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Hatfield Historical Museum curator  on mission to  preserve the past

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

HATFIELD — When Kathie Gow took over as curator of the Hatfield Historical Museum three years ago, she was nearly buried alive by the town’s 343-year-old history. Boxes piled waist-high, milk crates and bags of artifacts donated by residents over decades lined and stuffed areas of the one-room museum. Drawers, shelves and corners were crammed with centuries-old town documents, miscellaneous … 0

Federal budget cuts result in fewer Pioneer Valley Head Start slots

Monday, June 17, 2013

NORTHAMPTON — Without the city’s Head Start childcare program, Jennifer Allen said she could not have held onto her first job in six years, a … 0

Testimony begins in Granby arson trial of Scott Szaban

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

NORTHAMPTON — Testimony began Tuesday in the trial of the Granby man who prosecutors say started a 2011 house fire that “burned the memories and … 0

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Patricia Gillepsie practices cantering with her horse at Stone Pony Farm in Leverett on June 16, 2013. She has been riding horses since 1989. AYRIKA WHITNEY Cantering in Leverett
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Special to The Recorder Ayrika Whitney Several people spent the afternoon boating and fishing on Leverett Pond in Leverett on Sunday.

Leverett sends invasive aquatic plants in town pond packing 

Sunday, June 16, 2013

LEVERETT — In an effort to combat a growing infestation of invasive aquatic plants, the Friends of Leverett Pond — a local lake preservation organization — applied an herbicidal treatment to Leverett Pond last week aiming to control … 0

The proposed site of Pleasant View Estates, a 10-home subdivision planned by Chester and Susan Kellogg, is at the center of this aerial photograph. COURTESY OF THE TOWN OF SOUTHAMPTON.

Housing planned for farmland in Southampton

Sunday, June 16, 2013

SOUTHAMPTON — A 10-home subdivision proposed for a 30-acre piece of Pleasant Street farmland has gotten preliminary approval from the Planning Board, but one Conservation Commission member is hoping to find a way to preserve the property. Chester … 0

Recorder/Paul Franz Acres of cultivated fields in Northfield.

Franklin County gets $74,000 to expand food supplies

Friday, June 14, 2013

With completion of a “Sustainable Franklin County” plan that calls for the region to protect farmland and expand local food supplies, a new $74,000 grant will advance “strategic food system planning” over the next year to help build … 0

Northampton police weekend arrest/crime report

Sunday, June 16, 2013

∎ Keith A. Plummer Jr., 30, of West Springfield, was arrested Sunday at 12:34 a.m. on charges of vandalizing property and disorderly conduct outside McLadden’s Irish Publick House on Pleasant Street. Police said officers observed Plummer exit the pub with his hands up yelling and then break a … 0

Local city and town government meetings coming up this week

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Amherst TODAY: Select Board, 11 a.m., Town Hall TUESDAY: Municipal Affordable Housing Trust Fund Subcommittee, 10 a.m.; Shade Tree Committee, 4 p.m.; Planning Board and Housing and Sheltering Committe, 7 p.m.; Select Board, 7 p.m., all at Town Hall WEDNESDAY: Town Meeting Coordinating Committee, 5 p.m., Town Hall; … 0

Workers pull weeds in the rain Thursday morning at Town Farm in Northampton. CAROL LOLLIS

Valley farmers make the most of rainy start to season

Friday, June 14, 2013

On June 1, the sun beat down on the Valley, temperatures soared into the 90s, and residents got out their summer gear and beach umbrellas. But since then, they’ve traded them in for actual umbrellas. So far in … 1

STEVE PFARRER Quabbin Reservoir.

State police object to Eastern Hampshire District Court ruling in Quabbin trespassing case

Friday, June 14, 2013

BELCHERTOWN — The Massachusetts State Police are challenging a decision by a clerk magistrate not to issue criminal complaints against seven people who allegedly trespassed at the Quabbin Reservoir last month. The late-night incident, involving people from Northampton, … 3

Robert and Jenn Meeropol COURTESY

Leadership of Rosenberg Fund for Children passed on to father-founder's daughter

Friday, June 14, 2013

EASTHAMPTON — The Rosenberg Fund for Children’s slogan is “carry it forward.” For its founder, that means letting a daughter take it from here. “A part of the mission of the RFC is to pass on progressive values … 0

New owners of McFaddens, renovate, reopen, rename it Riverview Bar and Grill

Friday, June 14, 2013

WILLIAMSBURG — Born and raised in Haydenville, David Lacourse met his wife Lori at a bar called The Last Chance on Route 9 before that establishment was renamed McFaddens. Now 19 years later they are returning with their … 2

Laurie Hodgdon KEVIN GUTTING

Hampshire Regional Principal Laurie Hodgdon to leave job after two years

Friday, June 14, 2013

WESTHAMPTON — Hampshire Regional High School Principal Laurie Hodgdon will leave her job at the end of the month, two years after she started. School District Superintendent Craig Jurgensen said Friday that Hodgdon is leaving to take a … 0

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