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22 hrs ago | IBerkshires

profile: Jennifer Perilli

Tag Sale Here : Public Hearings Department of Public Utilities on National Grid's request for a 16 percent increase in distribution charges on Wednesday, July 15, at 7 p.m. at North Adams City Hall.

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Tue Jun 23, 2009

MassLive.com

With biomass plant proposals increasing, Massachusetts environmental...

With a sharp increase in the number of proposals for wood-burning power plants in Massachusetts in recent years, including three in the Pioneer Valley, state environmental officials plan to launch a study to see if the wood needed to fuel the plants can be safely harvested from Massachusetts forests.

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Tue Jun 09, 2009

Cape Cod Times

Questions about biomass

In our headlong rush to develop alternative sources of energy, the push to turn trees into electricity could be a costly stumble.

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Thu Jun 04, 2009

MassLive.com

Citizens group circulating petition in support of proposed biomass plant in Russell

By ALEX PESHKOV apeshkov@repub.com RUSSELL - The ongoing Russell Biomass saga has taken a new turn as dozens of townspeople have signed a petition to support a controversial proposal to build the $165 million, 50 megawatt wood-burning power plant here.

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Tue May 26, 2009

MassLive.com

Gateway Prom 2009

Photo by Manon Mirabelli -- From left, Dawn S. Hoppe, 18, of Huntington; Ashley B. Parady, 17, of Russell; Natasha A. Downie, 17, of Russell; Karina E. Piispanen, 17, of Chester; Elyse A. Pommenville, 17, of Worthington, and Hilary P. Anderson, 17, of Russell.

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Thu Apr 30, 2009

WWLP

Brush fire battle ends in Russell

In the last couple of days some large brush fires have broken out in the towns of Russell and Blandford.

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Wed Apr 29, 2009

WWLP

Brush fire battle continues in Russell

The fire fight in Russell will extend into a third day where a 60 acre brush fire's about 70 percent contained Wednesday night.

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Mon Apr 27, 2009

MassLive.com

Gateway advisory committee to meet at 9 a.m. today to discuss possible school closings

The Gateway Regional School District's Elementary Advisory Committee meets for the first time today at 9 a.m. A 14-member elementary education parent advisory committee will be working with the district's superintendent and elementary schools principals to give input on the process of consolidation or closing Blandford, Chester and R. H. Conwell ...

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Tue Apr 21, 2009

MassLive.com

Serious paddlers hit Westfield River Wildwater Races

By JIM DANKO jdanko@repub.com HUNTINGTON - A day after the more festive race brought out hundreds of casual canoeists and kayakers, the serious paddlers got down to business on the Westfield River.

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Sun Apr 19, 2009

MassLive.com

Firefighters battle 25 acre brush fire in Westhampton

Firefighters battled a 25 acre brush fire Sunday for more than three hours before the fire was under control.

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CBS 3

Watch The Story

It was a fitting day, with the beautiful weather and the Berkshires as a back drop to bring the issue over energy and the environment back into the forefront.

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Fri Apr 17, 2009

MassLive.com

Citizen's group to hold rally in Huntington to oppose planned biomass plant in Russell

By ALEX PESHKOV apeshkov@repub.com HUNTINGTON - Concerned Citizens of Russell will hold a press conference and rally on Route 20 at the Huntington turnaround and recreation area Saturday, from 9 to 9:45 a.m., before the start of the Westfield River Wildwater Canoe Races, to draw public attention to the Russell Biomass project.

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Mon Apr 13, 2009

WWLP

Western Mass job cuts on the rise

The only good news from the survey is that most companies that reported layoffs said the cuts affected 25 or fewer workers.

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Thu Mar 26, 2009

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Town goes to court over water system

The town has gone to court to get Aquarion Water Co. to reveal the 'actual cost of the water system in Oxford,' so the town can determine the cost of taking over the local water system, according to Joseph M. Zeneski, town manager.

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Sat Mar 14, 2009

MassLive.com

Missing Springfield man found dead in Blandford woods

Police have recovered the body of a 41-year-old Springfield man reported missing by his family in a stretch of woods in Blandford.

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Wed Mar 11, 2009

Daily Hampshire Gazette

DEP denial of testimonies is undemocratic, outrageous

The state Department of Environmental Protection held a hearing in Springfield during the week of Jan.

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Sun Mar 08, 2009

CBS 3

Watch The Story

An Amtrak train went off the tracks Sunday afternoon leaving more than a hundred passengers stranded there for quite a while.

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Fri Mar 06, 2009

MassLive.com

Teachers in Gateway school district ratify 3-year contract that contains 3 percent annual raises

By ALEX PESHKOV apeshkov@repub.com HUNTINGTON - A contract ratified Wednesday by the teacher's union will help to keep educators in the Gateway Regional School District close to the salary level of other ...

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Tue Mar 03, 2009

Valley Advocate

Shopping for Water

The Massachusetts power deregulation law of the late 1990s, which allowed the building of so-called "merchant" power plants unrelated to the old regional utilities, is leading to the rise of small new power ...

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Sun Feb 15, 2009

MassLive.com

Records show Western Mass. residents gave more than $2.6 million to...

Nadine M. Kennedy, of Russell, holds a photo of President Obama that she took on the campaign trail.

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