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Friday’s high schools: Belchertown girls tennis qualifies for postseason

Friday, May 24, 2013

The Belchertown girls tennis first doubles team of Morgan O’Connor and Angela Grabazs won a pair of tiebreakers as the Orioles upset Palmer 3-2 at Ludlow Tennis Club on Friday and qualified for the Western Massachusetts Division 3 Tournament. O’Connor and Grabazs defeated Laura Thompkins & Jeralyn Halstead of Palmer 7-6, 7-6. No. 1 Rachel Gustafson and No. 3 Julian Tan both won their singles matches for Belchertown (9-9). Boys … 0

Friday’s high school baseball/softball: Smith Academy teams roll in Hatfield

Friday, May 24, 2013

Friday was a good day on the home diamonds for Smith Academy. The softball team kept its hope alive of making the postseason for the first time since 2002 with a 4-1 victory over rival Hopkins Academy. The baseball team, meanwhile, knocked off Tri-County rival and league champion St. Mary 2-1 in eight innings. Softball Smith Academy 4, Hopkins Academy 1 — The … 1

Martha Grinnell, Ray Brown among Williston’s Hall of Fame Class of 2013.

Friday, May 24, 2013

The Williston-Northampton Athletic Hall of Fame will induct nine new members in its Class of 2013. The class will be honored June 8 at 4 p.m. at the Reed Campus Center in Easthampton. The 2013 Hall of Fame members are: David “Duff” Tyler (class of 1963), Mark Timm (’76), Martha Grinnell (’86), Patrick Rissmiller (’97), coach Wilmot Babcock, coach Ray Brown (’55), coach … 0

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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, … 0

Jaimon Olmsted of Amherst, left, catches at first base to send Joe Mercadante of Agawam back to the dug out Friday in Amherst. JERREY ROBERTS

Friday’s high school baseball: Northampton hits .500 mark with win over South Hadley

Friday, May 10, 2013

Joe Warner tossed six strong innings as the Northampton baseball team pulled to .500 with a 10-2 win over South Hadley on the road Friday. Warner allowed three hits for the Blue Devils (7-7, 3-2 Suburban). Robbie Logue … 0

Friday’s high school softball: Samantha Manitsas almost perfect as Belchetown beats Frontier

Friday, May 10, 2013

Samantha Manitsas carried a perfect game into the seventh inning as Belchertown beat Frontier Regional 9-1 in South Deerfield on Friday. Manitsas struck out six and didn’t walk anybody. Cassidy Stankowski broke up the bid for a gem with a solo home run to center leading off the … 0

Friday’s high school lacrosse: South Hadley rolls past Northampton

Friday, May 10, 2013

Tom Crotty scored four goals as the South Hadley boys lacrosse team rolled to a 12-6 win over Northampton at home Friday. Evan Marcus (three assists), T.J. Fitzell (one assist) and Sam Duda each scored twice for South Hadley (13-3), while Pat Fitzgerald, and Tom Down (one assists) … 0

Landfill may be contentious issue at South Hadley Town Meeting Saturday

Friday, May 10, 2013

SOUTH HADLEY — Saturday’s annual Town Meeting is expected to be a contentious one as residents take up the controversial matter of the town’s landfill which is scheduled to close in March of 2014. Also on the agenda for the meeting, which starts at 9:15 a.m. in the … 0

Meriza Werenski, of Holyoke Catholic, has been named the Daily Hampshire Gazette Girls Swimming & Diving Player of the Year.

Gazette Girls Swimmer of the Year: Meriza Werenski

Friday, May 10, 2013

Winning two sectional titles and two state titles would be considered an extraordinary season for most western Massachusetts high school swimmers. Not for Meriza Werenski. But according to her, it was somewhat of an off year. “This season … 0

Heading Outdoors

Friday, May 10, 2013

∎  Spring Wildflowers at Fitzgerald Lake — Broad Brook Coalition sponsors a walk with botanist Connie Parks on Sunday from 10 a.m. to noon, Fitzgerald Lake, Northampton. Meet at North Farms Road entrance. For information contact Bruce Hart at bhart2000@aol.com. ∎  Quabbin Hike: The Rabbit Run at Gate … 0

Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan, right, and Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby are shown in a scene from "The Great Gatsby." (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures)

Movie Times

Friday, May 10, 2013

Contact theaters to verify titles and times, which are subject to change. Amherst Cinema 28 Amity St., Amherst, 253-2547 www.amherstcinema.org Ain’t in It for My Health (NR) Daily 5, 7; Sat.-Sun. also 2:45; no 5 Mon. Mud (PG-13) Daily … 0

School lunch menus

Friday, May 10, 2013

Amherst-Pelham  (Elementary) MONDAY: Chicken and cheese quesadilla, black beans, broccoli, diced pears, apple TUESDAY: Fish sticks, cream of tomato soup, diced pears, cucumbers, green grapes WEDNESDAY: Grilled cheese, fries, blueberries, corn, bananas THURSDAY: Crispy chicken sandwich, green beans, strawberry cup, apple slices FRIDAY: Pizza, green grapes, carrot sticks, … 0

Ashlee McGan of Hampshire Regional pitches to Frontier Regional Thursday at Frontier. JERREY ROBERTS

Thursday’s high schools: Hampshire softball comes through in clutch against Frontier

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Ashlee McGan and Krystel Enko had matching lines but the Hampshire Regional softball team came through in the clutch to beat Frontier Regional 5-1 and qualify for the postseason Thursday in South Deerfield. Both pitchers struck out eight … 0

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