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Editorial: Grant boon for UMass, Valley

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

State Rep. Ellen Story called it a “glorious, glorious day” for the University of Massachusetts and she was right. Gov. Deval Patrick stopped by the Amherst campus earlier this month to announce that the Massachusetts Life Science Center was awarding $95 million dollars to UMass to advance its importance in biomedical research and its industrial applications. The money will be used to furnish the new $167 million Life Sciences Laboratories … 0

Ann Latham: Deaths in the family

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

WESTHAMPTON — The snow was falling furiously when my parents’ email arrived from 1,400 miles away. Did “exit” in the subject line mean what I thought it did? My mother thought they would meet their demise on one of their wild adventures to remote corners of the world. Once old age tamed their excursions, my father decided a bottle of scotch and a … 0

A list of Northampton's tax rates since 1924 rests on a map of the city Thursday at the tax collector's office.JERREY ROBERTS

Reader opinions: What’s at stake in Northampton’s Prop. 2½ override vote June 25

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Northampton voters will head to the polls Tuesday to cast ballots on a proposed $2.5 million Proposition 2½ override. Mayor David J. Narkewicz says the override is needed to avoid cutting staff in city schools and the Police Department, and to shore up a budget that has suffered years of declining state aid. … 0

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