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Young moose trots through downtown Easthampton

Sunday, May 19, 2013

EASTHAMPTON — Jaws dropped and heads turned Saturday when a young moose trotted through backyards and down sidestreets in the area of Holyoke and Clark streets for about half an hour just after noon. Though police and neighbors said the moose was not fully grown, photographs and videos taken by residents show that the leggy animal was as tall as … 0

This April 28, 2013 photo released by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution shows a robotic device being deployed to detect red tide in the Gulf of Maine. Red tide monitoring is going high-tech with a robotic “laboratory in a can.” A garbage can-sized canister was deployed in late April in the ocean waters off southern Maine to collect and transmit data about toxin-producing algae blooms, known as red tides, that show up in the Gulf of Maine each spring.(AP Photo/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution & Northeastern University, Isaac Rosenthal)

Red tide monitor set adrift in Gulf of Maine

Sunday, May 19, 2013

PORTLAND, Maine — Red tide monitoring is going high-tech with a robotic “laboratory in a can.” A garbage can-size canister was deployed in late April in the ocean waters off southern Maine to collect and transmit data about toxin-producing algae blooms, known as red tides, that show up in the Gulf of Maine … 0

These solar shingles are from Dow Powerhouse. PHOTO BY TAI VIINIKKA/FLICKR

Earth Talk: Considering solar shingles in the Northeast

Friday, May 17, 2013

Dear EarthTalk: I’m getting my roof redone and have heard about solar shingles. Are they practical for the Northeast? — John Denson, Glastonbury, Conn. Solar shingles are photovoltaic cells designed to look like and integrate with conventional asphalt roof shingles. First commercially available in 2005, solar shingles were much more costly than traditional … 0

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The Laprade's game is kept in a box covered with pictures of their family that ran in the local papers. Custom trivia game reveals generations of Laprade family lore
Left, Dawud Lubieddin's things are laid out where a bench used to be on Main Street Northampton. Lubieddin talks with Abd Lomax of Northampton. Fewer Northampton benches in effort to curb loitering
Impatient drivers, eastbound on Bridge Road, pass on the right of a car turning left into the JFK Middle School parking lot about 7:45 a.m. Tuesday. KEVIN GUTTING Northampton to study Bridge Road traffic after complaints
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In this photo provided by the Littleton Area Historical Society, Edward Geddes sits on the top of the Old Man of the Mountain profile in this early 1900s photo in Franconia, N.H. Geddes, a stone quarry superintendent from Quincy, Massachusetts, was the first man to do repair work on New Hampshire's iconic figure, which fell nearly ten years ago. (AP Photo/Littleton Area Historical Society)

NH honors Old Man of the Mountain 10 years after fall

Monday, April 29, 2013

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Edward Geddes already had spent two long days on the mountain when the weather turned. Battered by wind and soaked by rain — “like shower baths of ice water” — he clung to a … 0

Colorful pots by Amy Creates are displayed, Saturday, at the annual Sustainability Festival in Amherst center. SARAH CROSBY

Sustainability Festival in Amherst

Thursday, May 16, 2013

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A chalk-fronted corporal dragonfly JOSHUA ROSE PHOTO

Earth Matters; The dragons of spring

Sunday, April 28, 2013

Every person has his or her own way of recognizing the coming of spring — the first robin on the lawn, newly emerged skunk cabbage, the first spring peepers calling, or perhaps the “big night” when the salamanders … 0

A yellow warbler U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

Bird Sightings

Sunday, April 28, 2013

The Audubon Society has reported a variety of recent bird sightings in western Massachusetts. This week brought a tremendous movement of songbirds into our area, some arriving to begin breeding, others stopping on their way farther north. Most … 0

Heading Outdoors

Sunday, April 28, 2013

Birding By Ear at Quabbin — Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary sponsors birding with John Green today from 7 to 10 a.m., Quabbin Visitors Center, off Route 9, Belchertown. Fee: $10. Preregistration required; call 584-3009 or email arcadia@massaudubon.org. Fitzgerald Lake Cleanup and Invasive Plant Removal — Broad Brook Coalition sponsors … 0

Valley Views: Local photographers aim their cameras outdoors

Sunday, April 28, 2013

WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary, Easthampton Photograph and text by Anne Ely of South Hadley I love going to Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary in Easthampton when I want to find birds to photograph. This white-breasted nuthatch was making his … 0

LARRY PARNASS U.S. Rep. John Olver, D-Amherst, is preparing to leave more than two decades in the U.S. Congress early next month. “I’ve done a lot of small significant things and a few pretty major things,” Olver said.

Former U.S. Rep. John Olver and nature photographer John Green to be honored by Hitchcock Center for the Environment

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

AMHERST — Contributions to preserving the environment are earning former Congressman John Olver accolades at the 50th anniversary celebration dinner for the Hitchcock Center for the Environment. Olver and fellow Amherst resident John Green, a naturalist and photographer, … 0

Alan Snow, right,division director of trees and grounds for the town of Amherst, and Stockbridge School intern D.J. Gancorz, just behind him, gave a tree planting demonstration in conjunction with the Amherst Sustainability Festival last year. On Saturday, Snow will show how to prune trees. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO

Amherst’s annual Sustainability Festival to take place Saturday

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

AMHERST — Incorporating worms into gardening and practicing tree pruning techniques are topics of two featured workshops at the Amherst Sustainability Festival. The fourth-annual event, which takes place Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Town … 0

Look Park's new Executive Director Shawn Porter, left, poses with former executive director Ray Ellerbrook and a cake representation of a Look Park train at Ellerbrook's retirement party at the Garden House Sunday. Photo courtesy of Look Park.

Shawn Porter takes helm at Look Park in Northampton after Ray Ellerbrook retires

Monday, April 22, 2013

NORTHAMPTON — Easthampton resident Shawn Porter is taking over as the new executive director of Look Memorial Park after Ray Ellerbrook retired Dec. 31 after a decade in charge. Porter, 38, said he has been working in recreation … 0

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