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By SAM DRYSDALE

As House Democrats eye the expansion of its public drinking water service area, the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) is considering whether the communities where that water comes from should finally get to reap the benefits of the...

Kudos to Katy Eiseman for her call to end public subsidies in Massachusetts for wood-burning power plants [“Must stop subsidizing wood-fired energy,” Recorder, April 4]. Even if woody biomass-burning power plants did not release large amounts of...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Sewer Commission held an emergency meeting Saturday to authorize the rental of a bypass system as a temporary remedy until a failed influent pump can be replaced at the Orange Wastewater Treatment Facility at 295 West Main St.Wastewater...

By SHERYL HUNTER

Watermelon Wednesdays, the acoustic music series that presents concerts and workshops at the historic West Whately Chapel and the Whately Town Hall, will celebrate its 25th year in 2024. Paul Newlin of Whately, a devout music fan, heads up the series,...

The analysis of some of the glitches Massachusetts is currently encountering in our drive to cut greenhouse gas emissions by switching to heat pumps illustrates the complexities of installing a new home heating and air conditioning system (“Public...

Our thanks go out to reporter Bella Levavi and the editors of the Recorder for your wonderfully thorough coverage of important public improvements scheduled for western Franklin County in the upcoming year (“Top News Stories of 2023: Part 1,”...

Many thanks to the Recorder and Chris Lisinski of State House News Service for coverage of the Environmental League of Massachusetts’ call to action on what essential progress needs to be made right away to meet our legislated climate change goals...

The recent report on the true costs of climate change as we experience it now [“Climate destruction fuels growing sector of the U.S. economy, Recorder, Oct. 8] explains starkly how climate change, right here in Massachusetts, is hitting us all in the...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — A new state grant will give one of the town’s water suppliers a renewed look at its underground infrastructure.The South Deerfield Water Supply District recently received a $213,000 planning grant from the state Clean Water Trust to...

By BELLA LEVAVI

SHELBURNE FALLS — When the war in Ukraine broke out and the Lviv-based craft brewery Pravda released its formerly undisclosed recipes to the world, Floodwater Brewing Co. owner Zack Livingston felt connected to his brewing counterparts in the war-torn...

By STEVE PFARRER

Until recently, it hasn’t seemed like much of a spring: a lot of damp or rainy days, overcast skies, and cold nights.But the weather has warmed up this week, just in time to be a fitting backdrop to an art exhibit designed to celebrate...

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — With the town and its non-profit organizations each developing plans for the Old Deerfield Wastewater Treatment Plant, the Selectboard brought in two outside consultants on Wednesday for an early discussion about a potential future peer...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The state is forgiving 17% of a $1.4 million loan it gave to Orange so the town can replace gravity sewer mains and water mains under North Main Street prior to a road reconstruction project in the same location.State Treasurer Deborah...