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By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — The first new building in the city’s downtown in nearly two decades is starting to take shape.A 25,000-square-foot mixed-use residential and retail development is currently under construction at 47-49 Cottage St. by Five Star Building...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Looking up in awe at the large maple, touching the bark on its trunk and remarking on how sturdy the tree seems, 7-year-old Xavi Veatch was among those saddened to be saying good-bye to the original Merry Maple.“I just have a lot of...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — With a large cardboard presentation board containing a stack of black-and-white photographs tucked under his arm, George Dion strolled through the halls of Maple Street School on Thursday afternoon, remembering what the building looked...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — A former summertime staple in Easthampton could be making its return at a new location, if approved by the city’s Planning Board. Nickolis Dulude of Holyoke has submitted a special permit application to run Tasty Top ice cream out of the...

By KEVIN GUTTING

FLORENCE – High school students from forestry programs across the commonwealth gathered in Look Park on Thursday for the Massachusetts FFA Arbor Skills Career Development Event hosted annually by the Horticulture/Forestry program at Smith Vocational...

By MARY BYRNE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Charlton-based Tree House Brewing has been given the go-ahead it needs to begin its first phase of opening at the former Channing Bete Co. building on Routes 5 and 10.The three special permits that the Deerfield Zoning Board of...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

HOLYOKE — The creation of a 16-bedroom drug treatment group home continues to move forward at 11 Yale St., where the first resident will move in next week, amid continued opposition from some residents. The Springfield nonprofit Mental Health...

By MICHAEL CONNORS

EASTHAMPTON — The city Planning Board is expected to review an application for a three-story apartment building on Cottage Street next week, which would modify plans for a similar proposal already approved by the board for the site in 2017.The new...

By Steve Pfarrer There’s a grand old Victorian house on Crescent Street in Northampton that dates from the 1870s and is full of the kind of architectural details such homes were known for: a steeply-pitched roof, pointed arches and gables and...