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Michelle Chamuel of Amherst sings for the title on ‘The Voice’

Monday, June 17, 2013

NORTHAMPTON — When Michelle Chamuel, Amherst resident and finalist on NBC’s “The Voice,” visited the Valley with a television crew the week she made it into the show’s top five, she drew a crowd of around 100 at the Woodstar Café in Northampton, where she was hired as a barista in September 2012. Maggie Kaba, 36, a manager at Woodstar, … 0

Electrical storms Monday evening cause power outages

Monday, June 17, 2013

A few hundred homes, primarily in Hatfield, remained without power Monday evening after heavy electrical storms passed over Hampshire County around 5 p.m. “About 500 customers were affected by the weather that moved through tonight,” said Theresa Gilbert, a spokeswoman for Western Massachusetts Electric Co. Gilbert said most of the more than 200,000 customers who receive electricity from the utility company never lost … 0

Eric John Nawotny

Eric John Nawotny identified as sex offender in Northampton

Monday, June 17, 2013

NORTHAMPTON — Police are notifying the community of a registered Level 3 sex offender living in the city. Eric John Nawotny, 27, of 256 Jackson St., was convicted in 2005 of indecent assault and battery and rape of a child by force and was sentenced to two to four years in prison. Nawotny, … 0

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Center, from left: Sarah Dobrow, Sage Loomis, Heather Giguere JERREY ROBERTS Your Time: Childs Park, Northampton
Belchertown Head Coach Matt Stenuis calls a time out in the first inning after Wahconah scored four runs Wednesday at Sortino Field. JERREY ROBERTS Wahconah jumps on Belchertown, pulls away for Division 2 crown
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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

Friday’s local baseball: Pettengill Insurance walks off with win

Friday, June 14, 2013

It took a run in the bottom of the seventh inning, but Endy Sanchez earned the win in his no-hitter for Pettengill Insurance in American Legion action Friday. Sanchez struck out 10 as Post 260 defeated Longmeadow 2-1 in South Hadley. Nate Flachs (2-for-3) led off the seventh … 0

Area police news

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 … 0

Northampton police disavow affiliation with DARE

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 … 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

Contacts

Friday, June 14, 2013

Information on events, classes and workshops offered by area community senior centers is available on their respective websites, listed below. Amherst Senior Center/ Council On Aging Bangs Center, 70 Boltwood Walk Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Phone: 259-3060 www.amherstma.gov/seniorcenter Belchertown Senior Center 60 State St. Hours: Mon., … 0

"I wouldn't know him!", exclaimed Champion Dickinson of N. Hatfield several times upon getting his first look at this oil painting of his great, great uncle, Caleb Cooley Dickinson, who founded Cooley Dickinson Hospital. The 1861 portrait was rediscovered recently after being stored away at the hospital for many years and differs markedly from the only other known likeness of him, a sketch drawn several years after his death from descriptions given by those who had known him. That framed 1889 sketch hangs in a hallway at CDH. KEVIN GUTTING

An ancestor unveiled: Champion Dickinson of Hatfield gets a first look at a portrait of Caleb Cooley Dickinson

Friday, June 14, 2013

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Veterans Voice

Friday, June 14, 2013

Announcements NORTHAMPTON — The VA Central Western Massachusetts Healthcare System in Leeds has hired five new mental health professionals. The hiring follow an effort by the Department of Veterans Affairs to hire 1,600 new mental health professionals nationwide, as outlined in President Obama’s 2012, Executive Order to Improve … 0

A blackpoll warbler U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

Bird Sightings Settling down to breed

Friday, June 14, 2013

The Audubon Society has reported a variety of recent bird sightings in western Massachusetts. Resident birds have now settled down to breed and only a few late-arriving migrants are still being found, including northern harriers, Tennessee warblers and … 0

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