by Doc Pruyne | Apr 11, 2024 | Hampshire County, Local News
WILLIAMSBURG — John Pitroff loves rotten vegetables. Pitroff loves food waste so much he recently asked 24 towns to collect everybody’s table scraps for him. Then Pitroff can turn it into compost, rich new dirt. “Black gold, I think that’s the perfect terminology. The...
by Doc Pruyne | Apr 11, 2024 | Franklin County, Local News
SUNDERLAND – The warrant for the Annual Town Meeting this year features an unusual article that seeks to allow resident teenagers, 16 and 17 years old, to vote in town elections and meetings. Article 12, a citizens petition, seeks authorization for the Selectboard to...
by Ryan Feyre | Apr 11, 2024 | Easthampton, Hampshire County, Local News
A read through for “The Man Who Came to Dinner.” Left to right are cast members Norman Metz, Gilana Chelimsky, Larry Picard and Taylor Raucher.Photo credit: Michael Budnick EASTHAMPTON — Community theater will continue to make its mark in the area’s art scene thanks...
by Tina Lesniak | Apr 11, 2024 | Easthampton, Hampshire County, Local News
EASTHAMPTON — After two city council meetings, two rules and governmental relations subcommittee meetings, and hours of public comment, the Easthampton City Council voted 7-0 in favor, with one abstention, of a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza at its April 3...
by Tina Lesniak | Apr 11, 2024 | Easthampton, Hampshire County, Local News
EASTHAMPTON — As the city awaits its final draft of the climate action plan, Easthampton’s youngest artists are being asked to design its cover. The Easthampton Energy Advisory Committee and the Planning Department are seeking submissions from Easthampton residents...
by Ryan Feyre | Apr 11, 2024 | Hampshire County, Local News, Northampton
NORTHAMPTON — Northampton’s Climate Action and Project Administration Department will have a change in leadership come May. On March 22, the city announced that Benjamin Weil will serve as the interim director of the department for four months in the spring and...