News and Information from Northampton, MA by the Daily Hampshire Gazette

HaTfield Historical Museum curator on mission to preserve the past
HATFIELD — When Kathie Gow took over as curator of the Hatfield Historical Museum three years ago, she was nearly buried alive by the town’s 343-year-old history. Boxes piled waist-high, milk crates and bags of artifacts donated by residents over decades lined and stuffed areas of the one-room museum. Drawers, shelves and corners were crammed …
South Hadley’s Ryan Horstman signs with Seattle Mariners
As he promised shortly after being drafted, Ryan Horstman is about to start his professional baseball career. The Seattle Mariners website reported Monday that Horstman, a left-handed pitcher from South Hadley whom the Mariners took in the fourth round of the First-Year Player Draft earlier this month, had officially signed. Terms of his deal were …2
Hadley bicyclists’ rights case rolls on in federal court
SPRINGFIELD — A long-running case involving bicyclists’ rights on the road and alleged police harassment played out in U.S. District Court Monday as a federal judge plied lawyers with highly detailed questions on their interpretations of the state’s traffic laws. After two hours of line-by-line examination of those laws, Magistrate Judge Kenneth P. Neiman postponed …1
Easthampton Mayor Michael Tautznik named ‘Housing Hero’
EASTHAMPTON — Mayor Michael A. Tautznik may not be able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, but state affordable housing advocates say he is a hero. Tautznik was one of the three state residents to be named a “Housing Hero” by the Massachusetts Housing Partnership, a public nonprofit that works with the state …
Hell's Kitchen Recap: Relay Run
If you're going to go out, you might as well go out with a bang. There are worse legs to get eliminated than one where you won a reward challenge (performing pretty solidly yourself), got a helicopter tour of Los Angeles, ate a lot of fancy caviar, and got touched on the leg by a …

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12:27PM

Reporter @GazetteRebecca will live-tweet Northampton override forum Wed. night #HampOverride

10:58PM

mangiaratti: Michelle #Chamuel runner-up on #TheVoice. #teamusher #westernma Danielle Bradbery is the winner.

10:57PM

mangiaratti: Danielle Bradbury is the winner of #thevoice

10:56PM

mangiaratti: swon brothers in third #thevoice

10:47PM

mangiaratti: Usher "can think of nothing sweeter" than if he gets to greet #Chamuel as the winner, "I get choked up just talking about it." #thevoice

10:31PM

mangiaratti: the three finalists were each awarded cars from @Kia #thevoice

10:30PM

mikemoranDHG: (link) NEER article on Agawam's Tyler Desrosiers, who's stepfather is Granby boys basketball coach Tim Sheehan.

09:37PM

mangiaratti: Michelle #Chamuel performed "Counting Stars" with OneRepublic on #thevoice finale. Winner to be announced tonight.

09:35PM

mangiaratti: If she wins, it would be "only an indication America recognizes the hard work she put in to be here.â - Usher o#Chamuele#thevoicece

09:03PM

Scoop2003: No Warrant, No Problem: How the Government Can Get Your Digital Data - ProPublica (link) via @ProPublica

07:51PM

GazetteUMass: UMass football start times and some useful broadcast notes for the 2013 season (link)

07:49PM

_groccia: I'll drink to that! Rachel Maddow Improved the PiÃ±a Colada(link)9

07:23PM

GazetteUMass: Might not be a bad idea to pick up Jake Ballard for your NFL fantasy leagues

06:40PM

Red Sox 3, Rays 1

06:36PM

Police visit home of Patriots TE Aaron Hernandez

06:10PM

gazettenet: Error leads to 550 property owners getting extra tax bills in Northampton. (link)

05:44PM

mikemoranDHG: Stumbled on scorebook with Kevin Ziomek perfect game against Hamp in postseason of junior year. (link)

05:42PM

Bolivian girl mauled by dog to fly to US for help

05:21PM

Rays struggle against Aceves, lose 5-1 to Boston

05:01PM

gazettenet: Photo of the Day: This horse is giving the camera her best "blue steel" at Stone Pony Farm in Leverett,

04:44PM

Red Sox put RHP Buchholz on disabled list

04:01PM

mangiaratti: Granby arson trial of Scott Szaban begins - (link) (by @BDGazette)

03:44PM

Miss. AG Hood say he'll subpoena Google on drugs

03:43PM

Stanley Cup Game 3 draws record viewers for NBCSN

03:32PM

Ortiz, Red Sox top Rays in rainy twinbill opener

03:32PM

Gomes' HR lifts Red Sox to doubleheader sweep

03:25PM

kristinpalpini: Family w/5 cancer charities-Cancer Fund of America-pay CEO wages 2about 12 kin Under 2cents per $1 raised aids sick (link)

03:25PM

AP: AP VIDEO: NYC 911 dispatcher spent 8 hours on phone with stroke victim until woman was located: (link) -RJJ

03:20PM

WWLP22News: State police investigating suspicious package at Ludlow rest area (link)

03:19PM

Red Sox 5, Rays 1

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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 Purchase photo reprints »
Center, from left: Sarah Dobrow, Sage Loomis, Heather Giguere JERREY ROBERTS 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 Purchase photo reprints »
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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 Purchase photo reprints »

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Tue 18 Jun	The Summer of Love: Psychedelic Posters from the SCMA Collection Smith College Museum of Art - Northampton
Tue 18 Jun	Job Seeker's Support Group Forbes Library - Northampton 01:30 PM- 03:00 PM
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Testimony begins in Granby arson trial of Scott Szaban

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San Antonio Spurs' Tim Duncan shoots against Miami Heat during the second half at Game 5 of the NBA Finals basketball series, Sunday, June 16, 2013, in San Antonio. The Spurs won 114-104. (AP Photo/John G. Mabanglo, Pool)

Back home, Heat try to stop a 5th Spurs NBA title

MIAMI — The Miami Heat weren’t supposed to be in this situation. Not now, anyway. Coming home from Texas with their season on the line in 2011 was one thing. … 0

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Jean Atkinson
(Knoxville, TN)
Dorothy M. Burke
(Amherst, MA)
Warren A. Hebert
(West hatfield, MA)
Paul C. Huner
(Amherst, MA)
Thomas Kowal
(Easthampton, MA)
Daniel T. LaValley
(Easthampton, MA)
Paula J. Mott
(Florence, MA)
Willard H. Thayer
(Williamsburg, MA)

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This June 26, 2003 photo provided by the Werowocomoco Research Group, shows the Werowocomoco site trench features under excavation by William & Mary students in Gloucester, Va. The farm field overlooking the York River is believed to where Pocahontas interceded with her powerful father Powhatan to rescue Capt. John Smith from death, a fanciful footnote in the history books for many Virginia Indians and historians. (AP Photo/Werowocomoco Research Group)

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