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Residents meet with Republican newspaper rep over unwanted Extra

by Vincent Bator | Mar 5, 2010 2:31 pm | Comments (4)

Area residents had banded together on Facebook against the unpopular purple-bagged advertising supplement

(Sandra Rubin of ACI (left) and Ed Gaiser (right) of the Springfield Republican meet with Cindy Bow, Jean-Pierre Pasche, Lynzi Wildheart and Heather McLean)

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Manhan Trail Washout Fixed; Grand Opening

by Mary Serreze | Nov 3, 2009 3:28 pm | Comments (0)

Great News! The Manhan Rail Trail sinkhole, a house-sized wash-out caused by a torrential 2008 storm, has been fixed. Ribbon cutting ceremony Sunday, November 8 at 1:00 PM at the site. The trail, which follow an old rail bed from Northampton through the entire length of Easthampton, can be accessed at the Northampton end near the intersection of Route 5 and East Street, out past the Oxbow. Visit www.ManhanRailTrail.org.

Barnes Aquifer Protection Advisory Committee (BAPAC) Position Paper

by Guest Columnist | Nov 2, 2009 7:30 am | Comments (1)

The Barnes Aquifer supplies water to four municipalities within the Connecticut Valley of western Massachusetts including the cities of Westfield and Holyoke as well as the towns of Easthampton and Southampton. Currently 11 municipal wells supply 5 million gallons of water per day to 60,000 people in these communities and the aquifer serves as the sole source of drinking water for the City of Easthampton. Water in the aquifer is held within sand and gravel deposits which were laid down approximately 14,000 years ago by a retreating continental glacier. Meltwater streams flowing off the ice deposited sands and gravels into glacial Lake Hitchcock, where in part, they were then overlain by lake clays (varves).

Recharge to the aquifer is restricted to areas where these sand and gravel deposits outcrop on the land surface.

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Eho Fish Ladder Manhan River

by Mary Serreze | Nov 1, 2009 9:38 am | Comments (0)

Fish ladder in Easthampton moves one step closer; $750K in federal stimulus available; small hydropower interest at Manhan River dam; Read about it on MassLive.

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Northampton Media to relaunch with new features; new design

Within the next couple of weeks, NM will relaunch with a new site template—one that will allow this organization to grow and prosper into a nimble, 21st-century news organization. Many thanks to the dozens of people who provided seed money by contributing to our web development campaign. Without your help, clearing this initial hurdle would not have been possible. Hope to do you proud.
—MCS

Kennebunkport ME sued over public access to Goose Rocks Beach

Homeowners claim property rights in landmark court case; town invokes colonial law; beachgoers organize on Facebook.

Landmark Chicopee eatery for sale

Sharkey’s is for sale. Will a buyer save this gastronomic landmark from turning into a parking lot?

Cape Wind before Interior Secretary Salazar

Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation to take public comment

Inside Holyoke’s Victory Theater

Mark Roessler for the Valley Advocate

Fast Company profiles Cisco/Holyoke Deal

The Holyoke deal is significant in that it represents Cisco’s first attempt to rewire an existing city rather than simply build one from scratch.

Hamp girls’ indoor track team awesomely fast

Four Northampton girls set Div III meet record in 4×4, finishing with a blazing 4:01.75.

Postponed: Zoning Revisions Committee public forum; new date TBA

The city’s Zoning Revisions Committee, in informal partnership with the Northampton Area Chamber of Commerce, has been working for months to come up with a plan for updating local land use regulations. “We welcome suggestions on how to improve the transparency of the process and increase public awareness and participation,” writes ZRC chair Joel Russell. Wednesday, February 24, 7 PM at the JFK Middle School.

Portrait of Arnie Gunderson

Expert witness on the nuclear industry; whistle-blower, advisor to the Vermont legislature

Close Vermont Yankee: Burlington Free Press

Lead editorial cites “misinformation provided by Entergy officials under oath.”

Governor wants to free towns from Quinn Bill obigations

Police unions, meanwhile, are mobilizing to protect the full reach of the benefit. Mass Municipal Association News.

VegaWatt powers restaurants from cooking oil

Worcester Telegram profiles a local inventor

Coyotes? Wolves? Coywolves?

The Boston Globe

MA state pension system headed for trainwreck

Pew Center on the States: MA’s liability more than 1/3 unfunded

Vermonters Plan Big Public Forum in Brattleboro

“Leaks and Lies” Public Forum on the situation at Vermont Yankee; 2:00 p.m., Sunday, February 21, at the Latchis Theater.

Andrea Donlon on the VT Yankee Tritiium Leak

WRSI’s Monte Belmonte interviews Andrea Donlon, Connecticut River steward, on the Vt Yankee tritium leak

Holyoke City Council calls for state EPR program

“Extended Producer Responsibility” would shift burden of product disposal costs to manufacturers

Smith College Bulb Show opens March 6

Opening lecture on the critical role of gardens and plants in urban landscapes; March 5 at 7:30 p.m.

Mercury in Massachusetts

Maureen Turner for the Valley Advocate

Midweek Politics gets syndication deal

Northampton-based independent radio producer David Pakman places his show with Keller Broadcasting

Law partners Mike Ryan and B.J. Plante featured in Gazette

Former District Court Judge W. Michael Ryan opens private practice with long-time colleague