Northampton fire crews contain brush fire in Fitzgerald Lake Conservation Area, work to put out blaze that swept through 52 acres

11-03-2024 11:16 AM

NORTHAMPTON — A brush fire that began late Friday afternoon burned through 52 acres in the Fitzgerald Lake Conservation Area over the weekend, but fire crews announced Sunday that a fire line established Saturday successfully contained the fire. In a...


Chance Encounters with Bob Flaherty: A heartful of sound: Band Day with the ‘power and class of New England’

11-03-2024 10:29 AM

There will be tears shed on this day, by grown men and women alike, not of sadness nor of defeat, but of the kind very hard to put into words.Joyful noise Turning the corner onto University Drive in Amherst on a brisk and golden Saturday on Oct. 26,...


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MIAA tourneys: Smith Academy, Granby boys advance in Div. 5 tourney
11-03-2024 7:54 PM

Two goals from Cajun Benson helped the Smith Academy boys soccer team advance in the MIAA Division 5 Tournament on Sunday.Benson tallied twice, and assisted on another as the 29th-seeded Falcons notched a 4-0 win over No. 36 Upper Cape Cod Tech in a...

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Guest columnist Janine Roberts: Counting down to GO with help of Cadence
11-03-2024 4:58 PM

 When my granddaughter, Cadence, was 3½, the first story she wrote and illustrated on her own was “10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1” on lined paper. The 7 was backwards, the 8 snowperson-like. She printed the word GO and drew a square with a round opening in its...

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Area property deed transfers, Nov. 1
10-31-2024 10:38 AM

AMHERST Nicholas S. Diehl and Laura B. Balzer to Jasmine Syrotchen and Subhana Begum, 103 Larkspur Dr., $750,000 Howard C. Siddall and Mark H. Siddall to Jennifer E. Siddall, 129 Strong St., $290,000 David T. Washburn and Laura S. Washburn to...

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How free speech is won: Former NHS teacher, others turn book-banning case into documentary ‘Banned Together’ at Bombyx
11-01-2024 5:18 PM

When director Kate Way, a current UMass Lowell assistant professor and former Northampton High School teacher, had just finished teaching a course on book banning in the fall of 2022, the very subject she was teaching became, to her surprise, the...

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Obit photo for Charlotte Battisti Charlotte Battisti

Amherst, MA - Charlotte Florine Battisti, 91, of Leverett, passed away peacefully on October 30, 2024 surrounded by loving family. She was born on May 7,1933 in West Eaton, NY to Sterling and Leah Tayntor. Charlotte was known for her ki... remainder of obit for Charlotte Battisti

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Hampton, NH - Lawrence S. Trinceri, 81, of Hampton, formerly of Southampton, MA, peacefully passed away on Tuesday, August 13, 2024. He was born on December 16, 1942, in Westfield, MA, the son of the late Lawrence J. and Emielia (Rzonc... remainder of obit for Lawrence S. Trinceri

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Phyllis E. (Slobodkin) Cove Amherst, , MA - Phyllis Slobodkin Cove died peacefully at home on October 31 in Amherst, MA, surrounded by loved ones. She was 82. Phyllis was born March 30, 1942, in Lynn, Massachusetts, where she lived ... remainder of obit for Phyllis E. Cove

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Ashfield, MA - The long and adventurous life of James Carmalt Adams came to a peaceful end on the 20th of July at his home in Ashfield. Jim, or Jimbo as he was also known, had been lovingly cared for by Susan Mailler, his partner of 33 ... remainder of obit for James Adams

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