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By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — While final tweaks and changes are expected before the end of June, residents and the Selectboard got a first look at the feasibility study for the Norwottuck North Shared-Use Path Monday evening.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — With receipt of the Exemplary Program award through the state Department of Transportation’s Safe Routes to School program, Greenfield Middle School is being honored for its work to encourage walking and biking to school.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

ERVING — After resident concerns about speeding prompted a speed and traffic study on Route 63, officials are now considering options for enforcement, backed by data from a speed and traffic study.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Replacement of the 79-year-old bridge carrying North Main Street over the railroad tracks is expected to begin sometime later this year, according to the state Department of Transportation.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE — Selectboard members had transportation on their minds this week, as they considered a potential public parking bylaw, proposed roadwork from the state Department of Transportation and a resident’s request for access to his property through a municipal lot.

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 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 ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GREENFIELD — The Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG) fueled cyclists and pedestrians Tuesday morning, continuing its Bay State Bike Month tradition of the Bike Breakfast for the 12th year.

By ALEXA LEWIS

Western Massachusetts stands to “greatly benefit” from a $1.33 billion spending plan for education and transportation that was adopted by the state Senate last week, thanks in part to a lengthy debate leading up to the vote that sought to reverse an initial proposal that Sen. Jo Comerford called “skewed” and “wildly unfair” to this region.

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 MITCH FINK

President Donald Trump’s return to office has raised questions about the future of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding Massachusetts secured for its east-west rail plan.

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 LOLITA C. BALDOR,TARA COPP,BRIAN MELLEYand LEA SKENE

ARLINGTON, Va. — A midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight killed all 67 people aboard the two aircraft, officials said Thursday, as they scrutinized the actions of the military pilot and reported that control tower staffing was “not normal” at the time of the country’s worst aviation disaster in a generation.

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 LOLITA C. BALDOR, TARA COPP and ERIC TUCKER

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — A passenger jet collided Wednesday with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, prompting a large search-and-rescue operation in the nearby Potomac River.

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.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

CHARLEMONT — In an effort to inform speed enforcement practices and potentially petition the state for speed limit changes, Town Administrator Sarah Reynolds shared speeding data collected by the Franklin Regional Council of Governments with the Selectboard Tuesday evening.

By DOMENIC POLI

NEW SALEM — Town officials are working to determine ways to improve safety along Route 202, the site of numerous crashes over the years.