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  • CAROL LOLLIS left Nicolas Argueta and Carlos Morales, employees of Nourse Farm, put up a High Tunnel structure which will extend the growing season of berries.

    CAROL LOLLIS left Nicolas Argueta and Carlos Morales, employees of Nourse Farm, put up a High Tunnel structure which will extend the growing season of berries. Purchase photo reprints »

  • JERREY ROBERTS Chris Davies

    JERREY ROBERTS Chris Davies Purchase photo reprints »

  • JERREY ROBERTS Southampton firefighter Jeremy LaRochelle douses a hay field in the aftermath of a brush fire Monday in Pomeroy Meadow Road in Southampton.

    JERREY ROBERTS Southampton firefighter Jeremy LaRochelle douses a hay field in the aftermath of a brush fire Monday in Pomeroy Meadow Road in Southampton. Purchase photo reprints »

  • Dynamic duo KEVIN GUTTING Ryan Gougeon, left, of Worthington and Jack Rustico of Goshen, both 4, trike around the New Hingham Elementary School gymnasium earlier this month.

    Dynamic duo KEVIN GUTTING Ryan Gougeon, left, of Worthington and Jack Rustico of Goshen, both 4, trike around the New Hingham Elementary School gymnasium earlier this month. Purchase photo reprints »

  • KEVIN GUTTING George Delia, left, a senior in the Stockbridge School of the University of Massachusetts, helps judge the knot-tying abilities of Norfolk County Agricultural High School students, in hard hats from left, Alan Quinn, Jonathan Rice and Vinny Francios (only hands visible) during an arbor skills career development contest held in Look Park on Wednesday. Several state vocational schools from as far away as Cape Cod took part in the one day event hosted by the Forestry department at Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School.

    KEVIN GUTTING George Delia, left, a senior in the Stockbridge School of the University of Massachusetts, helps judge the knot-tying abilities of Norfolk County Agricultural High School students, in hard hats from left, Alan Quinn, Jonathan Rice and Vinny Francios (only hands visible) during an arbor skills career development contest held in Look Park on Wednesday. Several state vocational schools from as far away as Cape Cod took part in the one day event hosted by the Forestry department at Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School. Purchase photo reprints »

  • JASON PICARD Samuel Rowlett sets his camera up on a tripod and uses a remote trigger to capture shadows as they fall on his giant backpack mounted canvas in Williamsburg on Friday, April 11th.

    JASON PICARD Samuel Rowlett sets his camera up on a tripod and uses a remote trigger to capture shadows as they fall on his giant backpack mounted canvas in Williamsburg on Friday, April 11th.

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Personnel reductions among cuts proposed to cover nearly $1 million Belchertown budget gap

BELCHERTOWN — Town Administrator Gary Brougham and school Superintendent Judith Houle have presented members of the School and Finance committees a list of cuts being considered to fill a gap … 0

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Home plate umpire Gerry Davis ejects New York Yankees starting pitcher Michael Pineda after a foreign substance was discovered on his neck in the second inning of the Yankees' baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston, Wednesday, April 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Pineda tossed for pine tar; Red Sox beat Yanks 5-1

BOSTON — Yankees pitcher Michael Pineda was ejected for using pine tar less than two weeks after appearing to get away with using a foreign substance in another game against … 0

Opinion »
Gazette File photo Former Amherst High School teacher Ronald T. Garney appeared in Hampshire Superior Court in 2007 to face 11 counts of possession of child pornography.

Editorial: Former Amherst teacher who admitted using child porn should not receive pension

A question now before the state’s highest court is whether teachers have a moral, professional and ethical obligation to have nothing to do with child pornography. Of course they do. … 0

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CAROL LOLLIS "if you’re listening to me and I sound like I’m wearing a starched collar, or drinking tea with my pinkie extended, just smack me,” John Nowacki says.

Happy to be back in the field John Nowacki, former deejay, is the new host of WFCR-FM’s morning classical musical show

Several years back, John Nowacki, who’d spent years doing classical music broadcasting, suddenly found himself wearing a different hat when the Connecticut station he’d worked for switched to an all-news … 1

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This undated image provided by the U.S. Army shows Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. The nearly five-year effort to free the only American soldier held captive in Afghanistan is scattered among numerous federal agencies with a loosely organized group of people working on it mostly part time, according to two members of Congress and military officials involved in the effort. An ever-shrinking U.S. military presence in Afghanistan has re-focused attention on efforts to bring home Bergdahl, who has been held by the Taliban since June 30, 2009. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)

Taliban ready to deal on captive US soldier?

WASHINGTON — The captors of an American soldier held for nearly five years in Afghanistan have signaled a willingness to release him but are unclear which U.S. government officials have … 0

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