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By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

SPRINGFIELD — Local activists, organizations and representatives from western Massachusetts’s congressional delegation are urging the U.S. federal government to extend a pandemic-era program that covers internet costs for 55,000 low-income residents...

By BELLA LEVAVI

HAWLEY — Facing a time crunch to get the information necessary for a grant application by Dec. 11, town officials are asking the Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI) for more flexibility in its Gap Networks Grant Program.“We are deeply concerned...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — With approximately $400 million in the pipeline for digital equity work across the state, the Massachusetts Broadband Institute is taking feedback that will inform plans to grow the availability of internet-connected devices, boost...

By EMILEE KLEIN and LIESEL NYGARD

A new broadband network for Colrain, Charlemont, Heath, Leyden and Rowe that prevents major outages and improves the resiliency of internet access will be completed by June 30.The system creates three backhauls and a 10-gigabyte circuit connection...