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Easthampton
Residents meet with Republican newspaper rep over unwanted Extra
by Vincent Bator | Mar 5, 2010 2:31 pm | Comments (6)
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.