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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 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

"Sun glimmers" by Kate Sector, 15, of Montgomery is among the photographs on display in an exhibit at the Cummington Community House, which features pieces by 20 young Valley photographers. PHOTO COURTESY OF KATE SECTOR

Young Valley photographers showcased in Cummington show

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Sunsets, a bird’s-eye view of Easthampton, students lying in a leaf pile snapping pictures of the sky, and cats are some of the images photographed by children ages 8 to 18 that are in the show “Places We … 0

AREA MEETINGS

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Amherst TODAY: Board of Assessors, 5:30 p.m.; Select Board, 6:30 p.m., both at Town Hall TUESDAY: Disability Access Advisory Committee, 11:15 a.m., Stavros; Jones Library Board of Trustees, 1 p.m., Jones Library; Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods Working Group, 3 p.m.; Agricultural Commission, 7 p.m.; Historical Commission, 7 p.m., … 0

AREA MEETINGS

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Amherst WEDNESDAY: Regional School District Planning Committee, 9 a.m., Amherst Regional Middle School; Town Meeting Coordinating Committee, 3 p.m., Bangs Community Center THURSDAY: Public Works Committee, 7 p.m., Public Works Conference Room Belchertown WEDNESDAY: School Technology Advisory Committee, 5 p.m., Central Office; EDIC, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall Chesterfield … 0

J.P. Welch of Justamere Tree Farm IN Plainfield sells the last Christmas tree of a very successful tree season at his farm on Sunday. Welch said the farm handmade brooms were also big sellers. LAURA RODLEY

Plainfield homeowner’s Christmas gifts stolen, but goodwill saves the day

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Imagine coming home and finding all the neatly wrapped Christmas presents you had placed under the tree gone. That’s what happened to Plainfield resident Beth Ley this past Friday. Ley discovered the theft at 3 p.m. when she … 0

What’s open, closed on Christmas Day

Sunday, December 23, 2012

The following is a list of what is open and closed on Tuesday, Dec. 25, Christmas Day: Varies: Convenience Stores, Taverns/Bars, restaurants, at the owners discretion. Closed: Supermarkets, retailers, liquor stores. Banks, Stock Market, District Courts, State Offices, Municipal Offices, Post Offices, Schools, and Landfill and Recycling Centers. … 0

Events For Seniors

Friday, December 21, 2012

All events take place at a community’s senior center unless otherwise noted. Amherst ACTIVITIES THIS WEEK: Mon.-Fri.: 11:45, lunch; Dec. 24: Closed for the holiday; Dec. 25: Closed for the holiday; Dec. 26: 9:30, free bread program; 10-11:30, Artist’s Way; 12, bridge; Dec. 27: 9, painting; 9-12, acupuncture; … 0

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