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By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — A $100 million fund to support the health and resilience of the Connecticut River watershed, including money that would go toward improving aging flood controls and dikes and upgrading water and sewer systems, is being sought by area...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — The Clean Water Facility was presented with a $105,838 bill for using more than 20 million gallons of water during its chlorination process for September and October, an unexpected figure that Superintendent Chelsey Little feels is likely...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

MONTAGUE — A $2.8 million project involving a screw pump replacement and other essential equipment upgrades is underway at the Montague Clean Water Facility. The facility at 34 Greenfield Road was originally built in 1962, according to Clean Water...

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — Residents are invited to a public hearing regarding the fiscal year 2025 sewer rate on Wednesday, Oct. 30, at 4 p.m. at Town Hall.With several repair and maintenance projects on the horizon, the Selectboard/Sewer Commissioners will...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — An upgrade at the Montague Clean Water Facility is one step closer, with the Selectboard having accepted a nearly $2.4 million bid for a screw pump replacement project.Three companies submitted bids that the environmental engineering firm...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — With the start of the academic year, Ralph C. Mahar Regional School will offer paid internships that certify students to work in the wastewater industry.Elizabeth Zielinski, entering her fifth year as superintendent of the Ralph C. Mahar...

By CHRIS LARABEE

CHARLEMONT — For its annual fundraising banquet, the Deerfield River Watershed Chapter of Trout Unlimited is welcoming the national organization’s senior scientist to speak to members and the public about how science informs Trout Unlimited’s work...

By LIESEL NYGARD

NORTHFIELD — The Northfield Water District was recently recognized by the state Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) for its efforts to maintain a clean water supply.Northfield was one of 45 public water systems across the state to be...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

With the 2024 Paris Olympics underway, Americans have the opportunity to watch sports they often don’t get a chance to see on national television. One of those sports is water polo, and Deerfield Academy coach Mark Scandling is plenty familiar with...

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — As the future of the Old Deerfield Wastewater Treatment Plant continues to be worked out, the town has authorized two contractors with undertaking lining and replacement work on some of the pipes leading up to the plant.The Selectboard...

By MELISSA KAREN SANCES

Even the bats are moved.At intermission they dance out of the belfry of the West Whately Chapel, like musical notes across a sunset staff. And after precisely cut watermelon slices are enjoyed, darkness falls and the second set begins, they flutter in...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — While the near-completion of the South Deerfield Wastewater Treatment Plant is welcome news for residents, the reveal of a damaged effluent pipe to the Connecticut River is likely less so.As the yearslong project approaches the...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — In an effort to keep up with the rising costs of maintaining the city’s water and sewer infrastructure, water and sewer rates will increase by 8.75% and 9.77%, respectively, on Jan. 1.Currently, the city’s Department of Public Works...

By SHERYL HUNTER

In 2020, the Nashville-based bluegrass band Sister Sadie accomplished what no all-female bluegrass band had ever done: They won the International Bluegrass Music Association Entertainer of the Year award. That honor is only one of the many bestowed on...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — The trio behind Waterway Arts has transformed the former Buckingham Rabbits thrift store on Avenue A into a space where artists of all ages and abilities can showcase their work.To start, the art studio and store is showcasing the work...

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,”...