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Whately Select Board votes to keep Egypt Road open

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

WHATELY — Egypt Road will stay open after the Select Board voted to stick to its original decision. “We heard both sides,” said Select Board member Joyce Palmer Fortune. “It wasn’t something we did lightly. There were real safety issues on both sides. It seemed like it was in the best interest of the town to keep the road open.” Plans set for the railroad crossing on Egypt Road can … 0

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 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 … 0

Weekend planner — reading

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Surveying “The Harm of Years” with her poet’s eye, Emily Dickinson reversed the commonplace perspective of aging as a diminishment of vitality by discovering “a minuter Pageant” in what she called “The Glory of Decay.” On Monday six local poets — Pat Schneider, Peter Schneider and Henry Lyman (pictured) of Amherst, and Zane … 0

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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

Tractor-trailer and produce stolen from F.L. Roberts truck stop plaza in Whately

Monday, June 10, 2013

WHATELY — Police are looking for someone who made off with a tractor-trailer and an undisclosed quantity and variety of produce. Whately Police Chief James A. Sevigne Jr. said the driver parked at the F.L. Roberts truck stop plaza , left with a friend and returned Sunday night … 0

Frontier Community Access Television to increase budget by $16,753

Sunday, June 9, 2013

DEERFIELD — To increase staff and broaden local coverage, Frontier Community Access Television will increase its budget by $16,753. The total budget will increase from $113,986 in the current year to $130,739 in the coming year. FCAT is the public access cable television station providing education and government … 0

The Frontier Regional baseball team and coach Charles Holt (16) celebrate their 8-7 win in the WMass Division 3 Tournament championship game at UMass on Sunday. Smith Academy sophomore catcher Austin Rogers, right, leaves the field. KEVIN GUTTING

Click for live coverage of Wednesday's high school baseball, softball tournament games

Monday, June 10, 2013

History already repeated itself for the Frontier Regional baseball program in Sunday’s Western Massachusetts Division 3 championship game. The Red Hawks hope the same occurs in the state Division 3 semifinal Tuesday. Frontier outlasted Smith Academy 8-7 in … 0

Wheeler, Lincoln pitch Easthampton to victory

Sunday, June 9, 2013

Dakota Wheeler and Kevin Lincoln combined on a two-hit shutout as Easthampton won its season-opener against Frontier 1-0 in Mickey Mantle baseball action Saturday at home. Wheeler went six innings and struck out seven to earn the win, while Lincoln tossed a scoreless seventh for the save. Lincoln … 0

Smith Academy sophomore shortstop Christian Smiarowski , second from left, wasn't quite quick enough to complete a double play on first base runner Jared Allis of Frontier Regional after forcing out Edward Tsai, left, in the seventh inning of their Div. 3 WMass championship game at the University of Massachusetts Earl Lorden Field Sunday. KEVIN GUTTING

Sam Tillona shines for Frontier in relief

Sunday, June 9, 2013

AMHERST — A lat muscle injury kept Sam Tillona off the mound for the first month-plus of the season. But in the biggest spot of his career Sunday, Tillona showed off his health and dynamic stuff in a … 0

Frontier Regional senior outfielders Matthew Byrne, top left, and Jared Allis leap high into the air to celebrate with their Red Hawk teammates after Byrne hit a sacrifice fly to score the winning run in their Div. 3 WMass championship game against Smith Academy at UMass Earl Lorden Field Sunday. KEVIN GUTTING

Frontier baseball outlasts Smith in WMass Division 3 title game

Sunday, June 9, 2013

AMHERST — Niko Ames gained some personal redemption Sunday afternoon and in the process helped his Frontier Regional baseball team regain the Western Massachusetts Division 3 Tournament title. After leaving the bases loaded in the seventh inning, the … 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

Sunderland seeks meeting on Frontier Regional capital spending

Thursday, June 6, 2013

SUNDERLAND — The selectmen have requested another meeting with Frontier Regional School leaders before they consider holding a special town meeting for the school’s controversial capital projects. With less than a month before her retirement, Superintendent Regina Nash requested selectmen in Sunderland and Deerfield to have special town … 0

Recorder/Paul Franz Natalie Mako speaks during the Frontier Regional School graduation ceremony at the school on Friday night..

John Olver urges Frontier Regional graduates ‘to leave a world better for your children’

Friday, June 7, 2013

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Former U.S. Rep. John W. Olver of Amherst urged the 95 graduating Frontier Regional seniors Friday night to “strive to leave a world better for your children than the one we, the older generation, leave … 0

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