northampton

Landfill issue takes new turn with no-permit-needed claim

Chad Cain — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:00:00 -0400

NORTHAMPTON - The continuing drama surrounding the landfill took another twist this week after a prominent land-use attorney advised that a special permit is not required to expand.

Florence Beattie, 85, longtime city resident

Daily Hampshire Gazette — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:00:00 -0400

NORTHAMPTON - Florence M. (Zuroff) Beattie, 85, a longtime Northampton resident, passed away Tuesday, March 16, 2010, in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Shown BB gun causes stir at complex in Northampton

jlowe — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:00:00 -0400

NORTHAMPTON - Police broke up a disturbance at Meadowbrook Apartments late Wednesday during which one person brandished a BB gun that looked to onlookers and police like a semiautomatic pistol.

Despite the commotion, police said no crimes were committed and no charges will result.

Officers were called to building 20 of the 491 Bridge Road apartment complex about 10:30 p.m.

Imelda Swank, 84, Belchertown resident

Daily Hampshire Gazette — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:00:00 -0400

Belchertown - Imelda "Mel" M.. (Lyons) Swank, 84, formerly of Allen Road, died Saturday, March 13, 2010, at Wingate at Wilbraham Nursing Home.

Michael Louis Shaughnessy

Daily Hampshire Gazette — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:00:00 -0400

Pssst ... Mick Shaughnessy's got something of a secret, or at least a bit of background people may not know about - his ancestry is as much Italian as Irish. But Shaughnessy, of Northampton, has the right sort of name for the role he'll be playing this weekend: marshal for the Northampton contingent of the Holyoke St. Patrick's Parade, which takes place on Sunday.

Subcontractor claims Smith project bill not paid

jlowe — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:00:00 -0400

NORTHAMPTON - A subcontractor involved in the construction of Smith College's new science and engineering center claims it hasn't been paid in full.

In a lawsuit filed Thursday in Hampshire Superior Court, United Steel Inc. of East Hartford, Conn., is seeking $93,205 from the college and general contractor William A. Berry and Sons Inc. of Danvers.

Bob Flaherty: Sleepless in the city, for a good cause

Bob Flaherty — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:00:00 -0400

NORTHAMPTON - At 12:30 a.m. Thursday, Monte Belmonte finally went to bed. Or tried to. The WRSI morning host hates camping, even the regular kind, out in the woods with the bugs and the loons. But camping in downtown Northampton - son, you don't know noise. Did you know that the cuckoo chirps eight times? Yes, that shrill, pulsing signal that stops traffic so noontime pedestrians can traverse Main Street safely, can be heard to Childs Park at 3 o'clock in the morning.