Officials discuss challenges to end Routes 5&10 flooding in Deerfield >Deerfield Highway Superintendent Kevin Scarborough, center, gestures across Routes 5 and 10 to where the stream that drains the area has risen due to flood debris raising the stream bed. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ >The stream across Routes 5 and 10 from Richardson’s Candy Kitchen is running just below the level of the highway in Deerfield. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ >Local and state officials meet with business and property owners in the parking lot of Richardson’s Candy Kitchen in Deerfield on Monday to discuss a possible solution to the repeated flooding in the area. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
Towns continue to grapple with rain-induced damage, road closures >North Street in Erving is currently closed to through traffic. Only local traffic is permitted to pass following the past weekend’s storms. Staff Photo/Julian Mendoza >North Street in Erving is currently closed to through traffic. Only local traffic is permitted to pass following the past weekend’s storms. Staff Photo/Julian Mendoza >North Street in Erving is currently closed to through traffic. Only local traffic is permitted to pass following the past weekend’s storms. Staff Photo/Julian Mendoza >Erving’s Swamp Road and its bridge are currently closed to all traffic. A large caved-in section of the pavement shows weather damage from the past weekend’s storms. Staff Photo/Julian Mendoza
Greenfield opts out of state’s aerial mosquito spraying
BERSHOF
Published: 5/5/2021 4:57:05 PM
GREENFIELD The City Council voted during an emergency meeting Tuesday to opt out of recent State Reclamation and Mosquito Control Board legislation that would allow aerial spraying in certain situations.
Board of Health Chair Nancee Bershof said the legislation authorizes the State Reclamation and Mosquito Control Board, under the Department of Agricultural Resources, to “engage in preventative, management and eradication methods whenever the commission of public health determines an elevated risk of arbovirus (arthropod-borne virus) exists or may exist for the current or upcoming year.”
“The difficulty is when aerial spraying is the recommended choice,” Bershof said. “The chemical adulticide used is Anvil 10-10. Controversy exists about the safety and efficacy of this treatment and of the effectiveness in general of aerial spraying.”