District Courts

In Eastern Hampshire District Court Tuesday before Judge Maureen Walsh:

BUCKLEY-BRAWNER, Krysten V., 31, Granby, had dismissed upon payment of $50 in court costs a charge of operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license.

Sentenced to jail

Area Police News

Police alert residents to string of break-ins

AMHERST - Police are asking residents of North Amherst apartment complexes to be aware of suspicious people and to keep their doors and windows locked following a string of recent break-ins, including one Monday night in which burglars were still inside when the resident returned home.

Plan to remove quota on bobcat hunt draws fire

NORTHAMPTON - State wildlife officials ran into a furor of criticism at a public information session Tuesday night from residents worried about a proposed change to the regulations governing bobcat hunting in Massachusetts.

Hospital softens flu rules: CDH allows kids over 14 to visit

NORTHAMPTON - A recent drop in reported swine flu cases has prompted officials at Cooley Dickinson Hospital to lower the age restriction on a new flu-related temporary visitation policy last week.

Two Northampton teens held in Easthampton armed robbery; two more sought

EASTHAMPTON - Two Northampton teens were ordered held without bail Tuesday and two others remain at large for their alleged involvement in an armed robbery at a Pleasant Street rooming house Monday evening.

Growth eyed for historic Northampton district

NORTHAMPTON - In a move being driven in part by concern over the future expansion of Smith College, the Elm Street Historic District Commission would like to spread its wings into a pair of neighborhoods off Elm Street.

A Look Back

50 YEARS AGO

The Leonard Club will hold its weekly luncheon meeting Thursday at Rahar's Inn. The speaker will be Mrs. Richard Keating, who will discuss "Circle Players and the Community." Mrs. Keating is on the Forbes Library staff and a member of the faculty at Northanmpton Commercial College.