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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; Human Rights Commission, 5 p.m., North Common; LSSE Commission, 7:30 p.m., Police Community Room FRIDAY: Jones Library Personnel, Planning and Policy Committee, … 0

Nancy Sykes, an Easthampton mayoral candidate, at her home in Easthampton.

School Committee Chairwoman Nancy Sykes to run for mayor of Easthampton

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

EASTHAMPTON — Nancy Sykes, chairwoman of the School Committee, said she wants to be the next mayor of Easthampton. That means there will be a contest for the city’s top job. Sykes is the second candidate to announce a run for mayor in the city’s first mayoral race without an incumbent since Easthampton … 0

AREA MEETINGS

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Amherst TODAY: Hampshire County Retirement Board, 9 a.m, 99 Industrial Drive; Dickinson Local Historic District Commission, 3 p.m., Town Hall; RSDPB Subcommittee, Governance Core Issues Committee, 5 p.m., Middle School; Select Board, 6 p.m., Middle School TUESDAY: Disability Access Advisory Committee, 11:30 a.m., Stavros Center; Agricultural Commission, 7 p.m.; Historical Commission, 7 p.m., both at Town Hall WEDNESDAY: Timeline and Communications Committee of … 0

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AREA MEETINGS

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Amherst TODAY: Regional School Committee Policy Subcommittee, 5 p.m. ARMS TUESDAY: Disability Access Advisory Committee, 11:30 a.m., Stavros; Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods Working Group, 3 p.m.; Zoning Board of Appeals, 6:30 p.m.; Agricultural Commission, 7 p.m., all at the Town Hall; Amherst and Regional Joint School Committee, 7 … 0

School Lunch Menus

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Amherst-Pelham (Elementary) MONDAY: Pancakes, sausage, Tater Tots, orange, cucumbers, applesauce TUESDAY: Beef burger, vegetarian beans, veggie dippers, romaine salad with tomato, peach cup, pears WEDNESDAY: Pasta with meat sauce, green beans, romaine salad with tomato, cinnamon applesauce, pears THURSDAY: Crispy beef taco, spinach salad, rice and beans, oranges, … 0

Friends and Neighbors

Thursday, March 7, 2013

To submit an item to Friends & Neighbors send an email to kaubin@gazettenet.com or mail your news to the Daily Hampshire Gazette, Box 299, Northampton, MA 01061, c/o Friends & Neighbors.  Amherst Laura Frankel, daughter of Julia Frankel of Amherst, took part in “People Watching,” the Dance Club’s … 0

Events For Seniors

Thursday, March 7, 2013

All events take place at a community’s senior center unless otherwise noted. Amherst ACTIVITIES THIS WEEK: Mon.-Fri.: 11:45, lunch; March 11: 8:30, function well exercise, osteo exercise; 9:30, drawing workshop; 11, gentle fitness; 12:30, arthritis exercise, bridge, health services; 1, Mexican train; 1:30, Alexander technique; 3-4, watercolor painting, … 0

A bedroom in the Shaw Hudson House in Plainfield has been preserved as it was at the end of the 18th century. A town-recipe cookbook project now under way seeks to raise funds to maintain the historic house. LAURA RODLEY

Cookbook aims to preserve Plainfield’s heirloom recipes

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Three generations ago, rhubarb was used for more than pie filling. It was made into a tincture, mixed with paregoric, peppermint and bicarbonate of soda and kept in a jar on hand to be mixed with water to … 0

AREA MEETINGS

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Amherst TODAY: Housing Authority Special Funding Subcommittee, 9:30 a.m., 33 Kellogg Ave.; Select Board, 6:30 p.m., Town Hall TUESDAY: Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods Working Group, 3 p.m.; Zoning Board of Appeals, 6:30 p.m.; Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods Public Forum, 7 p.m., all at the Town Hall; Housing and … 0

School Lunch Menus

Friday, March 1, 2013

Amherst-Pelham (Elementary) MONDAY: Chicken nuggets, baked fries, three bean salad, cucumber coins, peach cup TUESDAY: Homemade macaroni and cheese, spinach and tomato salad, applesauce, banana WEDNESDAY: Mozzarella sticks and sauce, peach cup, carrots, pear THURSDAY: Fish sticks, sweet potato puffs, apple cobbler FRIDAY: Pizza wedge, carrot sticks, pineapple … 0

Friends & Neighbors

Friday, March 1, 2013

To submit an item to Friends & Neighbors send an email to kaubin@gazettenet.com or mail your news to the Daily Hampshire Gazette, Box 299, Northampton, MA 01061, c/oFriends & Neighbors.  Union Institute & University The following local residents … 0

Naming the baby

Friday, March 1, 2013

KRAUSE — Anders Everett, son of Ross and Ashley Krause of Easthampton, was born Dec. 21, 2012, at Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Northampton. The maternal grandparents are Dianne Davis of Billingham, Wash., and John Davis of Tonasket, Wash. The paternal grandparents are Mary and Alan Krause of Northampton. TAYLOR … 0

Nine-year-old Tyler Dubreuil of Shelburne caught a 13-inch-long rainbow trout at the Annual Children's Ice Fishing Derby in Ashfield last weekend, where 78 children competed for prizes. LAURA RODLEY

Annual Children’s Ice Fishing Derby at Ashfield Lake hooks crowd

Monday, February 18, 2013

On Saturday morning, families bundled in thick coats, hats and mittens covered the ice of Ashfield Lake, where their members, young and old, tried to stay warm while keeping a close eye on holes drilled into the 12-inch-thick … 0

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