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“Over my 40 years of experience in the gambling research field, this is really the most detailed look that we’ve got of what the economic impacts of a new casino are,” UMass Professor Rachel Volberg told commissioners.
EASTHAMPTON — Easthampton will soon require property owners sitting on vacant storefronts to register their buildings and pay a fee that will be used to create and maintain an online database of spaces available to rent in the city.The new...
EASTHAMPTON — In what may be another indication that the region is approaching the “green ceiling” of retail marijuana sales, Pleasantrees closed its Easthampton dispensary at the end of January and is trying sell its Amherst store near the UMass...
November 2018 was a momentous time for Massachusetts. That’s when the state officially opened the retail marijuana business, some two years after voters said they were cool with recreational cannabis sales by overwhelmingly approving a ballot...
EASTHAMPTON — On the heels of contentious talks involving the mayor, city and school officials over funding for the school district, the City Council unanimously approved Mayor Nicole LaChapelle’s $48.5 million spending plan for next fiscal year.The...