Area briefs: Route 141 detours next week; Northampton to demo 4-way stop; HCC relocates, expands food pantry

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Published: 09-16-2024 3:33 PM

Detours planned for Holyoke’s Route 141 next week

HOLYOKE — Milling operations on Easthampton Road (Route 141) are scheduled to begin on Monday, Sept. 23. Milling is when crews remove a top portion of the pavement to prepare for repaving. As a result of this work, the following detours are planned:

Monday, Sept. 23

■Westbound traffic (from Easthampton to Holyoke) will be detoured to Clark Street to East Street and from that point will follow the detour used when Mountain Road is closed during inclement weather.

■ Eastbound traffic (from Holyoke to Easthampton) will be detoured to Southampton Road, County Road, Line Road to Park Street where drivers will access the center of Easthampton.

Tuesday, Sept. 24 

<sbull value="sbull"><text xmlns="urn:schemas-teradp-com:gn4tera"></text></sbull>Westbound traffic (from Easthampton to Holyoke) will be detoured to East Street and from that point will follow the detour used when closing Mountain Road during inclement weather. 

<sbull value="sbull"><text xmlns="urn:schemas-teradp-com:gn4tera"></text></sbull>Eastbound traffic (from Holyoke to Easthampton) will be detoured to Southampton Road, County Road, Line Road to Park Street where drivers will access the center of Easthampton.

Wednesday, Sept. 25 

<sbull value="sbull"><text xmlns="urn:schemas-teradp-com:gn4tera"></text></sbull>Westbound traffic (from Easthampton to Holyoke) will be detoured to East Street and follow the detour used for closing Mountain Road during inclement weather. 

<sbull value="sbull"><text xmlns="urn:schemas-teradp-com:gn4tera"></text></sbull>Eastbound traffic (from Holyoke to Easthampton) — no detour

Thursday, Sept. 26 

■ Westbound traffic (from Easthampton to Holyoke) will be detoured to East Street and follow the detour used for closing Mountain Road during inclement weather.

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<sbull value="sbull"><text xmlns="urn:schemas-teradp-com:gn4tera"></text></sbull>Eastbound traffic (from Holyoke to Easthampton) — no detour

Local traffic, buses, and delivery services will be allowed through although there may be minor delays.

Northampton to demo 4-way stop

NORTHAMPTON — A temporary four-way stop will be unveiled at the intersection of Cooke Avenue and Hatfield Street on Tuesday at 11 a.m.

This temporary installation will last 120 days while the Department of Public Works assesses the safety benefits of this installation in the area. A decision regarding permanent installation will be made utilizing information from this assessment.

There will be advance warning signs and orange construction barrels on both Hatfield Street approaches to forewarn drivers.

HCC celebrates relocation, expansion of college food pantry

HOLYOKE — The new Holyoke Community College food pantry is more than four times the size of the old one. More than that, it is now just steps away from the HCC Campus Center and cafeteria.

The college marked the relocation and expansion of both the HCC Thrive Center and the food pantry at a ceremony last week. Prior to the move, the food pantry occupied a small space within the Thrive Center, which was located in a tight, reconfigured classroom on the second floor of the Frost Building.

Now, the Thrive Center and food pantry occupy dedicated, more spacious rooms side by side on the second floor of the Kittredge Center for Business and Workforce Development, which adjoins the Campus Center.

The Thrive Center (formerly called the Thrive Student Resource Center) helps students address nonacademic issues that can interfere with their studies, such as food and housing insecurity, transportation, healthcare, childcare, utilities, and credit. Thrive also manages the food pantry.