northampton, news

Health care's new wave: Shift from treating sickness to ensuring health

Chad Cain — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0500

NORTHAMPTON - When Cooley Dickinson Hospital and its physicians group inked a deal last fall with Blue Cross Blue Shield to launch a new way of paying for medical care, it joined the vanguard of a movement that many believe will reshape health care in America.

• In one patient's home: Powering a new self-reliance

'No Child' left behind: Feds allow state to set rules for school progress

Daily Hampshire Gazette — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0500

Area school leaders welcomed the announcement Thursday that Massachusetts is among 10 states the U.S. Department of Education freed from some of the stricter requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind law. The change gives them needed leeway and sets more meaningful targets for student progress, they said.

• Waiver details

Three candidates in race to run registry of deeds

Ben Storrow — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0500

NORTHAMPTON - Three candidates are now in the race to become Hampshire County's next register of deeds. The contest will mark the first open race in more than two decades for the $90,000-a-year job of overseeing the county's land transactions.

Waiver details

Undefined — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0500

Here are some key facts from the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education about the No Child Left Behind waiver the U.S. Department of Education granted Massachusetts on Thursday.

Area police news

Daily Hampshire Gazette — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0500

Home, vehicle breaks probed in Amherst

AMHERST - Police are investigating break-ins to an Amherst home and two vehicles Wednesday night.

The first incident was reported at 8:45 p.m., when a Woodside Avenue resident told police a television set was stolen from his apartment. Detective Richard MacLean said there were no signs of forced entry.

Suher buys country club

Chad Cain — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0500

HOLYOKE - Entertainment magnate Eric Suher added to his investment portfolio Thursday by purchasing the Holyoke Country Club off Route 5 behind the Delaney House.

Suher's Iron Horse Entertainment Group, which operates the Calvin Theatre in downtown Northampton and an outdoor music venue at Mountain Park in Holyoke, will take over management of the club immediately.

Man arraigned in incident involving female child

Charliesdad — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0500

NORTHAMPTON - Howard Joseph Goulette Jr. appeared briefly in Hampshire Superior Court Thursday to face arraignment on charges of failure to register as a sex offender, accosting or annoying a person of the opposite sex, enticement of a child under 16 and attempting to commit a crime.