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Gougeons lone bidder for Florence Community Center

Monday, May 20, 2013

NORTHAMPTON — A dozen parties expressed interest in buying the Florence Community Center, but the city received a single bid Monday for the property. The Gougeon family of Northampton offered to buy the former Florence Grammar School at 140 Pine St. for $321,500 under the newly formed Florence Arts & Business Center. It pledged to retain tenants already leasing space … 0

Bryan Lombardi new principal at Northampton High School 

Monday, May 20, 2013

NORTHAMPTON — When he takes the helm of Northampton High School in July, Bryan Lombardi said the working style he has developed during his six … 0

Amherst Town Meeting approves rental registration bylaw

Monday, May 20, 2013

AMHERST — A permitting system for all rental properties in Amherst will go into effect Jan. 1 after Town Meeting adopted a rental registration bylaw … 0

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Samantha Manitsas of Belchertown pitches to South Hadley Monday at Beech Grounds in South Hadley. JERREY ROBERTS Samantha Manitsas leads Belchertown comeback
From left, Alyssa Kuhn, 13, left, Bobby Peterson, 14, Sam Rilpelle, 13, Ashlyn Finnessey, 13, Tess McNamara, 12, Taylor Perrault, 13 and Katie Cole, 13, all students with JFK Middle School chorus teacher Steve Hinks,, sing while washing cars Sunday on King Street in Northampton to raise money for the chorus scholarship fund. SARAH CROSBY A little help from my friends
Father Bill Hamilton is sworn in as police department chaplain Wednesday at the Easthampton Public Safety Complex. SARAH CROSBY Rev. William Hamilton first Easthampton police chaplain
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A member of a security team helps guard an area of rubble from a destroyed residential neighborhood, one day after a tornado moved through Moore, Okla., Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against the winds. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Search on in Oklahoma City suburb devastated by massive tornado

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

MOORE, Okla. — Emergency crews searched the broken remnants of an Oklahoma City suburb Tuesday for survivors of a massive tornado that flattened homes and demolished an elementary school. At least 24 people were killed, including at least … 0

Granby aims to exit South Hadley’s Fire District 2

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

GRANBY — Town officials are awaiting the results of a petition brought by Granby residents to pull out of South Hadley’s Fire District 2 in Boston. Town officials and residents say the practice dates back to the early 1900s, when the fire department was all-volunteer, which is no … 0

UMass officials speed up discipline process in dealing with student off-campus infractions

Monday, May 20, 2013

AMHERST — Many University of Massachusetts students who ran afoul of the law this spring should have their student-code-of-conduct violations resolved before summer begins. Sally Linowski, assistant dean of students, said her office is using Skype technology to conduct hearings involving students who have already left town. There … 0

Myndi Bogdanovich unseats Beverly Phaneuf on Belchertown School Committee

Monday, May 20, 2013

BELCHERTOWN — Belchertown welcomes newcomer Myndi Bogdanovich to the School Committee this year in an election marked by low voter turnout. Bogdanovich unseated incumbent Beverly Phaneuf with 344 votes to Phaneuf’s 121. The third candidate, Thomas Soja, received 30 votes. Phaneuf had been a member of the school … 0

Goshen Town Meeting approves $2.4 million budget 

Monday, May 20, 2013

GOSHEN — Fifty-nine of 742 registered voters turned out for Monday’s annual Town Meeting, passing a fiscal 2014 budget of $2,423,530, which includes $630,888 for the Chesterfield-Goshen School District, $399,350 for the Hampshire Regional School District and $229,294 for Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School. Much of the … 0

Paul Alpers at Smith College in 2008. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO

Paul Alpers, husband of Smith College President Carol T. Christ, dies of cancer

Monday, May 20, 2013

NORTHAMPTON — Paul J. Alpers, the husband of Smith College President Carol T. Christ and an unofficial ambassador for the school, died Sunday night after a battle with cancer. Alpers, 80, died the same day that the college … 0

This drawing shows Smith College's plan for use of the site of the former Green Street Cafe in Northampton. It will be mainly green space.

Smith College moves ahead with plans to raze old Green Street Cafe building

Monday, May 20, 2013

NORTHAMPTON — Smith College will raze the former Green Street Cafe building next to Ford Hall next week and convert the site to green space as part of a long-term expansion plan. The demolition comes some 18 months … 0

JERREY ROBERTS Alan Snow, who is the chair of the Amherst Public Shade Tree Committee, stands beside a row of pin oaks on Kellogg Avenue in Amherst Wednesday.

Work to begin Tuesday on removing old pin oaks on Kellogg Avenue in Amherst

Monday, May 20, 2013

AMHERST — Work to remove two large pin oak trees on Kellogg Avenue, including a healthy specimen planted more than a century ago, is expected to begin Tuesday. The trees are being removed before the expansion of the … 0

Belchertown attorney Michael J. Pasterczyk stripped of law license for pocketing client’s insurance settlement

Monday, May 20, 2013

NORTHAMPTON — A Belchertown attorney has been disbarred and will be unable to practice law in Massachusetts after he kept a client’s insurance settlement from an auto accident. The state Supreme Judicial Court ruled in favor of the Board of Bar Overseers in stripping Michael J. Pasterczyk of … 0

Father Bill Hamilton is sworn in as police department chaplain Wednesday at the Easthampton Public Safety Complex. SARAH CROSBY

Rev. William Hamilton first Easthampton police chaplain

Monday, May 20, 2013

EASTHAMPTON — The newest person to wear an Easthampton Police Department badge is not a young recruit. He is a 60-year-old Catholic priest who said he will devote himself to supporting the city’s officers as they deal with … 0

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