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Five arraigned after arrests in downtown Northampton fights

Monday, June 17, 2013

NORTHAMPTON — Two unrelated fights downtown early Sunday led to the arrests of five people and required assistance from state troopers and one neighboring police department. Northampton Police Capt. Scott A. Savino said four officers from Easthampton and two or three state troopers assisted with crowd control outside Tully O’Reilly’s Pub and Union Station while fights were being broken up and arrests were made. “A disturbance like this ties up … 0

Riels celebrate 60th

Friday, June 14, 2013

Edward and Jane Riel celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on June 6. Jane is the former Jane Roscoe. They were married June 6, 1953, in the Easthampton Congregational Church. The couple have three children, Loralee Cavanaugh, Amanda Belleville and Edward L. Riel; three grandsons, Robert Wiseman, William Cavanaugh and Edward L. Jr., and two great-granddaughters, Raylee Wiseman and Teagan Cavanaugh. Jane Riel was … 0

CAROL LOLLIS Renee Rose Picard during the Distinguished Young Women competition in 2011.

Distinguished Young Women of Easthampton seeks volunteers from area high schools

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

EASTHAMPTON — Distinguished Young Women of Easthampton is seeking student volunteers to assist its nonprofit scholarship program. Student representatives will help with a variety of tasks for the organization’s annual contest for high school juniors and seniors, including with weekly rehearsals during the lead-up to the event in November. Volunteer hours may be … 0

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NAMING THE BABY

Friday, June 7, 2013

CLARK — Charlie Michael, son of Michael and Kelly Clark of Easthampton, was born May 5 at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton. The maternal grandparents are Patrick and Elaine Gaynor of Hadley. The paternal grandparents are Curt and Suzanne Clark of Holyoke. The paternal great- grandmother is Eleaine … 0

Man shot to death in Holyoke

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

HOLYOKE (AP) — Holyoke police are investigating the city’s first homicide of the year. Police say a 35-year-old man was found lying in the street shot several times at about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. Officers on bike patrol who heard the gunfire responded to the scene and administered first … 0

Holyoke Community College plans ‘active shooter’ exercise

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

HOLYOKE — In a mass shooting, preparedness can mean the difference between life or death. Wednesday, Holyoke Community College will host a daylong exercise to train faculty and staff on how to react to an “active shooter” on campus. Graduate students from Boston University’s emergency preparedness program will … 0

A park featuring play structures that mimic natural elements is shown Thursday as part of the Mt. Tom State Reservation improvements taking place in Holyoke. SARAH CROSBY

Major improvements benefit Mount Tom State Reservation

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

EASTHAMPTON — Not since the Civilian Conservation Corps blazed trails during the New Deal program has more work gone on at the Mount Tom State Reservation. Volunteers, state-hired contractors and park staff have spent the past few years … 2

Bridge Street School 4th-grader Elizabeth Watts draws, Wednesday, alongside classmate Finn Puckett, 8, at the school. The Watts family, who are from Holyoke, have chosen to attend Bridge Street School in Northampton. SARAH CROSBY

Options help families find schools that meet needs

Friday, May 24, 2013

NORTHAMPTON — When Mark Watts’ oldest daughter reached school age five years ago, he and wife Deborah Miller wanted to enroll Pippa in public school. Some of the other families in their Holyoke Highlands neighborhood were sending their … 3

A common nighthawk U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

Migrants in area, nesting birds settle in

Friday, May 24, 2013

The Audubon Society has reported a variety of recent bird sightings in western Massachusetts. Some uncommon migrants found in the region over the weekend were common nighthawk, olive-sided flycatcher, Swainson’s thrush, Cape May warbler, Tennessee warbler, bay-breasted warbler, … 0

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

Institute graduates latest class of 34 women leaders

Thursday, May 23, 2013

HOLYOKE — When Florence resident Kristen Elechko shifted her career focus from business to social change, she looked to the Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts to prepare her to make that leap. Johanna Andreoli, 31, of Easthampton, decided … 0

Cellphone helps save disoriented hikers on Mount Tom

Thursday, May 23, 2013

HOLYOKE — A cellphone helped save a pair of hikers who became disoriented while walking a trail on Mount Tom State Reservation Thursday afternoon. State police Trooper Reid Bagley said the hikers called for help at 12:45 p.m., after they realized they were turned around. A dispatcher used … 0

Gregory Stone talks about his show of new works, "Journey of the Thumbnail", at A.P.E. Gallery in Northampton through May 25. KEVIN GUTTING

Painter Gregory Stone seeks to turn bad news into beauty

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

A few days after tornadoes hit Springfield June 1, 2011, painter Gregory Stone drove to the west bank of the Connecticut River to find the place a water spout had been captured on video. Stone saw mangled guardrails. … 0

Army Sgt. First Class Jack Miller of Goshen, left, and Thomas Pease, Sr. Vice Commander of VFW Post 8006 in Florence, walk Saturday to close the ceremony portion of the Small Town Veterans Expo at the Cummington Fairgrounds. Miller and Pease are Vietnam veterans. SARAH CROSBY

Veterans services highlighted at expo in Cummington

Saturday, May 11, 2013

CUMMINGTON — Iraq war veteran Alonzo Swift lived in his car for close to four years after becoming unemployed soon after his return from duty in 2005. This changed when he learned about Soldier On, an organization that … 0

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