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Summer baseball: Easthampton Post 224 beats Amherst Post 148 for first win

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Adam Krol threw a complete game with five strikeouts as American Legion Easthampton Post 224 earned its first win of the season with a 4-3 victory over Amherst Post 148 Wednesday in Easthampton. Brandon Weyant went 2-for-3 with two RBIs, while Austin Crow had two hits and scored a run for Post 224 (1-3). Asher Young struck out six in a complete-game loss for Post 148 (1-2). Justin Carey had … 0

Summer baseball: Easthampton holds off South Hadley in Mickey Mantle

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Dakota Wheeler struck out 12 and three players had two RBIs each as the Easthampton Mickey Mantle baseball team beat South Hadley 6-5 in Easthampton Tuesday. Kyle Richard (double), Tyler Vishaway (single) and Zach Crisafulli each knocked in a pair for Easthampton (2-3). American Legion Aldenville 7, Belchertown 6 (8) — Aldenville (1-2) scored twice in the top of the eighth to defeat … 0

Area briefs

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Florence CONCERT SERIES: The Florence Music on the Porch Series kicks off Thursday at 6:30 p.m. with a free opening night concert by the Florence Community Band and the Green Street Brew. Listeners can bring blankets, lawn chairs and picnics. It will be held at the Florence VFW in case of rain. The series features free live music every Thursday in the summer … 0

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Norris School Principal William Collins leaves to work in higher education

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

SOUTHAMPTON — After nine years as the head of the William E. Norris School, Principal William E. Collins is leaving Aug. 2 to take a job in higher education. Collins will start Aug. 15 as coordinator of the … 0

Caroline Taylor, a second grader at William E. Norris School in Southampton, sews a quilt with the help of the class' quilt mother, Tammy Walunas, on June 14, 2013. The quilts that the children have been making over the past two weeks will be donated to survivors of the Boston Marathon bombing. Any quilts left over will be sent to survivors of the Oklahoma tornadoes. AYRIKA WHITNEY

Around Southampton: Norris students quilt for bombing victims

Monday, June 17, 2013

A second-grade class at the William E. Norris School is using needle and thread to provide a little comfort to the victims of the April 15 Boston Marathon bombing. Each spring for the last four or five years, … 0

The proposed site of Pleasant View Estates, a 10-home subdivision planned by Chester and Susan Kellogg, is at the center of this aerial photograph. COURTESY OF THE TOWN OF SOUTHAMPTON.

Housing planned for farmland in Southampton

Sunday, June 16, 2013

SOUTHAMPTON — A 10-home subdivision proposed for a 30-acre piece of Pleasant Street farmland has gotten preliminary approval from the Planning Board, but one Conservation Commission member is hoping to find a way to preserve the property. Chester … 0

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

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Hampshire Regional Principal Laurie Hodgdon to leave job after two years

Friday, June 14, 2013

WESTHAMPTON — Hampshire Regional High School Principal Laurie Hodgdon will leave her job at the end of the month, two years after she started. School District Superintendent Craig Jurgensen said Friday that Hodgdon is leaving to take a … 0

Valley Views Local photographers aim their cameras outdoors

Friday, June 14, 2013

FLICKER PORTRAIT Rail Trail, South Amherst Photograph and text by Anne E. Ely of South Hadley Each time I passed a certain dead tree on the rail trail in South Amherst this spring, I would check to see … 0

GAZETTE FILE PHOTO Jordan Page, of South Hadley Pettengill Insurance Post 260, pitches to Easthampton last year. The American Legion baseball season started last week.

American Legion baseball teams begin quest for postseason

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

For most high school baseball players the summer started last week with the opening of the American Legion season. It will be difficult for any team to repeat the success Pettengill Insurance Post 260 experienced last season. After … 0

Hampshire Regional students to celebrate the end of the school year with drama showcase

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

WESTHAMPTON — The Hampshire Regional Drama Company invites the public to celebrate with them at its fifth annual end-of-the-year drama showcase Friday. The free event, called “A Tribute to Snow Days,” will include music, film and stand-up and sketch comedy, as well as a farewell to Hampshire Regional … 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 … 0

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The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists issues new cervical cancer screening guidelines

Monday, June 10, 2013

Cervical cancer used to be the leading cause of cancer death among women. The Pap smear — a swab to evaluate the cells of the cervix (the bottom of the uterus) to look for cancerous changes — is … 0

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