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Johanna Andreoli, front, of Easthampton, a graduate of the Women's Fund Leadership Institute for Political and Public Impact, speaks Wednesday during her graduation ceremony at the Log Cabin in Holyoke. 34 local women graduated. JERREY ROBERTS

Leadership Institute graduates new class of 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 she might like to run for political office one day. Andreoli and Elechko were among the 34 women who graduated this week … 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 GPS information from one of the hikers’ smartphones to pinpoint their location on a map … 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. They told him he was standing where spinning winds that seemed to toy with the … 0

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