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Pack Your Bags For This Massachusetts Town Where $1,500 A Month Covers Absolutely Everything

There are cities in Massachusetts that will take everything you earn and hand you back a studio apartment and a vague sense of financial anxiety, and then there’s Gardner. Gardner, Massachusetts is the city that quietly decided affordability and quality of life weren’t mutually exclusive, and it has been proving that point for years while the rest of the state wasn’t watching.

Gardner, MA · 10d
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Some voters in a Massachusetts city rejected a new school, but the city faces $1.87 million a year

Some site and project expenses fall outside the state's reimbursement rules.

Greenfield, MA · 2d

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Western Mass. residents rally against Eversource forest-clearing project

HADLEY, Mass. (WWLP) – Dozens of residents and environmental advocates gathered in Hadley on Saturday to voice concerns about Eversource’s proposed Transmission Right-of-Way Reliability Project. The demonstration was held outside Eversource’s Hadley work center and focused on the company’s plans to expand transmission corridors in parts of western...

Hadley, MA · 17h
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‘It Scared Our Son': A Rutland Couple's Two-Year Property Line Feud Shows Why Massachusetts Still Has Official Fence Viewers Under a Rule Dating to 1647

A Rutland couple's two-year property line feud ended with a legal deal and a fence. Massachusetts towns must still appoint fence viewers, a role dating to 1647.

Rutland, MA · 4d

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This Quiet Massachusetts Lake Town Has Homes Listed For Under $150,000

Two bedrooms, one bathroom, and a price tag under $150,000. That combination still shows up in one small lake town in the Berkshires. Most of these budget listings are mobile and manufactured homes. Some affordable listings offer two bedrooms and one or two bathrooms, although larger homes generally cost considerably more.

Hinsdale, MA · 4d

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PFAS Chemicals Found in Most Western Mass Rivers, Including Deerfield and Chicopee

Trace amounts of PFAS, the so-called forever chemicals, have turned up in freshwater bodies across western Massachusetts, with the Deerfield River registering 1.3 nanograms per liter, the Chicopee River at 3.9 ng/L, and the Millers River posting the highest reported concentration in the region at 4.8 ng/L. The readings are part of a broader pattern of contamination found across the state's rivers, ponds and lakes, raising fresh questions for anglers, paddlers and anyone who draws drinking water from groundwater fed by these waterways.

Massachusetts · 20h

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Tyros steps down as council president ahead of Gardner mayor transition

Gardner Mayor Michael Nicholson has set a date for his departure from City Hall , while another impending change in City Council leadership adds a new wrinkle to the question of who will become the city’s next mayor. Nicholson, who was elected Nov. 3 to represent the 2nd Worcester District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives , notified the City Council in a Nov. 12 letter that he intends to resign as mayor at noon on Jan. 8, 2027. The announcement comes as City Council President George Tyros prepares to give up his leadership position on the council. In a Nov. 11 email to City Clerk Jennifer Pelavin, Tyros said he will resign as council president during the council’s regularly scheduled Nov. 16 meeting. “My resignation will apply only to the office of Council President,” Tyros wrote. “I will retain my position as City Councilor and continue to serve on the City Council.” The decision is significant because Gardner’s City Charter calls for the City Council president to succeed to the mayor’s office when a vacancy occurs during the final 12 months of the mayoral term . That means the identity of the council president when Nicholson’s resignation takes effect

Gardner, MA · 19h

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Holyoke Health Center shutters doors for second day, citing safety concerns

HOLYOKE, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - Holyoke Health Center is closed for a second day in a row following a security threat that’s now under police investigation, and several patients have not gotten that message and are missing out on life-saving medications and appointments. Western Mass News has what we know about the closures, and how long they are supposed to last.

Holyoke, MA · 3d

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Skip The Big City And Check Out This Massachusetts Town With Homes Under $170,000

Nobody ever looked at a Boston mortgage payment and thought, “yes, this is fine,” and that’s exactly why Holyoke, Massachusetts deserves your full and immediate attention. If you’ve been convinced that buying a home in Massachusetts means choosing between a shoebox near the city and a long...

