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They still refuse to add a stoplight. But now DOT has succumbed to pressure to make some safety changes here where teenagers drive, and where the road is fast.

The regional health agency serving Lee, Lenox and Stockbridge is avoiding consideration of mandates but is asking the health boards in three towns to support an official recommendation for indoor

Say cheese: Five small events to book in Melbourne, right now Emma Breheny Photo: James Broadway At first glance, the last week hasnt been a great one for Melbournes reputation as the event city. First the Royal Melbourne Show announced its cancellation, then Queen Victoria Market put a pin in its Winter Market before Melbourne Food & Wine Festival postponed its raft of August events until October. But beyond the large-scale events, theres plenty of life on the calendars of restaurants, pubs an...

GREAT BARRINGTON — A little more than two weeks after the latest crash in front of Monument Mountain Regional High School, representatives of the state Department of Transportation again were

LENOX — The School Committee has voted unanimously to adopt Gov, Charlie Baker’s new guidance eliminating mask-wearing for all students when outdoors, even if social distancing cannot be maintained. The relaxed guidelines that took effect Tuesday include recess, physical ed, youth sports and outdoor learning environments, interim schools Superintendent William Cameron said. For now, students and adults must continue to wear masks indoors. Adults on school grounds must continue to wear...

Where: Richmond Consolidated School, 1831 State Road (Route 41), gymnasium. A large turnout is expected this year as voters consider whether to approve a major investment with a massive payoff, promising to create what this rural community lacks: The semblance of a centrally located “downtown” to replace a century-old, deteriorated and hazardous Town Hall and a cramped, rented library in a former garage. Town Center project: Enthusiastically recommended by the Finance Committee, the p...

NORWELL – The Norwell Board of Selectmen will have two new members later this month after residents choose from three political newcomers running for open seats on the board. Stephen T. Novick, Thomas Andrew Reardon and Peter William Smellie – all three of whom would be first-time elected officials if chosen – are competing for two seats on the board. Current members Alison Demong and Joseph Rull are not running for reelection.  There is also a race for one seat on the school commi...

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Apr 27, 2021 Pennsylvania is among seven states losing a seat in the U.S. House after the numbers from the 2020 Census were counted. That means Pennsylvanias congressional delegation will drop from 18 to 17 and its share of the Electoral College will be trimmed from 20 to 19. Pennsylvanias population grew by 2.4-percent since 2010, well behind the nationwide 7.4-percent growth rate. New Jersey is holding on to all its representatives in Washington D.C. It comes after results from the 2020 Ce...

>>Aerial Spraying For Gypsy Moths To Begin (Harrisburg, PA) -- Aerial spraying to battle gypsy moth outbreaks in Pennsylvania is going to be underway soon. The states Department of Conservation and Natural Resources announced yesterday that the Bureau of Forestry will be overseeing the spraying of almost 150 sites totaling more than 203-thousand acres. The spraying will be done by helicopters and planes. Officials say gypsy moths are an invasive species that cause major habitat loss by kil...