Indoor farmers market to debut in Thornes Marketplace basement

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.

Public to get say on Bean Farm

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.

Northampton city council backs 'living wage'

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.

Punishment of a child in Florence leads to charge of endangerment

NORTHAMPTON - Police Wednesday arrested a Florence man who allegedly disciplined his 10-year-old son by making him hold a jug full of water over his head for 30 minutes.

Bob Flaherty: Punching the clock with a month of poems

NORTHAMPTON - How much would you pay for a poem? Go ahead, reach into your pocket - we'll wait. A dime, a dollar and a subway token? We'll take it.

NHS 'AlumNite' to honor two

NORTHAMPTON - An annual Thanksgiving weekend all-classes Northampton High School reunion will be held Friday, Nov. 27, honoring two alumni, Jack Finn, who graduated in 1966 and Ann Rundquist Gottert, a 1997 graduate.

A Look Back

50 YEARS AGO

 · Winners of prizes at the card party of the Ladies Auxiliary, American Legion Post 28, on Monday were Lena Larkin, Albina Richards, Jeanette Williams, Arianna Bishop, Florence Holt, Mildred Smith, Flora LeBeau, Myrtle Anderson, Myrtle Charman, and Ella Benoit.