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 …
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 …
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 …
Friday, June 14, 2013
AMHERST — Wildwood Elementary School’s cafeteria and multipurpose room will be renovated using a $25,000 gift from the Rotary Club of Amherst. The grant will be given at the club’s annual awards banquet to be held at the Lord Jeffery Inn Thursday at 5 p.m. This marks the …
Friday, June 14, 2013
When Greenfield resident Sandra Boston traveled to the West Bank in 2012, she made it her mission to witness and record what she calls the “apartheid situation” currently going on between the Israeli government and the Palestinian people. On Tuesday, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., at the …
Friday, June 14, 2013
Northampton • Police received a report at 8:18 a.m. Friday that the Overlook at Northampton sign and two traffic signs nearby on River Road in Leeds had been vandalized with spray paint. e_SBlt Zachary G. Johnson, 21, of Bernardston, refused medical treatment after the vehicle he was driving …
Friday, June 14, 2013
NORTHAMPTON — City police issued a statement Friday regarding telephone solicitations on behalf of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program, known as DARE. According to Capt. Scott A. Savino, the Northampton Police Department has no affiliation with DARE and has never benefitted from any money raised by the …
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, …
Friday, June 14, 2013
NORTHAMPTON — Putting to rest more than five years of debate on the issue, the School Committee voted 7-2 Thursday for a later start time at Northampton High School, effective no later than September 2014. Voting in favor …
Thursday, June 13, 2013
NORTHAMPTON — A steady downpour did not deter a farewell picnic late Thursday afternoon for Margaret “Margie” Riddle, who is retiring this month after more than three decades with the city schools — the past seven as principal …