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HUNTINGTON – The first in a series of municipal vulnerability workshops took place in Huntington on Feb. 8, led by environmental planners of the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, and the state Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness program.

Smithsonian Institution staff told lawmakers Thursday of the need to account for extreme weather events in building maintenance and future capital projects.

A little box on the Avenue I bridge does a lot of work. It’s a streamgage that’s been recording live data on the North Platte River for five years, part of a national effort to map and reduce flood risk. It’s unique, one of only two in the state. It helped local, federal and state officials model the floodplain and develop an innovative map to show what inundation might do to the area. The streamgage, which measures and records the flow of the river, continues to present a pictur...