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NORTHAMPTON — Whether it’s her sweet-tasting Adriatic figs or Magic Mollie purple potatoes, Linda Lazarus of Twin Oaks Farms puts as much love into selling her produce as she does growing it.“You’ve gotta try this,” she says to a customer at the...
Around Amherst: Park work, housing rehab, service programs getting block grant help By SCOTT MERZBACH AMHERST — Projects to improve access to Groff Park, modernize several affordable apartments and assist local businesses are being funded through an $825,000 Community Development Block Grant. Amherst officials recently learned that the town will get the money to pay for a new multi-use path on Mill Lane, get the Watson Farms apartments up to current specifications, and have 25 microenterprise businesses receive technical assistance provided by Valley Community Development. Five serv...