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By JAMES PENTLAND

HOLYOKE — Like many people, Michael Garjian believes global warming is a pressing issue of our times.Unlike most, he’s putting his ideas for reducing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere into practice — and at the same time bidding for a share of the $100...

By DEEPTI HAJELA

NEW YORK — When her cellphone’s service went down last week because of an AT&T network outage, Bernice Hudson didn’t panic. She just called the people she wanted to talk to the old-fashioned way — on her landline telephone, the kind she grew up with...

By DOMENIC POLI

Eversource has introduced to western Massachusetts equipment that can more quickly restore power to customers in the event of a downed or damaged utility pole.Rapid Pole technology was launched in New Hampshire 13 months ago and rolled out in...

By DOMENIC POLI

Artificial intelligence is changing the phone scam game. But, experts say, the rules are the same.“I think we would always be wary when we pick up the phone when we don’t know who is calling,” said Anita Wilson, director of the Consumer Protection...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Xavier Greenberg and Christian Patenaude sit at a desk in front of a green screen in the technology room of JFK Middle School, reading morning announcements off sheets of paper to a camera placed in front of them.On a recent Tuesday, the...

By EMILY THURLOW

WESTHAMPTON — The town is looking for a team of four volunteers who will help oversee the development of a new municipal website.After applying for the state’s Community Company IT Grant Program in September, the town was notified in November that it...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

NORTHAMPTON — For those reading the Daily Hampshire Gazette on mobile devices, that experience is getting an upgrade.The Gazette has launched a new version of its app that will allow readers to access either a digital copy of the newspaper, or a live...

By NYSSA KRUSE

State officials are advising consumers to use cash instead of debit and credit cards when buying gas after a state investigation found skimmers attached to pumps at two Hampshire County gas stations last month. The state’s consumer watchdog agency...