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AREA MEETINGS

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Amherst TODAY: Historic District Commission, 3:00 p.m., Town Hall; Recycling and Refuse Management Committee,4:30 p.m., Public Works Meeting Room; Select Board, 6 p.m.; Finance Committee, 6:50 p.m, both at Amherst-Pelham Regional Middle School TUESDAY: Jones Library Investment Committee, 9 a.m., library; Public Transportation and Bicycle Committee, 4 p.m., Town Hall; La Paz Centro Sister City Committee, 7:30 p.m., Bangs Center WEDNESDAY: Housing Authority, 2 p.m, at the housing authority; Select … 0

Plainfield voters frustrated at postponement of Town Meeting articles

Thursday, May 16, 2013

PLAINFIELD — Many of the voters who attended Plainfield’s annual Town Meeting Saturday expressed frustration after consideration of a number of articles on the warrant was postponed until a special town meeting, scheduled to take place in September. The three articles, which dealt with moratoriums on the development of industrial or large-scale solar and wind energy facilities in the town and an amendment … 0

AREA MEETINGS

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Amherst TODAY: Finance Committee, 6 p.m.; Amherst Middle School music room; Select Board, 6 p.m., Amherst Middle School TUESDAY: Disability Access Advisory Committee, 11:30 a.m., Stavros conference room; Jones Library Building and Facilities Committee, 1 p.m., library; Public Shade Tree Committee, 4 p.m., Town Hall; Design Review Board, 6:30 p.m., Town Hall; Agricultural Commission, 7 p.m., Town Hall; Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee, 7 … 0

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Alden Montague of Westhampton, 8, on left, uses a crosscut saw Sunday with Tom Jenkins of Westhampton during a "A Step Back in Time," a program highlighting Westhampton life in the 1800s. Ali Jenkins, center, of Westhampton looks on. Times gone by SARAH CROSBY Times gone by
Madeline Jenkins of Westhampton, 10, uses a hand-crank ice cream maker Sundat at the Westhampton Library. The device was available for use as part of A Step Back in Time, a special program highlighting Westhampton life in the 1800s. SARAH CROSBY The simple life
Jim Lumley stands amid lilac trees in Lilacland in Pelham Friday. JERREY ROBERTS Color, scents aplenty at Jim Lumley’s Lilacland in Pelham
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AREA MEETINGS

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Amherst TODAY: La Paz Centro Sister City Committee, 7:30 p.m., Bangs Center TUESDAY: Jones Library Board of Trustees, 1 p.m., library; Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods Working Group, 3 p.m., Town Hall; Amherst School Committee, 7 p.m., ARHS; Historical Commission, 7:15 p.m., Town Hall WEDNESDAY: Housing and Sheltering Committee, … 0

AREA MEETINGS

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Amherst TODAY: Housing Authority, 4:30 p.m., 33 Kellogg Ave.; Select Board, 6:30 p.m., Town Hall TUESDAY: Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods Working Group, 3 p.m., Town Hall WEDNESDAY: Planning Board, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall; PVTA, 6:30 p.m., 1437 Carew St., Springfield THURSDAY: Zoning Board of Appeals, 6:30 p.m.; Finance … 0

Events For Seniors

Friday, January 25, 2013

All events take place at a community’s senior center unless otherwise noted. Amherst ACTIVITIES THIS WEEK: Mon.-Fri.: 11:45, lunch; Jan. 28: 8:30, function well exercise, osteo exercise; 9:30, drawing workshop; 11, gentle fitness; 12:30, arthritis exercise, bridge; 1, Mexican Train; 1:30, Alexander technique, health services; 3-4, tai chi; … 0

School Lunch Menus

Friday, January 25, 2013

Amherst-Pelham (Elementary) MONDAY: Mozzarella sticks and sauce, peach cobbler, carrot sticks, apple slices TUESDAY: Chicken soft taco, black beans, spinach salad, orange, strawberry cup WEDNESDAY: Meatball hero, romaine salad with tomato, baby carrots and celery, peach cup, banana THURSDAY: Burger, vegetarian beans, veggie dippers, romaine salad with tomato, apple … 0

Friends and Neighbors

Friday, January 25, 2013

To submit an item to Friends & Neighbors email kaubin@gazettenet.com or mail news to the Daily Hampshire Gazette, Box 299, Northampton, MA 01061, c/o Friends & Neighbors.  Alfred University The following local residents have been named to the … 0

GAZETTE PHOTO This farmhouse at 25 Pleasant St., Plainfield, was badly damaged in a hard-to-put-out fire Friday. Officials Monday said the cause was accidental.

Plainfield blaze proves difficult to extinguish

Monday, January 21, 2013

PLAINFIELD — A state fire investigator Monday ruled a hard-to-quell Friday night fire at a Plainfield farmhouse accidental, though the cause remains unknown. One person home when the fire broke out at Manda Farm, 25 Pleasant St., escaped … 0

AREA MEETINGS

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Amherst TUESDAY: Public Shade Tree Committee, 4 p.m.; Public Transportation and Bicycle Committee, 4 p.m.; Design Review Board, 6:30 p.m.; Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods Working Group, 7 p.m., all at Town Hall; School Committee Budget Subcommittee, 5 p.m., Amherst Regional Middle School; Joint Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee, 7 … 0

Here's what is open and closed on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Sunday, January 20, 2013

OPEN/CLOSED The following is a list of what is open and closed today, Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Open: Convenience stores, retail stores, supermarkets, taverns/bars, liquor stores. Closed: Banks, district courts, state and municipal offices, post offices, libraries and schools. PVTA: Blue 43 will operate the “no-school” schedule. … 0

AREA MEETINGS

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Amherst TODAY: RSDPB Subcommittee Governance Core Issues Committee, 5:45 p.m., Town Hall TUESDAY: Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods Working Group, 3 p.m., Town Hall; Kanegasaki Sister City Committee, 4 p.m., Bangs Center; School Committee, 7 p.m., Amherst Regional High School WEDNESDAY: Select Board with Finance Committee, 4 p.m.; Planning … 0

School Lunch MenuS

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Amherst-Pelham (Elementary) MONDAY: Chicken nuggets, sweet potato puffs, apple, cucumber coins, diced pears TUESDAY: Beef burger, vegetarian beans, veggie dippers, romaine salad, 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, … 0

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