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Misses massing: Easthampton Junior Miss competitors take to the stage

NORTHAMPTON - Fundraising for the Greater Easthampton Junior Miss scholarship program - which takes to the stage Sunday - proved so successful this year the program will give away four scholarships per category Sunday instead of three.

Easthampton man files lawsuit stemming from injury with granite slab

NORTHAMPTON - An Easthampton homeowner who claims he was injured helping two workers who dropped a 700-pound concrete slab is seeking $1.6 million in damages from their employer and the company that contracted with them to perform the work.

Area Police News

Technology helps nab suspect in laptop theft

AMHERST - Modern technology that included the use of surveillance cameras and an anti-theft device for a computer assisted University of Massachusetts police locate a man who stole a laptop and an iPod from a dorm room earlier this month.

Area Police News

 · Latoya Diana Smith, 24, of 114 N. Whitney St., was arrested Thursday at 2:47 a.m. at the intersection of North Whitney and Main streets on charges of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and failure to stay within marked lanes, police said.

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Hatfield posts new property assessments

Briefs

Berkshire Trail loses heat briefly

CUMMINGTON - There was no heat for part of the day Wednesday at Berkshire Trail Elementary School because of a problem with the fuel tank, according to the school principal.

Photo: On eve of Smokeout, Easthampton classes offered wake-up call

On eve of Smokeout, Easthampton classes offered wake-up call

EASTHAMPTON - With all the anti-smoking campaigns undertaken over the years, you'd think the facts about how dangerous smoking is would have reached their intended targets: young people.

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