Pelham affordable housing project on track with permitting
The former fly rod factory in Pelham would be demolished to make way for an apartment building. Another building with six apartments would be built nearby. SUBMITTED PHOTO
GOOGLE EARTH
Published: 2/2/2021 7:04:31 PM
PELHAM Pelham’s first affordable housing project, featuring almost three dozen one, two- and three-bedroom apartments on the site of a former fly rod factory, remains on track to be developed in the next two years.
Known as Amethyst Brook Apartments, the $12 million project proposed by Home City Development Inc. of Springfield has begun the process of Conservation Commission review with the filing of a notice of intent under the Wetlands Protection Act.
Ditching remote: Dozens of Amherst-area families make other school choices
First grader Sebastian Sienkewicz of Pelham plays with twirlies with Learn at Morse Hill science teacher Rosa Whelpley during a period of free play for kindergartners and first and second graders at the outdoor school in Shutesbury on Dec. 3. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING
Second-grader Jasper Hoxie-Golding, left, and first-grader Sebastian Sienkewicz listen to Learn at Morse Hill Director Corinne Shaw read from Chapter 5 of “The Hobbit” during the after-lunch community read at the outdoor school in Shutesbury on Thursday. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING
Olive Barber of Pelham picks up her son, Sebastian Sienkewicz, after his day attending Learn at Morse Hill in Shutesbury on Dec. 3. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING