Orange Dam News Today

NORTHAMPTON — City officials are cautioning people against using an unofficial swimming area at Connecticut River Greenway Park, a posted no swimming site that, despite deep water and strong currents, has gained popularity this summer among swimmers...

City eyes land for Greenway near swimming hole on Mill River in Leeds Deb Jacobs, who lives on Grove Avenue, talks about the no parking signs by the Mill River Greenway. “I just don’t think it’s fair to create public resources and then make it so difficult to access them,” she said. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS Jim Mias, who lives in the area and often rides and walks on the bike trail and along the Mill River, walks over the bridge where Beaver Brook and the Mill River converge. Northampto...