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  • Writer Bruce Watson's ebook is displayed on an iPad Friday in his Leverett home. SARAH CROSBY

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  • Helen Kowal, 100, of Hadley, receives the Boston Post Gold Cane and a certificate from Jane Wagenbach Booth, who is the Hadley Council on Aging senior services director, Thursday at Calvin Coolidge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Northampton. JERREY ROBERTS

    Helen Kowal, 100, of Hadley, receives the Boston Post Gold Cane and a certificate from Jane Wagenbach Booth, who is the Hadley Council on Aging senior services director, Thursday at Calvin Coolidge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Northampton. JERREY ROBERTS Purchase photo reprints »

  • Jennifer Lawless speaks during a graduation ceremony for the Women's Fund Leadership Institute for Political and Public Impact Wednesday at the Log Cabin in Holyoke.JERREY ROBERTS

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Silas Pilapil, of Pelham, and Stacey Lennard, who is the director of Youth Action Coalition, paint a mural Tuesday during a community paint day at East Street School in Amherst. Members of YAC's Get Up Get Down group invited the public to help paint. JERREY ROBERTS

Teen taste in footwear focus of downtown mural in Amherst

AMHERST — Kids like their footwear. “You can recognize my Vans shoes from a mile away,” says Tabitha Klamm, 17, of Amherst. And soon her Vans, with brightly colored laces, … 0

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Cody Baglow, left, and Jonathan Traester of Amherst celebrate after Amherst scores Friday against Northampton during a lacrosse game at Northampton High School. SARAH CROSBY

Amherst eliminates rival Northampton from playoff contention

NORTHAMPTON — The Northampton boys lacrosse team put its entire season on the line in Friday night’s showdown with Amherst Regional. Unfortunately for the Blue Devils, the Hurricanes found enough … 0

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    In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, greets North Korean Vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae in Beijing Friday, May 24, 2013. The top North Korean envoy delivered a letter from leader Kim Jong Un to Xi on Friday and told him Pyongyang would take steps to rejoin stalled six-nation nuclear disarmament talks, in an apparent victory for Beijing's efforts to coax its unruly ally into lowering tensions. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Rao Aimin) NO SALES

    N. Korean signals it will resume nuke talks

    BEIJING (AP) — A top North Korean envoy delivered a letter from leader Kim Jong Un to Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday and told him Pyongyang would take steps … 0

    Living »
    In this image taken on May 13, 2013, pulled pork tacos, left, and lentil tacos are served on a plate as seen in Concord, NH. (AP Photo/Matthew Mead)

    Chutney tacos? You betcha! Top chefs offer up fresh takes on taco night

    When salsa overtook ketchup as America’s favorite condiment in the 1990s you had to know that “taco night” wasn’t far behind. Simple, satisfying and inexpensive, hard or soft tacos filled … 0

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    Chris Barcomb, of Easthampton, sits where a bench used to be in front of Hay Market Cafe on Main Street Northampton Tuesday afternoon.

    Editorial: What makes a downtown?

    In response to long-standing problems reported by downtown shopkeepers, Mayor David J. Narkewicz took decisive action last week when he authorized the removal of six benches that had long been … 1

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