Our Valley History | 90 years after the flood: What 1936 still teaches us about risk on the Conn. River

Reports from that time described Northampton as briefly isolated, while floodwaters submerged highways, and hundreds of ...
WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Chicopee gets $1.1 million as work to reduce nitrogen discharges into Connecticut River continues

A long-term project with a hefty price tag in western Massachusetts is getting a boost in funding. As WAMC reports, it’s part of a greater effort to protect and restore aquatic life up and down the ...
Hartford Courant

Beloved in this state but the site of historic calamities: The Connecticut River

As Connecticut has untold numbers of rivers, brooks, streams, lakes and ponds, it doesn’t take long for a trickling stream to become a torrent, a meandering river to become a raging malevolence, a ...
MassLive

Dragon boats compete on Connecticut River (Photos)

SPRINGFIELD — The competition was fierce among dragons along the Connecticut River on Saturday. The battle was between canoes in the 11th Springfield Dragon Boat Festival, which saw pencil-like boats ...
Daily Hampshire Gazette

Connecticut River Conservancy talks pros, cons of FirstLight operating conditions in draft report

As FirstLight Hydro Generating Co.’s relicensing process through the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) continues, the Connecticut River Conservancy detailed the specific operating conditions ...
Brattleboro Reformer

Letter to the Editor: Connecticut River Watershed farmers need support from reps

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. To the Editor: Farmers in New Hampshire and Vermont are concerned about the weather/climate, employment and actively need support from the state and ...