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By MADISON SCHOFIELD

BOSTON — A new state fund setting aside $7 million for dirt roads is much-needed and overdue, according to state Rep. Natalie Blais.

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Fairman Road is closed to vehicle and foot traffic so the Highway Department can fix a failed culvert.

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Sewer Commission voted unanimously this week to raise the sewer rate by 22.32% to adequately operate the wastewater treatment facility at 295 West Main St.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE — Residents want town officials and engineers to consider potential impacts on abutters as they begin planning for the repair or replacement of an old bridge on Bardwell’s Ferry Road at Dragon Brook.

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Sewer Commission continued its May 14 public hearing for two weeks to allow time for research into possible ways to avoid drastic rate hikes in the next fiscal year, which begins July 1.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — As a proposed zoning amendment seeking to raise the height restriction on construction nears a City Council vote this week, members of the Historical Commission expressed concerns over how such a change might impact aesthetics and shared a desire to preserve historic character.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL — As the Gill Elementary School roof project through the Massachusetts School Building Authority continues to make progress, the town is seeking a $915,000 grant through the Green School Works Implementation Grants program to help fund the installation of a metal roof, insulation and solar panels.

By CHRIS LARABEE

WARWICK — With a May 2021 contract signed between the town and Charter Communications, Warwick residents were expecting to finally receive fiber-optic internet service in one of the county’s most rural communities.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

For a town like Hatfield, annual road maintenance has become increasingly challenging over the past 12 years, as state Chapter 90 money declines even as the price of hot mix asphalt rises substantially.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The Franklin Regional Council of Governments will conduct an infrastructure inventory around Deerfield Street, Main Street and parts of Chapman Street as the city aims to renew its Slum and Blight designation through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program.

By DOMENIC POLI

NEW SALEM – The nonprofit volunteer organization dedicated to increasing public awareness and appreciation of the Quabbin Reservoir and watershed is soliciting donations to help restore a stone arch bridge erected the year after the Civil War ended.

By CHRIS LARABEE

CONWAY — Gov. Maura Healey’s message at a Thursday afternoon press conference for western Massachusetts was clear — the state’s funding formula needs to be tweaked for rural communities and it needs to be done now.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — The town has received a nearly $500,000 grant from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) for traffic-calming measures, as well as bicycle and pedestrian safety infrastructure improvements, in Montague Center.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — An initial review of the system evaluation study being conducted for the Colrain Sewer District has revealed the system will need at least $261,800 in repairs, with the total cost of the district’s needs expected to grow once a long-term solution for wastewater treatment is identified.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Long-dormant plans for Elm Street upgrades are soon coming to the village, as the town received a $500,000 Complete Streets construction grant.

By CHRIS LISINSKI

Gov. Maura Healey’s proposal to increase state funding for local road and bridge projects also overhauls the way those dollars are distributed, and includes major boosts for smaller and rural communities that have smaller property tax bases, but more road miles to care for.

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

NORTHFIELD — Selectboard members signed two letters of support this week as the town looks to make up the funding gap preventing the Schell Bridge reconstruction project from moving forward.

By COLIN A. YOUNG

Gov. Maura Healey announced a plan Tuesday to pump at least $2.5 billion into facilities at the University of Massachusetts, state universities and community colleges by the middle of the 2030s.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

ASHFIELD — The deteriorating bridge over Bear River on Beldingville Road has been approved for replacement by the state Department of Transportation (MassDOT), meaning the project will now enter the design phase.