Pascommuck Conservation News Today

EASTHAMPTON — Pascommuck Conservation Trust has added another 10 acres to its protected areas, completing the preservation of an ecologically vital area near where the Oxbow and the Manhan River meet.At the close of its 40th anniversary this past...

EASTHAMPTON — While much of the discussion on the proposed Sierra Vista Commons has been centered around affordable housing and traffic, volunteers from Pascommuck Conservation Trust worry about the environmental impact of the massive development on...

EASTHAMPTON — An energy firm is seeking a special permit to construct a 250-kilowatt solar array over the existing capped and closed landfill within the wastewater treatment plant property.The city’s Planning Board will hold its first public hearing...

EASTHAMPTON — The public on Tuesday night had its initial chance to weigh in on plans for a massive multimillion-dollar redevelopment of the old Tasty Top site that could dramatically alter the Route 10 corridor in the city.Though some residents...

EASTHAMPTON — The estimate to replace the main playground structure on Daly Field damaged by a severe thunderstorm late last month is $99,000, according to Parks and Recreation Director John Mason.The Aug. 26 storm with damaging winds felled nearly 20...

SOUTHAMPTON — The state Elections Division this week began sending out early mail-in voting postcards to all registered voters.This voting option, which was temporarily put into place during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, has now become a permanent...

EASTHAMPTON — The Pascommuck Conservation Trust is holding a spring plant sale on Saturday, May 7, in the parking lot of the city’s Municipal Building at 50 Payson Ave.From 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., the trust will have perennials, ornamental grasses, shrubs...

EASTHAMPTON — The outlook of an ongoing city project is getting clearer as the Mount Tom North Trailhead Park nears completion. Since the fall of 2021, the city has been constructing a trail system and recreation area on a 23-acre parcel of land off...

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 on March 26. Carbaugh was opposed to the subdivision proposal for five homes on land adjacent to the reservation. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS By JACQUELYN VOGHEL EASTHAMPTON — The landowners who have proposed building five houses on their property at the base of Mount Tom ar...

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...