Saturday, November 21, 2009
Technology helps nab suspect in laptop theft
AMHERST - Modern technology that included the use of surveillance cameras and an anti-theft device for a computer assisted University of Massachusetts police locate a man who stole a laptop and an iPod from a dorm room earlier this month.
Friday, November 20, 2009
· 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.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
AMHERST - Sabina Diamond Braunthal, 80, of Red Gate Lane, died of cancer on Nov 16, 2009, at the Center for Extended Care in Amherst.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
AMHERST - The number of veterans at the University of Massachusetts grew by almost 35 percent this year, a gain driven in part by improved education benefits. To accommodate these new students - who come to campus with different needs - UMass is implementing a host of programs.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
AMHERST - The high cost of health care is taking its toll on University of Massachusetts graduate students.
In an email survey of 500 graduate students, 66 percent of respondents said increased costs and changes to their health care coverage have dissuaded or inhibited them or family members from seeking care this fall.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
SUNDERLAND - Marion Rhodes, UMass Professor Emeritus, of Sunderland, died Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009, at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
The text of Henk Rossouw's 'Chez Times Square'.
