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  • Patricia Gillepsie practices cantering with her horse at Stone Pony Farm in Leverett on June 16, 2013. She has been riding horses since 1989. AYRIKA WHITNEY

    Patricia Gillepsie practices cantering with her horse at Stone Pony Farm in Leverett on June 16, 2013. She has been riding horses since 1989. AYRIKA WHITNEY Purchase photo reprints »

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  • Belchertown Head Coach Matt Stenuis calls a time out in the first inning after Wahconah scored four runs Wednesday at Sortino Field. JERREY ROBERTS

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  • Abdou Sarr teaches the second graders of Bridge Street School in Northampton about African dances Friday during the school's Celebrate the World festival. The school received a grant from the Northampton Education Foundation to bring Sarr and Tony Vacca (not pictured) to the school for their international festivities. AYRIKA WHITNEY

    Abdou Sarr teaches the second graders of Bridge Street School in Northampton about African dances Friday during the school's Celebrate the World festival. The school received a grant from the Northampton Education Foundation to bring Sarr and Tony Vacca (not pictured) to the school for their international festivities. AYRIKA WHITNEY Purchase photo reprints »

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Six Hampshire County eateries vie to be chili champion

NORTHAMPTON — Texan and 36th President of the United States Lyndon Johnson is quoted as saying, “Chili concocted outside of Texas is usually a weak, apologetic imitation of the real … 0

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Two members of the Massachusetts State Police walk toward the front door of the home of New England Patriot's NFL football player Aaron Hernandez in North Attleborough, Mass., Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Their knock on the door went unanswered. State and local police spent hours at the home Tuesday as another group of officers searched an industrial park about a mile away where a body was discovered the day before. (AP Photo/Erika Niedowski)

Police at Patriots TE Aaron Hernandez’s home for second day

BOSTON — A man found dead in an industrial park about a mile from New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez’s house was a semi-pro football player with connections to … 0

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FILE - In this June 6, 2013, file photo, a woman talks on the phone outside the U.S. Courthouse in Washington, where the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court resides. The obscure oversight board that President Barack Obama wants to scrutinize the National Security Agency’s secret surveillance system is little known for good reason. The U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board has operated fitfully during its eight years of its low-profile existence, stymied by Congressional in-fighting and its work at times censored by government lawyers. The privacy board planned to meet privately Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in its first meeting since revelations that the NSA has been secretly collecting the phone records of millions of Americans: It was closed to the public. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Obama relying on untested oversight board on NSA

WASHINGTON — The obscure oversight board that President Barack Obama wants to scrutinize the National Security Agency’s secret surveillance system is little known for good reason. The U.S. Privacy and … 0

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PHOTO COURTESY OF STERLING AND FRANCINE CLARK ART INSTITUTE Winslow Homer, "A Good Pool, Saguenay River," 1895. Watercolor over graphite, with scraping, on cream wove paper

Clark Museum in Williamstown opens show featuring over 200 works of Winslow Homer

Winslow Homer was likely one the most prolific American artists of the 19th century. In a career that began as an in-demand illustrator, he also became one of the most … 0

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Editorial: Grant boon for UMass, Valley

State Rep. Ellen Story called it a “glorious, glorious day” for the University of Massachusetts, and she was right. Gov. Deval Patrick stopped by the Amherst campus earlier … 0

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