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Slim pickings: Farmers face smaller pick-your-own apple crop following May frost

by James Pentland Staff WriterSeptember 17, 2023

Farmer Allan Zuchowski talks about flood damage to fields off Aqua Vitae Road in Hadley last month. Behind him stands Daniel Niedbala, who farms the flooded field behind them.

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Pioneer Valley farm flooding relief funds preparing to start sending out checks soon

by James Pentland Staff WriterAugust 22, 2023

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Teachers union backs ballot question on eliminating MCAS graduation requirement

by James Pentland Staff WriterAugust 11, 2023

A graphic showing the record number of families in the state’s shelter system.

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Healey declares state of emergency amid migrant shelter crisis; local communities put on notice that they may need to help

by Sam Drysdale State House News Service / Staff Writer, and James Pentland State House News Service / Staff WriterAugust 9, 2023

Corn stalks poke their heads out of standing water after the field was flooded last month off Aqua Vitae Road in Hadley.

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Feds declare disaster in much of state from flooding

by James Pentland Staff ReportAugust 2, 2023

Congressman Jim McGovern visits the Head Start and Child Development Center in Montague in April 2016.

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Head Start ‘right-sizing’ program capacity to avoid potential $3M funding cut

by James Pentland Staff WriterJuly 30, 2023

Farmer Bernie Smiarowski talks with state Sen. Michael Rodrigues, D-Westport, the chair of the Ways and Means Committee, during a Monday visit to the site of flooding at a Hatfield farm. Farmers who have lost crops to this month’s floods and the May frost will be able to seek compensation from a new $20 million fund.

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Senate President Spilka stops at Hatfield farm to announce creation of $20M fund to help beleaguered farmers

by James Pentland Staff WriterJuly 25, 2023

A 3D interactive model of a bronze whaler shark

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Giving sharks their due: UMass team creates state-of-the-art 3D models for conservation site

by James Pentland Staff WriterJuly 19, 2023

Jun Yao, a professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering at UMass, listens as Xiaomeng Liu, a grad student in the program, describes how a mistake he made led to the discovery of Air-gen.

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Electricity out of thin air: Researchers stumble on way to tap electrical charge of water vapor

by James Pentland Staff WriterJuly 9, 2023

Narcan nasal spray and packaging.

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Overdose deaths decline in region in 2022, bucking state trend

by James Pentland Staff WriterJuly 2, 2023