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By SCOTT MERZBACH
HADLEY — Whether filled with cheese, chicken or chocolate, or served at breakfast, lunch or dinner — or for dessert — both savory and sweet crepes are a great food concept, says The Skinny Pancake founder Benjy Adler.“It is an unusually versatile...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — An anonymous letter critical of new Superintendent E. Xiomara Herman and her administration, a communication that also publicly released confidential and personal information about a school district employee, will be discussed at the Amherst...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — Completing tattoo art sketches and illustrating cartoons became a creative outlet for U.S. Navy veteran Evelio “Evan” Velez when dealing with high-pressure situations during his time in the military.A Springfield resident who continues to...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
LEVERETT — Late Yankee Candle founder Michael J. Kittredge II’s sprawling 60-acre estate could be in line for a $200 million development, featuring 400 owner-occupied homes for people 55 and over, with one-quarter of these homes deemed...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — A downtown mixed-use building under construction, to house Amherst College students starting next fall under an agreement between the college and the developer, is continuing to raise questions from residents and members of the Planning...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — Amherst Regional Middle School’s swimming pool is regularly used for aquatics programming by Amherst Recreation, a town department that also has its administrative offices in the building.Yet for many aspects of the relationship between the...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
HADLEY — Expanding the senior housing overlay district to accommodate a development off North Maple Street, adjusting the accessory dwelling unit bylaw and providing funding for a protective area beneath the new playground at Hadley Elementary School...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
HADLEY — More than three months after the city of Northampton ordered a regional auto dealer to remove some 300 vehicles being stored at a vacant King Street lot it owns, the dealership’s owners have zeroed in on a spot in Hadley to keep the new...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
HADLEY — A group purchasing program for electricity, designed to increase renewable energy use while also providing electricity supply options that help residents and businesses manage their costs, will be extended another three years.Hadley officials...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — In a town where many languages are spoken, handheld translation devices are helping municipal employees who interact with the public to better support residents.With the success of Pocketalk Translators bought two years ago for Amherst’s...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — The town’s ending fiscal year 2024 with a $5.7 million surplus on June 30 is prompting some members of the Amherst and Regional school committees to question whether this leftover money means education is being shortchanged.Concerns were...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — Average residential property tax bills in Amherst are projected to exceed $9,600, but the year-over-year increase for homeowners is likely to be under $200, which is less than half the jump seen in 2023.At a tax classification hearing...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
Even as about a third of eligible voters in the region and across the state have already cast their ballots in the presidential election, many more voters are expected to come out to the polls on Tuesday to decide national, state and local races, as...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — Halloween celebrations over the weekend led to numerous large parties, fights and assaults, and both underage drinking and public consumption of alcohol, in areas around the University of Massachusetts campus, according to Amherst police.One...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — Redevelopment projects that could threaten the well-being of a prominent University Drive shopping plaza are prompting town planners to consider modifying a proposed overlay district, running on both sides of the road from Route 9 to Amity...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
NORTHAMPTON — Still recovering from a devastating fire that destroyed its barn and farm store at 7 Carver St., Red Fire Farm in Granby is receiving $500,000 from the state’s Farm Security Infrastructure Grant program, money that will go some of the...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
NORTHAMPTON — Nine properties within a gateway area to the city, bounded by Pleasant and Conz streets and including Service Center Road, were recently purchased by a West Springfield property management company.The sites, which include buildings with...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — A general contracting bid below the $36 million estimate for expanding and renovating the Jones Library was received by the town by Thursday’s deadline.At $35.77 million, the bid from Fontaine Brothers Inc. of Springfield, one of two...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — Six Amherst Regional Middle School students had a unique experience for Halloween, trick-or-treating alongside a half-dozen peers from Amherst’s sister city in Kanegasaki, Japan.“It has been so much fun,” said Elaina Bust, a seventh grader...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — A continued gap in the performance between racial and ethnic subgroups in the Amherst elementary schools, as shown in recently released MCAS test scores, is raising concern for members of the Amherst School Committee and school...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — A triangle of perennials, small shrubs and grass in front of the North Amherst Library, surrounding the stump of a once-prominent beech tree and situated at the point where three roads meet, has long been a green oasis in the village...
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