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Here are two that offer different experiences, as well as some Native American history. Osamequin Nature Preserve, Barrington   Access: Off Route 195, drive 4.5 miles south on Route 114. Use a turnaround to get on Route 114 north and the lot is on the right. Parking: Available. Difficulty: Easy BARRINGTON — Ospreys, egrets and deep, dark holes dug by fiddler crabs in the mud flats are among the sights you can see from the trails along the west shore of the Barrington River’s Hundred Acre...

April 22, 2021 Meetings ¯ Marietta City Schools will hold its regular April Board of Education meeting at 6 p.m. Monday in the Marietta High School cafeteria, 115 Academy Drive. Attendees are asked to enter from the Colegate Street side of the building. Masks and social distancing will be observed. ¯ The ... April 21, 2021 Meetings ¯ The Washington County Family & Children First Council Meeting will be held virtually at 1:30 p.m. today. Those wishing to participate virtually are asked ...

Easthampton celebrates its own Poetry Day on Saturday Old Town Hall in Easthampton GAZETTE FILE PHOTO Published: 4/20/2021 11:25:31 AM EASTHAMPTON – Twenty-five years ago, the Academy of American Poets launched National Poetry Month in April to recognize the important role poetry plays in the country’s cultural life. Easthampton will extend that idea to celebrate poets and poetry in the city with its own Poetry Day on Saturday, April 24, with a number of events taking place at the “Spot L...

Landowners withdraw Mount Tom housing plans for now Donal Carbaugh, a resident of Reservation Road in Easthampton since 2004, stands at the entrance to the private land as well as trails on the Mount Tom Reservation, March 26. Carbaugh is opposed to the subdivision proposal for six homes on land adjacent to the reservation. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS Published: 4/8/2021 8:07:47 PM EASTHAMPTON — The landowners who have proposed building five houses on their property at the base of Mount...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has announced that entry fees at all 75 Minnesota state parks will be waived on Saturday, April 24th -- encouraging all Minnesotans to get outside and explore Minnesotas parks & trails. The goal is to encourage families to spend time together with a walk outdoors, to explore the natural beauty that Minnesota has to offer. Research shows that walking offers multiple benefits, from increased creativity and better brain function to more flexibility...

The three are Lake Tiogue, Coventry; Spring Grove Pond, Glocester; and Wallum Lake, Burrillville. The DEM decided to stock the ponds because of improved water level and access. The DEM announced last week that the trout season would start at 6 a.m. on April 7, a few days early, in an effort to ease crowds during the pandemic. The trout fishing season traditionally starts at 6 a.m. on the second Saturday in April with an opening day event that brings out thousands of anglers around the state.

LITTLE COMPTON — Benjamin Simmons dammed Cold Brook in the mid-1700s to create a pond and raceways to harness the waterpower to run his gristmill. The mill is long gone, but the pond became the center of a natural sanctuary for birds and wildlife. In the 1960s, Bill Chace and his family built five more ponds connected with a network of trails.The Chace family sold the land in 1995 to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, which maintains the family-friendly public preserve...

Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse announces last day on the job; Todd McGee will become acting mayor Updated Mar 15, 2021; HOLYOKE — Mayor Alex B. Morse will leave office March 26 to take on his new job as the town manager in Provincetown. City Council President Todd McGee will serve as acting mayor until new mayor is elected to a full term. “As of Friday, March 26, 2021, at 4:30 p.m., I will no longer be Mayor of Holyoke,” Morse wrote in an email Monday. “Upon my departure, City Council Presid...

Forum, March 12: Vaccine clinic in Canaan was a real ‘shot in the arm’ Published: 3/11/2021 10:00:14 PM Modified: 3/11/2021 10:00:12 PM Vaccine clinic in Canaan was a real ‘shot in the arm’ On March 1, we each received two “shots in the arm.” The first, a physical shot in the arm, strengthened our resistance to COVID-19. The second, a psychological shot in the arm, strengthened our sense of community. Both took place at Mascoma Community Health Center’s COVID-19 vaccination clini...

Palmer Renewable Energy can’t greenwash its emissions away (Guest viewpoint) Updated Mar 08, 2021; By Mary S. Booth | Partnership for Policy Integrity Vic Gatto’s Guest Viewpoint (Feb. 26) touting the benefits of the controversial wood-burning power plant he wants to build in East Springfield is packed full of fallacies and misinformation. Gatto begins by claiming that the plant will generate “clean green power” but the truth is that clean energy never comes out of a smokestack. He wan...