effort to have an associated raw sewage pumping station moved from the site of a restaurant. During Tuesday evening’s three-hour, outdoor meeting that took up a 29-article warrant, voters approved all s...

Hatfield TM to take up spending, zoning and changing board’s name KEVIN GUTTING Hatfield Town Hall. Published: 5/9/2021 7:39:48 PM HATFIELD — Decisions related to completing the Route 5 water and sewer infrastructure project, rezoning a parcel on North Hatfield Road to light industrial and changing the name of the top policy board so it is gender neutral could be made by residents at annual Town Meeting Tuesday. The meeting, and its 29-article warrant, is to be called to order at 6 p.m. a...

Amherst seeks public input on intersection rebuild in Pomeroy village center Amherst Town Hall GAZETTE FILE PHOTO Published: 4/15/2021 9:42:02 AM AMHERST — A $1.5 million project to rebuild the intersection in Pomeroy village center, and make other improvements for pedestrians and bicyclists, will be the subject of a pop-up event Saturday morning. From 10 a.m. to noon, town officials are holding a walking tour so people can provide suggestions and see concepts for how the intersection of Wes...

North Amherst intersection left out of capital spending proposal North Amherst Library, Jan. 16, 2020. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO Published: 4/6/2021 8:25:31 PM AMHERST — A planned reconfiguration of two intersections in North Amherst center could be delayed as the town continues to await funding sources for the $1.8 million project. Though the Department of Public Works sought $450,000 for an engineering study, the Joint Capital Planning Committee recently nixed this borrowing request as part of i...

State officials discuss water infrastructure funding Participants at Wednesday’s discussion on water infrastructure funding, which was organized by the Franklin Regional Council of Governments, Pioneer Valley Planning Commission and Berkshire Regional Planning Commission. Screenshot Published: 2/25/2021 6:42:28 PM State and local officials met remotely Wednesday night to discuss the importance of locating funding to support local and regional water suppliers and treatment facilities. “While...