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By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — While making its journey to the Barnes Air National Guard Base in Westfield, a piece of a New York fire truck that melted and warped from the flaming aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks snapped in half from the vibrations from travel.Matt Bail,...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHUTESBURY — Wednesday marked the end of an era for residents living along Montague Road who said goodbye to a dam that dates back to the early 1800s.The Dudleyville Pond Dam, affectionately known as Brown’s Dam by property owner Lois Brown, was...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Every Tuesday morning over the course of the warm weather months, during a time when taking a dip at Puffer’s Pond is a popular pastime, a town conservation staff member arrives to collect water from both the north and south beaches, placing...

By GARRETT COTE

It felt like throwing a rock in the ocean for Maddie Pond.The Westfield State guard was unconscious during the No. 3 Owls’ MASCAC quarterfinal game against No. 6 Fitchburg State on Tuesday, as she poured in a career-high 39 points – including a...

By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON — A staple of Easthampton, Nashawannuck Pond provides yearlong recreational enjoyment for kayakers, sailors and ice skaters.Onlookers can often be seen capturing images of the sunset reflecting over the pond’s ripples. And during the...

By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON — As the Nashawannuck Pond Steering Committee faces a number of ongoing and upcoming projects to maintain and preserve the pond, a nonprofit organization has formed to financially support the committee.As a nonprofit, The Friends of...

By STEVE PFARRER

July was a challenging month for outdoor music shows, with the heavy rain that flooded local farms and roads also washing out some concerts and threatening others.Organizers for upcoming music festivals in Easthampton are hoping things dry out by...

By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON — In water bodies around the world, rising temperatures are resulting in an increased occurrence of toxic algae blooms that pose health hazards to plants, animals and people.Easthampton’s Nashawannuck Pond is no exception, and for several...

By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON — Use of Nashawannuck Pond will be restricted until Saturday after its annual chemical treatment to control the growth of nuisance vegetation.The city of Easthampton contracted Solitude Lake Management to treat the pond with herbicides...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — The cleanliness and health of Nashawannuck Pond will be on the minds of two groups of volunteers on Saturday.While members of Easthampton High School’s National Honor Society will be picking up trash littered along the edges and in the...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — An advisory committee is pulling out all the stops with 35 events to get people out and about to celebrate this year’s WinterFest.Now in its 10th year, the Nashawannuck Pond Steering Committee is adding nine days of in-person events to...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — A several-month experiment aimed at reducing the growth of algae blooms at Nashawannuck Pond appears to be working and will be used again next year, according to officials with the pond’s steering committee.Since April, nearly 100 onion...

By STEVE PFARRER

In the musical world, it’s now a classic comeback story: how jazz singer Melody Gardot, then 19 years old, was struck by a car while bicycling in her native Philadelphia in 2003 and suffered serious head and spinal injuries, a broken pelvis, and...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — Lakes and ponds around the world are experiencing an increased occurrence of algae blooms as a result of warmer temperatures.This has had a particularly significant impact on water bodies that are shallow, stagnant and rich in nutrients...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A resident well-known for raising awareness about climate change and other progressive issues died Wednesday, two days after suffering critical injuries in a motorcycle crash on Kellogg Avenue.Emergency responders identified Marc Osten, 55,...