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Massachusetts' overflow shelter change could affect homeless, migrant families registering for school
NORFOLK, Mass. — Changes being made to the overflow shelters operated by Massachusetts for homeless and migrant families could have an impact on how many of those families can enroll their children in school districts where those shelters are located. Stays at the overflow shelters, sometimes called safety-net sites,...
Value Engineering Changes Rejected for Jones Library Project
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Design Review Board, July 22 2024. This meeting was held over Zoom and was recorded. Erika Zekos (Chair), Pat Auth, and Karin Winter. Absent: Karen Blum and Lindsay Schnarr. Staff: Chris Brestrup (Planning Director), Jacinta Williams (Planner), and Bob Peirent (Special Capital Projects...
New piers coming to Somerset and Salem thanks to fees collected from Massachusetts saltwater recreational fishing permits
By Massachusetts law, one third of the fees collected from the sale of saltwater recreational fishing permits are dedicated to supporting public access for saltwater fishing. Over the years, this funding source has supported projects ranging from multi-million-dollar fishing piers to forty-five-dollar garbage receptacles. Here’s what your saltwater license fees have been funding lately.
Bicycles to solar panels to heat pumps: Springfield gets $20 million federal grant for a ‘broad suite’ of climate resilience
SPRINGFIELD — With new geothermal and solar energy projects, home energy retrofits converting from gas to electric ranges and from older heat to new heat pumps and the return of ValleyBike Share, the city will become more climate resilient. It is thanks to a $20 million, three-year federal grant...
Jim Brennan, innovative PR director and original St. Joseph’s University Hawk, dead at 91
Jim Brennan, 91, of Hampden, Mass., a retired innovative national director of community and public relations for the Hillhaven Corp., Marine veteran, author, and the original St. Joseph’s University Hawk, died Friday, June 21, of age-associated decline at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass. An energetic lifelong dreamer and...
Gavin O'Donnell Leads Post 68 Juniors Past Westfield
PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Gavin O’Donnell went 3-for-4 with a pair of triples and two RBIs Thursday to lead the Post 68 Juniors to a 7-0 win over Westfield Post 124 in American Legion Baseball action at Buddy Pellerin Field. Devin Reynolds doubled in a run for Pittsfield Post...
MGM Springfield predicts large turnout of sports bettors during Paris Olympics
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — For the first time in Massachusetts history, legalized betting will be permitted in the state during the Paris Olympic games. For the first time in Massachusetts history, legalized betting will be permitted in the state during the Paris Olympic games. It will also be the first...
Readers tell us where to go (for ice cream, that is): Here are the results of our poll
National Ice Cream Day came and went last Sunday, but it's been a summer that has called for ice cream every day, given how hot and humid it's been. So we asked our loyal readers to tell us where to get their favorite scoop of chocolate, vanilla or rocky road, and you did not disappoint. Over 6,000 votes were cast in our online poll last week, and the winner is ... ...
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