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Maria Dean, left, a third-grade student at Leeds School in Northampton, fields fellow students' guesses about the subject of her haiku during an annual poetry cafe in late April at the school. JERREY ROBERTS

Life at Leeds Elementary School

Friday, May 17, 2013

Leeds Elementary School student Xyomara Kessler, 8, competed in a softball throw event May 9 as part of the Special Olympics hosted by Northampton High School. Shown with Xyomara is Craig Murdock, who teaches adaptive physical education at Leeds. PHOTO BY SARAH CROSBY … 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 provides services for homeless veterans, at an outreach event in Springfield in 2010. Soldier On … 0

Naming the Baby

Friday, February 8, 2013

HINDS — Lyla Simonne, daughter of Nathaniel and Megan Hinds of Pelham, was born Dec. 31, 2012, at Elliot Hospital, Manchester, N.H. The maternal grandparents are Simonne and Roger Sansoucy of Saco, Maine. The paternal grandparents are Katherine and Spencer Hinds of Southampton. Lyla has one sister, Emma. MIAS — Nolan Fahey, son of Seth and Patricia Hourihan Mias of Holyoke, was born … 0

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Retired Northampton educator Kathleen Sheehan dies at 85

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

NORTHAMPTON — Kathleen M. “Kay” Sheehan, a retired educator whose indefatigable contributions as a civic leader during the past five decades touched thousands of lives in Northampton, died Monday at the Linda Manor Extended Care Facility in Leeds. … 0

Naming the baby

Friday, November 30, 2012

EMMETT — Kaelyn Marie, daughter of Nicholas and Alissa (Kuc) Emmett of Indian Orchard, was born Sept. 28 at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. The maternal grandparents are John and Diane Kuc of South Hadley. The paternal grandparents are Brian and Susan Emmett of Easthampton. The maternal great-grandparents … 0

Zetta McCormick, widow of recently passed John McCormick, in her Northampton home Tuesday. A number of Toy Fund donations have been made in John's name, something Zetta much prefers to flowers or other perishable donations. JOSH KUCKENS

Toy Fund donations honor spirit of John McCormick

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

NORTHAMPTON — After John F. McCormick stopped working as a nurse’s assistant at the VA Medical Center in Leeds more than a decade ago, he continued to follow his true vocation: people. During what would have been his … 0

JR Raschilla talks about his PTSD and brain injury and how it has affected his life since he has been home.

Veteran John Raschilla finds cycling soothes war’s trauma

Monday, November 19, 2012

Just about every day, John Raschilla suits up, puts on his helmet, grabs his bike and hits the road. He rides for 20 miles, maybe 30. And he doesn’t think all that much while the miles slip by. … 0

Naming the Baby

Friday, November 16, 2012

GLEASON — Declan Wilhelm, son of Daniel Gleason and Julie Wilhelm of Beaumont, Texas, was born Oct. 22 in St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Beaumont. The maternal grandparents are Stephen and Pam Wilhelm of Techachapi, Calif. The paternal grandparents are Daniel and Alison Gleason of Leeds. The maternal great-grandparent … 0

Lorrain Brisson, coordinator for the Horticulture Therapy program at the Veterans Affairs Central Western Massachusetts Health Care System (formerly VA Medical Center) in Leeds, places a pumpkin to be launched on a trebuchet during the ""Punkin' Chunkin'" event at the Northampton Campus on Wednesday. For a donation of $5, visitors could purchase a pumpkin, write a dedication on it and send it flying with the catapult crafted by veterans in the program. Proceeds benefit the 2012 Combined Federal Campaign. KEVIN GUTTING

VA hospital in Leeds raises money, challenges gravity with ancient technology, wagon full of pumpkins

Thursday, November 8, 2012

NORTHAMPTON — There are probably lots of easier ways to compost pumpkins than strapping them in to a 250-pound trebuchet and flinging them 70 feet into wooden targets. “But not one as much fun,” said Lorraine Brisson. Brisson, … 0

Friends and Neighbors

Friday, November 2, 2012

To submit an item to Friends & Neighbors send an email to kaubingazettenet.com or mail your news to the Daily Hampshire Gazette, Box 299, Northampton, MA 01061, c/o Friends & Neighbors.  Emmanuel College The following people were named to the spring semester dean’s list at the Boston college: … 0

HOLLY ROBINSON and CRAIG ROWE

Holly Robinson & Craig Rowe

Friday, November 2, 2012

Linda C. and David G. Robinson of Leeds announce the engagement of their daughter, Holly Odianna Robinson, of Philadelphia, Pa., to Craig Thomas Rowe, also of Philadelphia. Rowe is the son of Jim and Eileen Rowe of Harleysville, … 0

Ryo First-Arai of Leeds pleads not guilty to assaulting police officers while high on mushrooms

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

NORTHAMPTON — A Leeds teenager Wednesday denied charges that he assaulted two Northampton police officers. Ryo S. First-Arai, 19, of 523 Kennedy Road pleaded not guilty in Northampton District Court to two counts of assault and battery on a police officer and one count of resisting arrest. According … 2

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Guyettes celebrate 50th

Friday, October 5, 2012

George and Christine Guyette of Leeds celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at a gathering at the Northampton Country Club with family and close friends. George Guyette and Christine Clapp were married Sept. 1, 1962, at the Westhampton Congregational … 0

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