Hilltown Families

Biomass-Burning Incinerator At Our Doorstep Maybe you’ve noticed I’ve been absent from the blog rolls these days.  Here’s why: early this summer, we got word that a company from Maine was...

Transition Towns Informational Meeting In Williamsburg on Sunday, March 21st The Transition Towns Movement is a vibrant, grassroots movement that seeks to build community resilience in the face of such challenges...

Update for Winter 2011-12 Citizens Energy Oil Heat Program for the 2011-2012 season has begun.  Please note that they are experiencing an extremely high volume of calls.   Call center hours...

Clean Energy Choice Grants Awarded to Green Leading Communities Today, State Senator Benjamin B. Downing (D – Pittsfield) announces Clean Energy Choice Grants awarded to the Towns of  Williamsburg and Williamstown...

Randy Kehle of Colrain, MA writes: If you live in one of the towns within 20 miles of the “Vermont Yankee” (VY) nuclear reactor in Vernon, Vermont–a.k.a. the “evacuation zone” (see...

Jana Chicoine, Spokesperson for Concerned Citizens of Russell, MA writes: December 11, 2009 update from Concerned Citizens of Russell Recent false media reports regarding the Manomet forest biomass sustainability study and...