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WEST NEWBURY — Local residents will soon have the unique opportunity to share a reading experience while also learning about the area’s wetland habitats.

Local, state and federal officials gathered at Buttonwood Park Zoo Wednesday to share excitement over funding for the New Bedford and Dartmouth project

Massachusetts is funding nature-based solutions to help make communities more resilient to climate change. Reading is using the state grant money to construct a wetland to reduce flood damage, and the project could be a showcase for other initiatives.

NORTHAMPTON — Some $1.23 million in Community Preservation Act money approved by the City Council last week will go toward 11 projects, including affordable housing downtown and in Leeds, outdoor recreation and improvements to the Northampton...

WENDELL — Residents adopted all but one of the 12 articles at Wednesday’s Special Town Meeting, taking no action on the remaining article after it was revealed to have been worded incorrectly.The article asked voters if they wished to designate the...

WENDELL — Residents adopted all but one of the 12 articles at Wednesday’s Special Town Meeting, taking no action on the remaining article after it was revealed to have been worded incorrectly.The article asked voters if they wished to designate the...

Editor’s note: At Harvard’s Town Meeting in October, a solid majority of voters adopted Article 18 of the town warrant—a “climate resolution”—that...

Hadley looks to rein in riverside campsites The Connecticut River as seen from the Hadley dike, Monday, April 9, 2018. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO By SCOTT MERZBACH HADLEY — Many of the cities and towns with Connecticut River frontage prohibit recreational vehicles and campers to be set up at the edge of the waterway for any length of time. But with Hadley, unlike Northampton and Hatfield, continuing to permit campsites along the river for the warm-weather months, the presence of trailers and motorho...

2020 in Plymouth, from the pad of Emily Clark Thanks to Pinehills housing trust PLYMOUTH – In January, Zoning Board of Appeals member Michael “Buster” Main and his wife, former Conservation Commission Chairman Gerry Hooker, known affectionately as Sweetpea, recounted how Pinehills Managing Partner Tony Green took the high road and responded to criticism of a lack of affordable housing with a wonderful offer. Ten years ago, they said Green and Pinehills President John Judge asked if Main w...

Hadley looks to rein in riverside campsites Modified: 12/17/2020 7:54:19 PM HADLEY — Many of the cities and towns with Connecticut River frontage prohibit recreational vehicles and campers to be set up at the edge of the waterway for any length of time. But with Hadley, unlike Northampton and Hatfield, continuing to permit campsites along the river for the warm-weather months, the presence of trailers and motorhomes has continued to grow in these flood-prone areas. “So they all come to Had...