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Right now, Massachusetts legislators are making decisions about how they can best apportion resources from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). These funds are designed to support businesses that have been especially impacted by COVID, but they also...
CISA elects new board membersSOUTH DEERFIELD — Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA) elected three new board members during its annual meeting in April. Kat Chang Laznicka, Wally Czajkowski and Jenny Ladd will serve three-year...
Lawmakers renew push to expand driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants in Massachusetts Updated Feb 22, 2021; State legislators renewed their push to expand driver’s licenses to immigrants without status, refiling a bill last week. The bill, HD. 448/SD. 273, would allow residents, regardless of immigration status, to apply for a state driver’s license and stipulate what documents someone would need to provide while applying for a license. Sixteen states currently have similar laws on the books. Rep. Christine Barber, a Somerville Democrat who refiled the bill, said people need acc...
Guest columnist Philip Korman: Think big to create a better food system Deborah Christakos (standing) of Pioneer Valley Food Tours, leads a tour outside Iconica Social Club in downtown Northampton, Sunday, July 23, 2018. Gazette FILE PHOTO/Andy Castillo Published: 12/31/2020 7:21:53 AM Nine months into the pandemic, even with vaccines on the way, it is evident that its impacts will be with us for years to come. The most basic aspects of our lives have been upended, including how we feed ourselves. More and more people must rely on emergency food distributions — many of whom are the same peo...
CISA selling gift bags of locally grown, produced foods for holidays Some of the items that are available in the gift bags of locally grown and produced foods that Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA) is selling for the holidays. Gift bags must be ordered by Sunday. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO STAFF REPORT Modified: 12/11/2020 11:16:11 AM SOUTH DEERFIELD — Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA), partnering with Atlas Farm and Clarkdale Fruit Farms, is selling gift bags of locally grown and produced foods just in time for holiday gift-giving. The new tote bag features artwo...