Monday, March 8, 2010
AMHERST - A dream season for the Amherst Regional girls basketball team ended with a nightmare shooting performance.
After 21 straight wins, the Hurricanes suffered their worst offensive night, and their first loss, of the season 45-39 to East Longmeadow in the Western Massachusetts Division 1 Tournament championship game on Saturday at Curry Hicks Cage.
Monday, March 8, 2010
AMHERST - When tournament director Lou Conte called the Amherst Regional seniors to midcourt to accept the Western Massachusetts Division 1 Tournament runner-up trophy, it was only fitting that the duo already was wrapped in a tight hug, trying to overcome the realization that their nine years as teammates had ended.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
AMHERST - A dream season for the Amherst Regional girls basketball team ended with a nightmare shooting performance.
After 21 straight wins, the Hurricanes suffered their worst offensive night, and their first loss, of the season 45-39 to East Longmeadow in the Western Massachusetts Division 1 Tournament championship game on Saturday at Curry Hicks Cage.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Mariah Lesure has lived her entire life in Amherst.
But it wasn't until last year that the Amherst Regional junior center, who will turn 17 next month, truly grasped the meaning of getting to the Curry Hicks Cage.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
SHUTESBURY - A 5-kilowatt solar project planned for Town Hall is set to go forward, after Shutesbury received nearly $57,000 in federal stimulus funding to finance the initiative.
The future of the project had been in doubt until the arrival of the federal funds.
Friday, March 5, 2010
shutesbury - In a resounding victory Wednesday night, April Stein, of 34 Montague Road, defeated Debra Pachanick, of 80 Lakeview Road, 142-54 in a special election to fill a vacancy on the Board of Selectmen.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
AMHERST - The Amherst Regional offense was off on Wednesday night.
It didn't matter. The defense was plenty good to keep the team undefeated.
