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As students again leave all their stuff, reuse efforts gain traction at UMass
05-10-2017 10:15 PM

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

AMHERST — In his short story “The Daughters of the Moon,” the writer Italo Calvino described a mythological New York City “where every object was thrown away at the slightest sign of breakage or aging, at the first dent or stain, and replaced with a...


Amherst to dedicate Civil War monument in West Cemetery to family of black soldiers
05-10-2017 3:35 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A recently installed monument at West Cemetery honoring a family of black soldiers who fought for the Union during the Civil War will be dedicated Saturday afternoon.The memorial, which also serves as a gravestone for the final resting place...


Slimy underdogs: UMass researchers using new 3-D models to help chronicle, save frogs, amphibians from extinction
05-10-2017 9:52 AM

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

AMHERST — Earth is in the midst of a mass extinction of animal life, and the term “Anthropocene extinction” gives an obvious clue as to the cause: human activity.Due to everything from habitat destruction to environmental degradation and climate...


Head of Pioneer Valley Performing Arts charter placed on administrative leave while complaints investigated
05-10-2017 12:47 AM

By JACK SUNTRUP

SOUTH HADLEY — Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public School trustees voted Tuesday to place Head of School Scott Goldman on paid administrative leave after staff leveled three grievances and two petitions against him.Now, a select panel from...


Confederate flag banned at Easthampton High School
05-10-2017 12:46 AM

By CAITLIN ASHWORTH

EASTHAMPTON — Until the school year ends on June 26, the Confederate flag is banned from Easthampton High School. The School Committee voted 5-1 Tuesday to prohibit any display of the Confederate flag on school property unless it is part of the...


Tuesday’s high schools: Belchertown qualifies for girls tennis postseason
05-09-2017 11:44 PM

Staff reports

The Belchertown girls tennis team qualified for the postseason with a 5-0 win at West Springfield on Tuesday.Jordyn Paul held off Ally Fontaine 6-2, 6-1 at No. 1 singles.Julia Morgado and Madison Slater needed three sets at No. 1 doubles. They beat...


Tuesday’s high schools: Matt Hewes, Smith Vocational drop pitchers’ duel to Andrew Roman, Pathfinder
05-09-2017 11:42 PM

Staff reports

Matt Hewes and Andrew Roman were locked in a pitchers’ duel, Tuesday at Arcanum Field in Florence.Hewes allowed three hits and struck out 11, but Roman allowed three hits and fanned 14 as Pathfinder beat Smith Vocational, 2-1.Hunter Brooks, Hewes...


Easthampton man pleads not guilty to 61 counts in bomb-making case, held on $150,000 bail
05-09-2017 10:43 PM

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — An Easthampton man accused of manufacturing explosives and explosive devices was ordered held on $150,000 bail Tuesday. Bryan O. Desmarais, 42, of 36 Ridgewood Terrace, pleaded not guilty in Hampshire Superior Court Tuesday afternoon...


Winter ticks: the pest hammers moose population as warming climate moves in
05-09-2017 4:45 PM

By JACK SUNTRUP

Winter ticks, it seems, live by climate change and die by climate change.The parasitic blood-suckers have hammered the New England moose population for years. Shorter winters mean a greater likelihood tick larvae live long enough to grab onto a host....


Demonstrators prompt temporary ban on Confederate flag at Easthampton High School
05-09-2017 3:37 PM

By CAITLIN ASHWORTH

EASTHAMPTON — Dozens of students, parents and some community members gathered outside Easthampton High School Monday morning to create a “disruption of education” in response to a student being allowed to wear a Confederate flag sweatshirt to school...


Belchertown Town Meeting delays decision on HCOG withdrawal
05-09-2017 1:04 AM

By Chance Viles

Belchertown — Despite approving many articles at annual Town Meeting Monday night, one of the most anticipated proposals — a potential withdrawal from the Hampshire Council of Governments — was shelved until next month due to a technical...


Amherst TM approves sanctuary community bylaw
05-08-2017 11:52 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — By an overwhelming majority, Town Meeting on Monday declared Amherst a sanctuary community, ensuring what supporters say will mean better protection of civil rights for all residents.At the fifth session of annual Town Meeting, members voted...


Chesterfield TM funds money for new veteran’s park, dump truck, police handguns
05-08-2017 11:22 PM

By FRAN RYAN

CHESTERFIELD — After four years of planning, work on a new Veterans Park is expected to begin this summer after Town Meeting’s decision Monday night to approve $34,430 toward its construction next to Town Hall. The 67 of the town’s 901 voters who...


Polio survivors thought they had conquered the devastating disease only to be stunned by its vengeance years later
05-08-2017 7:21 PM

By LISA SPEAR

When polio swept the nation in the early to mid 20th century, Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton had a ward full of cribs for sick babies. Some children spent weeks in the hospital, behind glass, not able to touch another human being, survivors...


Northampton Pride Parade defies rain, marches on
05-08-2017 10:55 AM

By MORGAN HUGHES

NORTHAMPTON — Despite the threat of rain, an estimated 30,000 people were out on the streets for the 36th annual Northampton Pride Parade, which kicked off at noon Saturday.Tens of thousands of cheerful and colorfully decorated people lined up around...


Hampshire County to receive more than $6.5 million in state aid for roads
05-07-2017 11:43 PM

By EMILY CUTTS

Hampshire County is set to get nearly $6.6 million in state aid to help repair roads, with $1 million of that total headed to Northampton.The money has been authorized for the county as part of a $200 million Chapter 90 reimbursements bill signed by...


Arts form bridge for River Roll and Stroll Festival
05-07-2017 9:01 PM

By JACK SUNTRUP

HOLYOKE — The Connecticut River powered over the Holyoke Dam Sunday under an overcast sky, and hundreds of people stopped to see it.From Route 116’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge, that view is not a new one. But for the first time ever, MassDOT on...


Students, teachers at Leeds Elementary in Northampton mourn death of beloved staff member Phyllis Ryan
05-05-2017 11:58 PM

By CAITLIN ASHWORTH

LEEDS — Just about everyone at Leeds Elementary School knew Phyllis Ryan.Always the first person at school and the last to leave, Ryan was there to greet the early-bird students with a hug at 7 a.m. and say goodbye to the after-school students at 5...


EHS student who wore Confederate flag sweatshirt to school within his civil rights, school officials say
05-05-2017 11:51 PM

By CAITLIN ASHWORTH

EASTHAMPTON — An Easthampton High School student who wore a Confederate flag sweatshirt to school Wednesday was within his civil rights to do so, despite racial tension that has erupted at the school in recent weeks.School officials, based on advice...


Jones Library costs likely underestimated
05-05-2017 11:32 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — With potential costs for deferred maintenance at the Jones Library likely significantly higher than estimates included in a report released this week, library officials said Thursday that pursuing a state grant for an expansion and...

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