Friday, November 20, 2009
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.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Easthampton - Laurie J. Glass, 49, of Cottage Street, died Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009 in Worcester after a brief illness.
Born Sept. 26, 1960 in Westfield to Henry and Rita (LaMountain) Wajda, she grew up in Southampton and was a graduate of Hampshire Regional High School. Laurie has lived in Easthampton for the past 10 years. She was a seamstress and enjoyed crossword puzzles.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
SOUTHAMPTON - Town residents will take up a fiscal 2010 budget that is nearly $50,000 less than the one they approved this spring at 7 tonight at special Town Meeting in the William E. Norris Elementary School on Pomeroy Meadow Road.
The $13.01 million budget voters approved in June has dropped to $12.96 million due to reductions in regional school and health insurance costs.
Monday, November 16, 2009
BOSTON - In announcing painful budget cuts last month, Gov. Deval Patrick highlighted the fact local aid - the money cities and towns use to fund schools and emergency services - would not be touched.
Friday, November 13, 2009
NORTHAMPTON - Freed from prison after appealing a rape conviction, an area man now has taken responsibility for the 2004 sexual assault, which took place in the Meadows section of the city.
Before his release, Francis H. Desmarais, 58, had served nearly two years' worth of a four- to six-year sentence. Thanks to a plea agreement reached Thursday, he won't do any more time.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
SOUTHAMPTON - Thirteen-year-old Matthew Labrie has won awards for showing horses since he was 3, but he is most proud of the championships he received last month at the All American Quarter Horse Congress in Ohio, the world's largest single-breed horse show.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
SOUTHAMPTON - Wallace J. MacDonald, 80, of Mountain View Circle, died Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, in Cooley Dickinson Hospital.
