http://www.gazettenet.com/taxonomy/term/44%2C98/%2A The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.gazettenet.com/2010/02/22/barnes-combat-unit-joins-air-air-defense <p>One week ago today, the aerial combat unit at Barnes Air National Guard Base &quot;stood up&quot; to take over responsibility for defending the skies above the most densely populated part of the United States.</p> <p>With a complement of 18 F-15 Eagle fighter jets, the 104th joined a network of military units across the country in a mission called the Air Sovereignty Alert.</p> <p><a href="http://www.gazettenet.com/2010/02/22/barnes-combat-unit-joins-air-air-defense">read more</a></p> http://www.gazettenet.com/2010/02/22/barnes-combat-unit-joins-air-air-defense#comments topstory florence local news northampton westfield _bulk _jlowe Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:00:00 -0500 jlowe 260881 at http://www.gazettenet.com http://www.gazettenet.com/2010/02/09/five-colleges-respond-haitian-earthquake <p>Local institutions of higher education, including Smith, Amherst, Hampshire and Mount Holyoke colleges and the University of Massachusetts, offer links on their Web sites providing their communities suggestions for ways to help with Haitian relief efforts in the wake of the Jan. 12 earthquake. The following additional efforts are also under way:</p> <p>UMass</p> <p><a href="http://www.gazettenet.com/2010/02/09/five-colleges-respond-haitian-earthquake">read more</a></p> http://www.gazettenet.com/2010/02/09/five-colleges-respond-haitian-earthquake#comments amherst amherst college colleges hampshire college local mount holyoke college news northampton smith college south hadley umass amherst westfield westfield state college _bulk _kpalpini Tue, 9 Feb 2010 05:00:00 -0500 Kristin Palpini 259325 at http://www.gazettenet.com