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Hardline Tattoo Studio Opens in Adams
ADAMS, Mass. — Hardline Studio opened its books on Friday, offering a variety of original tattoos created by owner Thomas Buckley. For him, this has been a longtime dream. He has been a tattoo artist for more than 15 years and many wore his artwork at the ribbon cutting attended by the Board of Selectmen.
It’s kilts and tilts to the hilt at 29th annual Glasgow Lands Scottish Festival
Bagpipes and drums pierced the air at a park in western Massachusetts over the weekend as a festival devoted to Scottish culture returned to the area. Hundreds of pipers and drummers, dozens of clans and a few thousand visitors were at Look Park Saturday for the 29th annual Glasgow Lands Scottish Festival.
Unionized Legal Workers to be Laid Off in Northampton Firm’s Closure
The owning partners of the Northampton immigration law firm Curran, Berger and Kludt (CBK), which represents thousands of individuals as well as large institutions like universities, informed their 41 employees on July 12 that the firm would be closing this August. An email sent to staff by managing partner and...
Plymouth Man Dreams of a Scratch Ticket, Wins $1 Million the Next Day
Dreams really do come true sometimes. A Plymouth man had a dream that he won the lottery, and the very next day, that dream came to fruition. Plymouth Man Dreams of Winning the Lottery...And Does. According to the Massachusetts State Lottery, Howard Kendall Jr. of Plymouth had a dream that...
Funding for fire damage repairs at Keene’s transfer station on tap for finance committee
KEENE, N.H. (MyKeeneNow) – The Keene Public Works Department is asking the City Council for authorization to hire a contractor to repair fire damage at the Keene Transfer Station. There were two fires at the transfer station at the end of May, the first did not cause any damage,...
Reporter's Notebook: Enduring summer heat in a Connecticut prison
As temperatures soared in recent weeks, most of us were able to cool off inside air conditioned homes. In fact, an estimated 90% of housing units in Connecticut use air conditioning equipment. Most Connecticut prisons also have centralized cooling systems. But that isn't the case at Osborn Correctional Institution, a...
Chesterfield police crack down on speeding, issue citations during early patrol
CHESTERFIELD — Chesterfield police took to Route 9 this morning in a concerted effort to crack down on traffic violations, particularly speeding, during a high visibility enforcement patrol. From 5 a.m. to 8 a.m., officers stopped a total of 31 vehicles. The operation resulted in 14 citations and one...
Vito Perrone prepares for new role as superintendent
WESTHAMPTON — Vito Perrone was only in his third week as the new Hampshire Regional School District superintendent, but based on what he wrote on his office white board, it appeared that a districtwide culture was already starting to manifest. Words and phrases like “expectations and accountability” and “roles...
Massachusetts gas prices fell from last week: See how much here
State gas prices fell for the second consecutive week and reached an average of $3.47 per gallon of regular fuel on Monday, down from last week's price of $3.49 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The average fuel price in state has risen about 7 cents since last month. According to the EIA, gas prices across the state in the last year have been as low as $3.07 on Jan. 29, 2024, and as...
Live Wire: Bousquet Mountain adds musical flavor to Berkshires
If people are talking about summer music in the Berkshires, the first thing that comes to mind is probably Tanglewood in Lenox or maybe Wilco’s annual Solid Sound Festival at MassMoCA in North Adams. But there’s another player in the game in the western part of the state: Bousquet...
Legion Ave parking lot to be closed for paving
GREENFIELD, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — Paving work for the Legion Avenue Parking Lot behind Green Fields Market will begin this Friday, July 26th with milling. Paving is expected to take place on Monday and then painting will follow. While this parking lot will be closed, City Hall, Chapman/Davis, Ames Street, and Miles Street lots will all be available to residents and parking pass holders.
Massachusetts school systems ranked best in the United States in new report
Massachusetts school systems are the best in the country, according to a new report. Enrolling a child in school is a major step for any family, so it’s important for parents to know how schools fare in their area. WalletHub has put together its list of the states with the best and worst school systems in 2024 by comparing all 50 states and Washington D.C. across 32 measures of quality and safety, such as pupil-teacher ratio, dropout rate, and median standardized-test scores. Massachusetts was ranked number one overall, here are some of the categories the Commonwealth placed in:
New England states get $500M for heating pumps
(The Center Square) — New England states are getting hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding to “supercharge” efforts to get homeowners to ditch natural gas or oil heating systems and install electric heat pumps. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $450 million to Maine, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island to accelerate a transition to heat pump technology in residential single-family homes and multifamily buildings across the region. ...
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