Ledges 2010 rates target residents, young adults

SOUTH HADLEY - Ledges Golf Course will have a complex fee structure next season designed to entice more town residents and younger adults to play the municipal course.

South Hadley administrator search criticized by residents

SOUTH HADLEY - Five residents asked the Selectboard Tuesday to start anew the search for a new town administrator, but board members said they will proceed with interviews of the three remaining finalists Friday.

Around South Hadley: Beaver dam breach gets OK

Workers at Ledges Golf Course may use hand tools to breach the beaver dams near the bridge leading from the fourth hole to the fifth, the Conservation Commission ruled last week.

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.

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.

Residents criticize town administrator search in South Hadley

SOUTH HADLEY - Five residents asked the Selectboard Tuesday to start anew the search for a new town administrator, but board members said they will proceed with interviews of the three remaining finalists Friday.

Colleges' safety chief moves to Princeton

SOUTH HADLEY - Paul L. Ominsky, director of public safety at Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith colleges, will leave the Valley in January to head up the public safety department at Princeton University.