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Pathfinder, Berkshire vocational schools awarded career training grants
The state has awarded $13.4-million in educational grants to 21 organizations and schools across the state for careers in the trades, construction and manufacturing industries including two in western Massachusetts.
'Next year will be even better': American Legion girls' softball gains momentum in state while finishing 1st season
OXFORD — For nearly 100 years, the American Legion organization has sponsored a baseball program for high school-age boys. There was no equivalent for girls' softball over the next 90 years until the first department-sanctioned American Legion girls' softball league was created in North Carolina in 2017. ...
Representative Steven S. Howitt supports passage of $58.1 billion state budget for Fiscal Year 2025
Boston – State Representative Steven S. Howitt (R-Seekonk) recently supported a $58.1 billion state budget for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) which calls for increased local aid and the implementation of several new policy initiatives, including online Lottery sales and a statewide tax amnesty program. Filed on July 18 as...
Major changes set to impact migrants in Mass. shelter system
BOSTON - Gov. Maura Healey on Tuesday said Massachusetts is "out of shelter space" and announced changes that will have a big impact on migrants entering the emergency assistance system, including a new prioritization policy and a five-day stay limit at overflow safety-net sites. Prioritizing some evicted residents and veteransStarting Aug. 1, Healey said Massachusetts will prioritize families for shelter system placement if they became homeless because of a no-fault eviction or other sudden circumstance beyond their control like a flood or fire. Families with at least one veteran will also be prioritized, as will those with significant medical issues, newborn...
Land Back and Liberated Zones at UMass Amherst
Late February of this year Kali Akuno from Cooperation Jackson and Ethan Miller from Land in Common took part in a public conversation at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. With over 200 students, faculty, and community members in attendance, Kali and Ethan shared with each other and the audience the history and politics of their organizations, the relationship between place-based and global politics, and the role of community land trusts and solidarity economies as part of a process of decommodification.
Environmental Conservation Postdoc Awarded AAUW Fellowship to Study Sharks and Sea Turtles in St. Croix
Grace Casselberry, postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Environmental Conservation (ECo), was recently awarded the American Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship from the American Association of University Women (AAUW) to support her work in assessing the predator-prey dynamics of tiger sharks and four sea turtle species in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI).
Chicopee crews working to repair water main break
CHICOPEE, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - Emergency crews in Chicopee are responding to a water main break on Tuesday night. According to the Chicopee Police Department, they have received reports of a water main break in the Doverbrook area. Officials said the Department of Public Works is on scene and are working...
Pecks Road bridge closed after MassDOT inspection
PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Pecks Road bridge has been closed until further notice. The bridge had been a one-lane road since 2019 after an inspection found weakened support beam structures. Now, following an inspection and report Monday, MassDOT asked the city to shut it down completely due to more deterioration found.
School Officials Offer Condolences for Herberg Student's Sudden Passing
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A Herberg Middle School student has been identified as the presumed drowning victim at Benedict Pond in Great Barrington last week. Earl Giver Essien, who would have entered eighth grade in the fall, was remembered for her brightness in personality and academics. Superintendent Joseph Curtis shared...
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