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PETERSHAM – A road leading to Fishing Area 3 at the Quabbin Reservoir underwent an extensive renovation over the spring.The project involved repaving approximately 1.75 miles from outside Gate 43 to just before the bridge, according to information...
By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN
ORANGE — State Sen. Jo Comerford met with area residents on Monday to answer questions and provide updates pertaining to bills that she and state Rep. Aaron Saunders have put forward to study the feasibility of giving western Massachusetts...
By SAM DRYSDALE
As House Democrats eye the expansion of its public drinking water service area, the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) is considering whether the communities where that water comes from should finally get to reap the benefits of the...
By Carla CharterWhen the work on the Quabbin Reservoir began, photographers began documenting the project – from real estate, to cemeteries, to the construction of the reservoir itself. Their photos, snapshots in time, can be seen at Digital...
By DOMENIC POLI
BOSTON — With hopes of providing important context for proposed legislation, a Ware author and historian was the featured speaker at the State Library Author Talks Series on Wednesday to discuss her book about three of the people who were forced to...
By MAX BOWEN
With the Quabbin Reservoir in the background, friends and supporters celebrated a day two years in the making.The Quabbin Reservoir Visitor Center in Belchertown has been renamed the Les and Terry Campbell Quabbin Visitor Center to honor the two...
By MAX BOWEN
It was a cold and rainy Memorial Day when Clif and Arleen Read, along with Clif’s brother and future sister-in-law, launched the Tour de Quabbin.Though the ride didn’t have the ending they had planned, with the weather preventing participants from...
By DOMENIC POLI
BOSTON — Four towns were disincorporated and dismantled, and another eight had land stripped from them, to create the Quabbin Reservoir in the first half of the 20th century.People were forced to find new homes and the valley was flooded with water,...
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