In Keene, the 1,044 acre Greater Goose Pond Forest has been protected from development. The land is owned by the city and had been vulnerable to being paved. The Society for the Protection of New... Read more »
August 12, 2009
Feds To Hold Hearing on Polluting Power Plant
On August 13 at 7 p.m. in Russell, Mass. – about a 30 minute drive from Northampton - the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a public hearing about a plan by a Connecticut... Read more »
August 07, 2009
Rally Against Racism in Northampton
A rally for Jason Vassell was held on August 6 in Northampton following an evidentiary hearing related to a Motion to Dismiss filed by Vassell’s attorneys at the county courthouse there. The... Read more »
August 03, 2009
Belchertown Board Accused of Aiding Developer at Taxpayer Expense
In Belchertown, near Amherst, leaders of the Belchertown Economic Development and Industrial Corporation (EDIC) admitted mistakes to making mistakes and defended other practices in the... Read more »
August 02, 2009
August 9 March and Bike Ride to Close Vermont Yankee
On August 9 at 10:30 a.m. two groups of anti-nuclear activists will meet at the gates of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. The Walk for a Nuclear Free Future will march to Northampton. The... Read more »