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Area experts reach out to educate about Lyme disease

Monday, May 20, 2013

T he tall grass this time of year means more than just getting ready to fire up the lawn mower; it also means getting the word out about the Lyme disease-carrying deer ticks out in increasing numbers that attach themselves to people and their pets as they pass through it. With the month of May again declared “Lyme Disease Awareness … 1

Thomas "Britt" Percy, center, who had a heart attack while driving two weeks ago, stands with Carol Ostiguy-Finneran, her daughter, Gigi, 2, and Wilson Pyle Thursday at the site where his car felled a tree at the corner of Jackson and Prospect Streets. Pyle, an emergency room physician who saw the accident, and Ostiguy-Finneran, who lives on Jackson Street, helped save Percy's life. JERREY ROBERTS

Heart-attack survivor Dr. Thomas 'Britt' Percy urges training in CPR

Monday, May 20, 2013

NORTHAMPTON — Dr. Thomas “Britt” Percy said since a group of bystanders saved his life when he had a heart attack while driving in Northampton April 11, friends and acquaintances have been inspired by the incident to get trained in CPR. “The more people that learn CPR, the better,” Percy, 46, said Sunday. … 0

Healthy living: Getting back to exercise as summer nears

Monday, May 20, 2013

It’s that time of year. As the weather gets warmer and signs of summer begin to appear all around us, we’re thinking about picking up old exercise activities (and perhaps a bottle of self-tanner). And, with joggers and cyclists filling the roads, and swimming pools opening their gates, who couldn’t avoid the exercise bug? It’s definitely a great time of year to be … 0

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Doug Laroche of Hampshire Regional, right, gets tagged out at first by Matt Serra of Monson on a pick from the pitcher Tuesday at Hampshire. JERREY ROBERTS Tuesday’s high schools: Hampshire baseball qualifies for postseason
The Laprade's game is kept in a box covered with pictures of their family that ran in the local papers. Custom trivia game reveals generations of Laprade family lore
Left, Dawud Lubieddin's things are laid out where a bench used to be on Main Street Northampton. Lubieddin talks with Abd Lomax of Northampton. Fewer Northampton benches in effort to curb loitering
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