23+ hour, 53+ min ago   (609+ words) I have a good friend named Sue Cairn. Though I am an avid hiker, I have trouble keeping up with her on the trails — even though she wears a helmet and knee pads and poles when she and her husband…...

5+ day, 25+ min ago   (865+ words) BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey signed an executive order Tuesday subjecting proposed data center projects to local approval before developers can move on to state permitting, representing her administration’s latest crackdown on the facilities after halting tax breaks earlier this summer....

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (646+ words) SOUTH DEERFIELD — Ahead of the Oct. 6 ballot vote on the proposed new building at Franklin County Technical School, about 40 Deerfield residents gathered last week to hear from a panel of town officials and Franklin Tech representatives on the ins and…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (720+ words) PLAINFIELD — Less than 200 years ago, Western medical practices still followed a 1,500-year-old textbook. When diagnosed with an illness ranging from seizures to pneumonia, patients could be bled. Medicine cabinets were loaded with herbal concoctions. Did they work? It was unclear....

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (353+ words) DEERFIELD — With several town projects underway, Klara Ingersoll, Deerfield’s new town planner, is excited to help steer them across the finish line. “Deerfield is facing a lot of similar changes as other communities in the valley related to focusing on…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (707+ words) GREENFIELD — Democratic candidates seeking their party nomination for the 1st Franklin District seat in the House of Representatives shared their visions for tackling housing issues like affordability and insufficient housing stock on Tuesday. The two candidates — Corinne Coryat, former Rep. Natalie…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (635+ words) HADLEY — Growing the tax base and increasing the water and sewer rates may be necessary to ensure Hadley’s capital plan can adequately maintain municipal services, buildings and assets, according to Town Administrator Nate Malloy. At a Bi Board meeting of…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (991+ words) Daily Hampshire Gazette Sometimes the loveliest gardens can be right under our noses and we don’t even know they’re there. The gardens at Amherst’s Grace Episcopal Church are such a hidden gem. The Spring Street garden, enjoyed by everyone who…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (548+ words) AMHERST — A new bylaw allowing small clean energy projects — like solar arrays and battery energy storage systems — while protecting drinking water and the environment is close to the finish line. After more than four years of discussion and development, interrupted…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (471+ words) FLORENCE — Meeting with Northampton Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra, Sen. Jo Comerford and other supporters, Gov. Maura Healey made her way to the Sip413 Coffee Shop Wednesday morning to discuss food security, housing, federal funding cuts and other issues impacting western Massachusetts and…...