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Depletion of Hadley conservation panel raises questions for Route 9 road job "> Published: 7/14/2021 10:09:02 PM HADLEY — Consultants working for the state’s Department of Transportation are pressing ahead with getting approvals from the town’s Conservation Commission so a Route 9 widening project can be put out to bid in September. But with the Select Board last week reducing the commission from seven to six members, and two commissioners resigning in protest over the decision to remove its chairwoman, Paulette Kuzdeba, there is doubt about whether the four members who continue to serv...

Sharing The Item readers' good news: Neighbor to Neighbor The Item Assumption University's Department of Modern & Classical Languages & Cultures announced that Maria Lemus-Melara, of Clinton, has become a member of Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society.  Lemus-Melara, Class of 2022, was inducted into the honor society during a virtual ceremony held on April 8. "Students inducted into Assumption's chapter of Sigma Delta Pi have demonstrated high scholarship and excellence in their studies, and in particular, the study of Spanish," said Maryanne Leone, associate profe...

Greenfield Notebook: May 10, 2021 The Moose Lodge at 20 School St. in Greenfield. Staff File Photo/Paul Franz Published: 5/9/2021 4:00:11 PM Nomination papers now available GREENFIELD — Nomination papers for the city election are now available at the City Clerk’s Office, which is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. According to a notice from City Clerk Kathy Scott, all candidates must obtain signatures from registered voters in Greenfield to be put on the Nov. 2 ballot. (A preliminary election will be held in the event that double plus one of the amounts of candidates return...

March 8, 2021 On Feb. 24, the University of Maine continued its winter gardening series with “Nibbling on Natives in Your Backyard and Beyond,” a free webinar for students and staff. The UMaine Department of Horticulture hosted the talk, and Kate Garland, a horticulture professional for UMaine Extension, moderated it. Russ Cohen, author of “Wild Plants I have Known…and Eaten,” who also is an expert forager, was the main speaker of the webinar. He gave a presentation on over two dozen common backyard and houseplants that are edible.  Cohen is a natural food enthusiast and naturalist...

Joan Douglas Clemons died on September 9 after a brief illness. She was 88.   Joan was driven to tell stories and was passionate about doing so through writing. Her work included published short stories, journals and completed manuscripts.   She was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1932 to Estelle Fisher and Sidney Douglas Longbottom. A graduate of Smith College, she moved to New York City and began her professional life at Time Magazine, followed by McCall’s. She met her husband, Maynard G. Clemons, in the city and they were married in 1962. They left Greenwich Village for Sausalito, Calif...