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Around 10 unhoused residents staying at the site off Cook Avenue in Northampton say they were not given prior warning to vacate the encampment. City officials say they gave notice.

How do trees know when to drop their leaves? Why are the colors more vivid in some places or in different seasons?

NEPM received an invoice and a purchase order in response to a public records request for documents related to the damage, as well as a copy of the personal check the sheriff wrote to the state on Monday covering the cost.

Today on The Rundown with Carrie Saldo, panelists weigh in on environmental management concerns in Berkshire County and Franklin County, discuss the latest on a “recovery camp” for unhoused people threatened with removal by the city of Northampton, and dig into our scoops and predictions for the coming week.

At a meeting of a Housatonic River citizens council this week in Lenox, Massachusetts, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it can't compel General Electric to attend the council meetings.

Some western Massachusetts farmers say the apple bounty is so good this year they're giving away thousands of pounds of the fruit. That's in stark contrast to last year, when a late frost decimated local apple crops.

The federal consent decree aimed to boost the ranks of Black and Latino police officers and firefighters in more than 100 Massachusetts cities and towns. It included Springfield until a few years ago, and Holyoke will be released from the requirements at the end of this year.

Durante estas elecciones NEPM News te informará sobre los candidatos, las preguntas en la papeleta, los asuntos importantes y los votantes en el oeste de Massachusetts. ¡Nos gustaría incluir tu opinión!

This year's class of 13 honorees ranges from NBA all-stars to a high school coach. It includes Chauncey Billups, who played briefly with the Boston Celtics and spent 17 seasons as a pro.

Saying it's more affordable and easily accessible from major roads, Simmons University in Boston has relocated the western Massachusetts campus of its highly ranked graduate program in library science, from Mount Holyoke College to Greenfield Community College.