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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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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

Laurie Hodgdon KEVIN GUTTING

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

SCHOOL LUNCH MENUS

Friday, June 14, 2013

Amherst-Pelham (Elementary) MONDAY: Chicken nuggets, carrot sticks, apple, brown rice, corn, mixed fruit TUESDAY: Chicken soft taco, black beans, spinach salad, orange, diced pears WEDNESDAY: Meatball hero, romaine salad with tomato, baby carrots and celery, peach cup, pear THURSDAY: Mozzarella sticks, vegetarian beans, veggie dippers, pineapple cup, apple … 0

HEADING OUTDOORS

Friday, June 14, 2013

∎  Yankee Rowing Club — Free rowing/sculling lessons offered Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon, Sportsman’s Marina, at the Coolidge Bridge, Hadley. For information call 586-2724. ∎ e_STnS Visit to the Historic Joel Grout Homestead — Pelham Historical Society sponsors tour of restored 18th-century Pelham homestead Saturday from … 0

CAROL LOLLIS Renee Rose Picard during the Distinguished Young Women competition in 2011.

Distinguished Young Women of Easthampton seeks volunteers from area high schools

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

EASTHAMPTON — Distinguished Young Women of Easthampton is seeking student volunteers to assist its nonprofit scholarship program. Student representatives will help with a variety of tasks for the organization’s annual contest for high school juniors and seniors, including … 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

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 … 0

Back left, Karen Karowski of Williamsburg, Kath Emerson (in green) of Williamsburg, front left, Dale Lannon-Pierce of Easthampton, LeAnn Mason of Worthington, and Lynn Melling of Florence all gathered at Lannon-Pierce's home Saturday morning.

40 years after graduating, ‘Lunch Box 5’ friends reconnect

Thursday, June 6, 2013

WILLIAMSBURG — When the Hampshire Regional High School Class of 1973 graduated 40 years ago this month, a group of five best friends celebrated the big day and then, as often happens after high school, went their separate … 0

Senior class president Tanner Bzdel, right, the first to toss his cap into the air, looks up as his classmates follow suit at the conclusion of graduation. KEVIN GUTTING

Hampshire Regional valedictorian: ‘Live before you die’

Friday, June 7, 2013

NORTHAMPTON — Family and friends of the Hampshire Regional High School Class of 2013 were all proud of their graduates, but Kelly Torrey took an extra measure of pride in her daughter’s accomplishment. “It’s a dream come true,” … 0

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