Holyoke, MA · 5d

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Public Hearing on Leary Well water supply protection draws crowd

GREENFIELD, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — There was standing room only as the Greenfield Economic Development Committee and the Planning Board opened public hearings on three proposals; one to change the multifamily buildings definition to allow for more than one building per lot, another on removing a water supply protection district overlay from the Leary Well, and allowing residential reuse of large accessory structures by special permit.

Greenfield, MA · 2d

The Cool Down

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Massachusetts town projects a lower property tax rate but plans to collect $607,769 more

"Please go as easy as you can on the local taxpayer when you formulate your decision."

Orange, MA · 1d

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10 Massachusetts Indoor Activities That Make A Cozy Thanksgiving Weekend

Thousands of tropical butterflies flutter around a greenhouse in Massachusetts, kept at a steady 80 degrees all year. In late November. While the rest of us dig out our winter hats. That detail sold me on the idea of an indoor holiday weekend. Then I learned about a used bookstore...

Massachusetts · 2d

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Opinion: Here’s a Quick Fix to Amherst’s Budget Problem – Reduce Library Spending to the State Average

Amherst puts 2.67 percent of its general fund into library operations; the statewide figure is 1.09 percent. Bringing the town to the state average would free roughly $1.3 million a year, more than the structural deficit the town has forecast. As the Finance Committee debates how to distribute what is...

Amherst, MA · 1d

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FACT Force addresses Northampton budget challenges

As Northampton faces tough budget choices in the coming years, a community task force is working this fall to bring more residents into the decision-making process and give them a voice in setting the city’s financial priorities. Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra recently established the Northampton Fiscal Assessment Community Task Force,...

Northampton, MA · 3d

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Northampton Shuts Down Data Centers for a Year, Kills Small-Business Carve-Out

Northampton Board of Health — Possible Select Committee Review Role. Northampton's City Council voted unanimously to enact a yearlong moratorium on data centers, blocking new construction of server farms and related facilities across the city while a newly formed committee studies how such projects might affect local power, water and noise levels. Before reaching that unanimous vote, councilors first killed a proposed carve-out that would have let smaller operations skip the ban entirely.

Northampton, MA · 16h

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Beneath the Mountain: The Tragedy and Folklore of the Hoosac Tunnel

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Beneath the Hoosac Mountain, between North Adams and Florida, Massachusetts, runs a railroad tunnel whose history is marked by engineering breakthroughs, deadly accidents and generations of ghost stories. Stretching approximately 4.75 miles through the mountain, the Hoosac Tunnel was one of the most ambitious American...

North Adams, MA · 9d

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Developer Working Through Delay in Opening Williamstown Apartments

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- A delay in obtaining the certificate of occupancy for a 54-unit apartment building on Water Street forced some tenants to postpone their moves this week. The "River Lofts" apartments, the third and final planned phase of development at the Cable Mills property, is funded in part by...

Williamstown, MA · 1d

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Town, Residents Concerned About Forest Service Plan to Use Williamstown Road

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — A timber manager with the U.S. Forest Service told the Select Board on Monday that his office was willing to work with the town to address concerns raised by residents over a plan to haul timber out of the Green Mountain National Forest across the state line in Vermont.

Williamstown, MA · 3d

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Holyoke Walmart Supercenter Plan Stalls as Elmwood Neighbors Warn of Traffic Surge

A proposal to build a 184,900-square-foot Walmart Supercenter at the former Kmart site on Northampton Street in Holyoke hit a snag Tuesday, as the city's Planning Board declined to act and pushed its decision to next month following pointed objections from neighbors worried about traffic flooding into the Elmwood neighborhood.

Holyoke, MA · 17h

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Signage for Pioneer Valley Landform Observatory Installed on Mount Pollux

The town has installed a temporary sign on Mount Pollux as part of the Pioneer Valley Landform Observatory project (PVLO), which describes the tectonic and glacial geo-historical story of the Pioneer Valley and surrounding areas of Western Massachusetts. Thomas Johnson, of Friends of Mount Pollux, told the Indy that the...

Amherst, MA · 2d