Friday, November 20, 2009
The Lord Jeffery Inn's lost year - and then some - is coming at last to an end. Amherst College this week announced it will move ahead with a $14 million renovation project that will enable the inn to reopen roughly 50 rooms, expand its restaurant and introduce a ballroom by the spring of 2011.
Friday, November 20, 2009
NORTHAMPTON - This is the time of year that farmers markets start folding up their tents and the people who like to shop at them start feeling a loss. But this year in Northampton, a new indoor farmers market is launching; it'll be open Saturdays in the basement of Thornes Marketplace. Aptly named the Winter Farmers Market, the site will be open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Friday, November 20, 2009
On the morning of June 6, 2008, Adam Langlais, a burly 34-year-old then living in Chicopee, woke up sweating inexplicably. He called his mother in Florence - What did she think the sweating meant? What was wrong with him? - then went back to bed. Everyone found out later that night, when Langlais suffered a brain stem stroke that left him with 'locked-in' syndrome -- a condition that usually leaves its victims able only to blink except in rare cases. Langlais, it turns out, is one of those rare cases.
Friday, November 20, 2009
NORTHAMPTON - Today is the 10th anniversary of National Adoption Day, an effort to celebrate the creation of families through public adoption of children from foster care. This morning, we join 200 families from across the Commonwealth as we adopt our son.
Friday, November 20, 2009
"Sesame Street" hit the air only a few weeks after my 3rd birthday, the year that my memories begin. In reflecting on its 40th anniversary last week, I realized that my consciousness was shaped by lessons I learned from the show.
Friday, November 20, 2009
NORTHAMPTON - The city has reached a tentative agreement to buy a majority of the Bean Farm near downtown Florence for $910,000, but the City Council Thursday tabled a decision on whether to endorse the purchase until councilors have a chance to hear from the public.
Friday, November 20, 2009
NORTHAMPTON - A young girl named Tatiana said it best Thursday night: "Everybody deserves a chance." And as it did 11 years ago, the City Council Thursday threw its support behind a measure that encourages business owners to offer that chance and pay their employees a living wage.
