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Fire on Lyman Street in Holyoke

by Guest Columnist | Dec 24, 2009 3:05 pm | Comments (0)

“The fire started just before 5:00. I was stunned to hear the call come over the scanner at my house. I glanced out my upstairs bathroom window and could see smoke and flames leaping into the air. You can imagine how fast I ran out the door with my camera.”

Rambling VanDog Reports.

More PVTA Busses Will Carry Bikes

by Press Release | Dec 9, 2009 7:34 pm | Comments (0)

Through the hard work of the MassBike Pioneer Valley Chapter, 29 new buses owned by the Pioneer Valley Transit Agency will be fitted with bike racks.

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Holyoke’s High Performance Computing Center Moving Right Along

by Mary Serreze | Oct 24, 2009 3:00 pm | Comments (0)

Watch out, Northampton. Here comes Holyoke.

Partners MIT, UMass, BU, EMC, Cisco, Accenture, and the City of Holyoke have completed, after an intensive 120-day period, a working plan for Holyoke’s High Performance Computing Center (HPCC). According to Massachusetts News Wire, the partners have:

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Randolph Fire Chief’s comments not protected by First Amendment

Fire Chief talked to press about inadequate funding after fatal fire; appeals court sides with town of Randolph. The Boston Globe.

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

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

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

WAMC’s Charlie Dietz on the Massachusetts Wind Siting Bill

An issue over wind power and state versus local control