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Farmer Tobin Porter-Brown plants lettuce seed as he and Peter McLean get to work on Book & Plow Farm in Amherst.

SARAH CROSBY

Book & Plow: Amherst College farm takes shape on campus

Friday, May 17, 2013

AMHERST — Since the warm weather arrived, Peter McLean and Tobin Porter-Brown have been in the fields on Tuttle Hill in South Amherst building a greenhouse for the 45-acre farm they are starting from scratch. “We’ve been working really hard at getting this structure built and purchasing the necessary equipment to begin preparing the fields and beds,” Porter-Brown said. Recent … 0

MicroCal to close its Northampton facility, 40 employees affected

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

NORTHAMPTON — High-tech company MicroCal is closing its city plant in the Northampton Industrial Park over the next 18 months in a move that will mean the loss of 40 local jobs. General Electric Healthcare, which bought MicroCal in 2009, is preparing to transfer all activities at the Northampton facility to other company sites, spokesman Benjamin Fox said in a statement. Fox said … 0

Amber Ladley and Macey Faiella at the Eastworks building where they are opening their new business called Knack: the art of clever reuse.

'Creative reuse center' to open in Eastworks Building

Sunday, May 12, 2013

EASTHAMPTON — Amber Ladley and Macey Faiella met 10 years ago when they lived in the same apartment building in Easthampton. A decade later, their friendship and a shared love of creating useful items from what some people might consider trash has brought them back to the city to open a “creative reuse … 0