Montague Notebook: July 18, 2024

Learn about internet safety at The Brick House

TURNERS FALLS — An internet safety information session led by a representative from Everything Computers of Greenfield will be held at The Brick House Community Resource Center on Thursday, July 25, from 10 a.m. to noon.

This session will help parents and caregivers understand how to best protect their children online. The Brick House asks for registration in advance by contacting Stacey Langknecht at 413-800-2496 or slangknecht@brickhousecommunity.org by Tuesday, July 23. Refreshments and free child care will be available.

Crafting sessions coming to Millers Falls Library

MILLERS FALLS — The Brick House Community Resource Center is starting monthly crafting sessions beginning Thursday, July 25, from 4 to 5 p.m. at the Millers Falls Library, 23 Bridge St. This recurring event will be offered on the third Thursday of each month.

This month, Janel Nockleby of the Great Falls Discovery Center will teach a class on making “paper quilts,” with a theme of local waterways. The Brick House asks for registration in advance by contacting Stacey Langknecht at 413-800-2496 or slangknecht@brickhousecommunity.org by Tuesday, July 23.

Connecticut River Defenders holding rally against FirstLight relicensing

TURNERS FALLS — The Connecticut River Defenders advocacy group will hold a rally to protest the relicensing of FirstLight Hydro Generating Co.’s Northfield Mountain Pumped Storage Project on Friday, July 19, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. on the Turners Falls-Gill Bridge.

FirstLight, which previously submitted its application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for a new license to operate, has three facilities up for relicensing. Environmental advocacy groups have criticized those facilities — the hydro-pump facility at Northfield Mountain and two hydroelectric dams in Turners Falls — for their impact on fish, the Connecticut River and the surrounding environment.