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By CHRIS LARABEE
SUNDERLAND — In December 1989, one of the coldest on record in the region, John Sackrey was in Conway with a small team building an addition onto a home.That addition, for an associate working with Berkshire Design Group, kicked off a decades-long...
By ALEXA LEWIS
EASTHAMPTON — Outside of Small Oven bakery on Union Street, customers walk carefully around puddles, leaving footprints in the muddy strip where the sidewalk had been just days before. Inside, a line still forms at the register, but according to owner...
By EMILEE KLEIN
GRANBY — David Trompke grew up walking and riding his bike down Bachelor Street back when five gravel pits were in operation.Now, at 75, the lifelong Granby resident whose family developed a subdivision off Trompke Avenue wants to lease 19 acres for a...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — Amherst Town Hall’s large granite steps, in place since the building opened at the corner of Main Street and Boltwood Avenue in 1889, have been dismantled and removed as part of an ongoing repair project.Since the project began June 19, the...
By SAM DRYSDALE
BOSTON — Without additional financial support, climate-friendly building regulations could “push homeownership out of reach” for some Massachusetts families, according to a new report from the the Home Builders & Remodelers Association of...
By EMILY THURLOW
EASTHAMPTON — The city is looking for residents to weigh in on how to improve vehicle and pedestrian safety around the Pleasant Street mills district. In an effort to help establish a vision for the future of the district, a community meeting will be...
By EMILY THURLOW
EASTHAMPTON — The City Council has accepted a $30.4 proposal from a Needham firm to redevelop the city’s three former elementary schools into more than 60 units of mixed-income housing, though the New York City nonprofit that lost out on the project...
By EMILY THURLOW
EASTHAMPTON — Construction of a new raised crosswalk for the Manhan Rail Trail on Payson Avenue begins this week.The crosswalk is part of a larger collaborative effort among the city’s Planning Department, Department of Public Works and mayor’s office...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation will host a virtual design public hearing on April 26 to discuss planned reconstruction of downtown set to take place late next year.The series of “Picture Main Street” projects, known as...
By EMILY THURLOW
EASTHAMPTON — A Needham developer’s $30.4 million pitch to transform the city’s three former elementary schools into 61 units of mixed-income housing and preserving Pepin Gym and auditorium for community use has emerged as the favorite reuse plan for...
By EMILY THURLOW
EASTHAMPTON — A Dover man is proposing to bring new life to a city property that hasn’t seen any activity in roughly two decades.Blake Underhill, owner of Easthampton Holdings LLC, purchased 2 East St. in November with the hope of expanding his...
By EMILY THURLOW
EASTHAMPTON — A second and key phase of renovation and conversion of Old Town Hall into a center for the arts is expected to begin next month, though officials say the overall cost of the three-phase project has shot up by $1.7 million because of...
By EMILY THURLOW
EASTHAMPTON — The committee tasked with ranking three proposals for the reuse of the city’s three former elementary schools heard detailed explanations from each the development teams this week.A Needham developer wants to transform the city’s three...
By EMILY THURLOW
EASTHAMPTON — The committee tasked with ranking three proposals for the reuse of the city’s three former elementary schools heard detailed explanations from each the development teams this week.Up first was Way Finders Inc., the Springfield affordable...
By EMILY THURLOW
EASTHAMPTON — The committee tasked with ranking three proposals for the reuse of the city’s three former elementary schools heard detailed explanations from each the development teams this week.With a $38.2 million proposal, New York City-based...
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 — A Westfield developer is seeking to renew an existing special permit that will allow him to construct the third Dunkin’ within the city’s limits.On Tuesday, the Planning Board will review the renewal special permit application of Emanuel...
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 — The city’s downtown business district has shed one of its longtime vacant properties.The dilapidated building that previously housed the Hurry & Scurry printing and copying business at 118 Union St. was demolished early Thursday to make...
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 EMILY THURLOW
EASTHAMPTON — Five months after a city couple was struck and killed by a vehicle along Route 10, state transportation officials said this week that a major redesign of the busy corridor — home to numerous accidents over the years — is in the...
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