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Leverett Pond is shown earlier this month.

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Pondweed control plan stirs opposition in Leverett

by Scott Merzbach Staff WriterJanuary 27, 2022

University of Massachusetts students leave the Franklin Dining Commons on the Amherst campus in November.

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Five Colleges want better masks, as three delay in-person return

by Scott Merzbach Staff WriterJanuary 19, 2022

Ruth Banta, the executive director of Pathlight, visits with the participants of Pathlight’s Milestones program at the Inclusive Community Center in Hadley.

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Pathlight expands reach as Ruth Banta relinquishes reins

by Scott Merzbach Staff WriterJanuary 18, 2022

Slarrow Sawmill on the Sawmill River just west of Cave Hill Road in North Leverett.

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A fate unknown for Leverett’s historic Slarrow Sawmill

by Scott Merzbach Staff WriterDecember 26, 2021

Patrick Wittbold, a research engineer in the civil and environmental engineering department at UMass, talks with left, UMass professor Dave Reckhow, John Tobiason, department head, Sanjay Raman, dean of the civil and environmental engineering department, and U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern about the Water and Energy Technology Center during a press conference about the facility, funding and the research being done there on PFAS, or forever chemicals found in water systems.

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McGovern: $10B to boost efforts to address forever chemicals in water supplies

by Scott Merzbach Staff WriterDecember 21, 2021

The view of an approximately 30-acre solar farm north of Pulpit Hill Road in Amherst, as seen in August.

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‘Trees & Solar: We Need Both’: Webinar aims for potential middle way on solar projects

by Scott Merzbach Staff WriterDecember 9, 2021

The M.N. Spear Memorial Library in Shutesbury.

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Town officials eye site for new library in Shutesbury

by Scott Merzbach Staff WriterNovember 26, 2021

Afghan refugee girls watch a soccer game from a distance near the Village at the Ft. McCoy U.S. Army base on Sept. 30, in Ft. McCoy, Wis. The fort is one of eight military installations across the country that are temporarily housing the tens of thousands of Afghans who were forced to flee their homeland in August after the U.S. withdrew its forces from Afghanistan and the Taliban took control.

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Pioneer Valley housing a challenge for Afghan evacuees

by Scott Merzbach Staff WriterNovember 12, 2021

Audi Gonzalez, right, speaks about work conditions for farmworkers while Marcelino Martinez holds their son, Isaias, at the Fairness For Farmworkers press conference in Hatfield last week. The couple owns Riquezas del Campos farm.

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‘We’re only asking for better conditions’: Advocates push for passage of Fairness for Farmworkers Act

by Scott Merzbach Staff WriterNovember 8, 2021

The Special Joint Committee on Redistricting’s proposed map for the House of Representatives’ districts. The 7th Hampden District towns are shown in purple.

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Shutesbury, Pelham Democrats oppose redistricting plan

by Scott Merzbach Staff WriterOctober 18, 2021