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By CHRIS LARABEE and ALEXA LEWIS

With Massachusetts experiencing its seventh-wettest year on record in 2023 as torrential rainstorms ravaged roads, farms and homes, the federal government, the state and those here in the Pioneer Valley are turning their eyes toward future flood...

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — With two areas of River Road degrading, the Weston & Sampson engineering firm received preliminary Select Board approval last week to explore potential solutions to the problem.The $27,500 contract will have the Reading-based firm examine...

By CHRIS LARABEE

As the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s study of the Northern Tier Passenger Rail project continues, officials and consultants recently collected more feedback and laid out some of its potential funding streams in the final public meeting...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Plans for a roundabout to replace the signalized intersection at University Drive and Amity Street, a major gateway to the University of Massachusetts, are moving forward.The Town Council this week voted to ask its Town Services and Outreach...

By DOMENIC POLI

The Flood of 1936 caused widespread devastation in the Northeast and led to the passage of federal legislation aimed at mitigating damage caused by natural disasters. But the lawmakers who greenlighted the work would likely never have predicted that...

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — After waiting several days for the Deerfield River to recede, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation inspected the Stillwater Bridge’s pillars and gave it the go-ahead to reopen.MassDOT closed the bridge Monday out of an abundance...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — The former classrooms inside the three 100-year-old elementary school buildings could one day become the living quarters of city residents based on the three redevelopment proposals pitched for the buildings.The City Council declared the...

BY EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — Home and business owners can expect to pay significantly more for water and sewer service over the next three fiscal years as the city moves to raise enough money to offset millions of dollars in upgrades to those systems. With little...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — In the next decade, city residents will be walking, biking and driving through a completely overhauled version of Main Street.But before that happens, city officials are seeking the public’s input to inform the reimagining of one of...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — Demolition of a former auto repair shop and trees being cut down will be among the first signs that a $25 million project to widen a section of Route 9 between town center and the shopping malls is underway.Town Administrator Carolyn Brennan...

By EMILY CUTTS

Hampshire County is set to get nearly $6.6 million in state aid to help repair roads, with $1 million of that total headed to Northampton.The money has been authorized for the county as part of a $200 million Chapter 90 reimbursements bill signed by...