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Wicked Local TO THE EDITOR: The Weston League of Women Voters will sponsor a Candidates' Night on Thursday, April 29 at 7:30 p.m. on Zoom. We have invited the candidates for the contested board seats to participate -- Chris Houston and Keith Johnson for one seat on the Select Board; Ken Newberg, Tricia Liu and Attia Linnard for two seats on the School Committee; Jennifer Kickham, Heidi Wyle and James Bradner for one seat on the Board of Health; and Melissa Crocker, Marcy Dorna and Peter Hill for two seats on the Recreation Commission. If you have a question for a candidate, please submit...

OPINION: Next steps crucial on Massachusetts’ new climate law State Sen. Mike Barrett Bill signing for the “Act Creating a Next-Generation Roadmap for Massachusetts Climate Policy” took place in the library of the State House, otherwise empty due to the pandemic. “I have heard words used to describe this piece of legislation, words such as sweeping, landmark, far-reaching, ambitious, bold and nation-leading,” said Senate President Karen Spilka. “I believe it is all of these things.” Well put. We’re the first state to keep attention riveted on climate by setting emissions li...

  A Berkshire Environmental Action Team campaign "Put Peakers in the Past" is demanding that the three peaking power plants located in Berkshire County revert to only renewable and clean alternatives. "Peaking" plants are used to meet periods of high energy demand.   The decades-old plants at Pittsfield Generating Co. on Merrill Road, the Eversource substation on Doreen Street and the EP Energy plant on Woodland Road in Lee run off fossil fuels such as natural gas, oil, and kerosene. Pittsfield Generating is a co-generating plant that also provides steam energy.   Rosemary Wessel, pr...

NewsSportsEntertainmentLifestyleOpinionUSA TODAYObituariesE-EditionLegals Steps you can take now to save on next season's heating bills Now is the time to start making home energy improvements to save money in the next heating season Alec O’Meara The recent cold snap is a reminder that bitter temperatures have a major impact on monthly heating and electric bills. With the cold weather almost in our rearview mirror, there is a tendency to back-burner energy efficiency improvements. Everyone is busy and it’s easy to put off energy improvements that won’t pay off until later. However, maki...

After passing a landmark climate law, Mass. officials now face the hard part: how to wean the state off fossil fuels By David Abel Globe Staff,Updated April 6, 2021, 1 hour ago Email to a Friend David L. Ryan/Globe Staff Over the coming decades, the state’s largest utilities have plans to spend billions of dollars upgrading a vast network of aging pipes and mains that distribute natural gas, after billions they’ve already spent in recent years. But much of those plans clash with a landmark bill that Governor Charlie Baker signed last month that requires the state to effectively elim...