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ValleyBike to roll again by end of May in eight communities throughout Valley
NORTHAMPTON — After nearly a year of inactivity, the ValleyBike Share program is poised to roll again throughout the Pioneer Valley.After Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra teased an announcement regarding ValleyBike on Monday, the city announced Thursday it...
The long shadow of the Mill River flood: Multiple events on tap in May to mark 150th anniversary of the 1874 disaster
On the morning of May 16, 1874, the dam on the Williamsburg Reservoir, up in the hills along the East Branch of the Mill River, suddenly collapsed, sending 600 million gallons of water roaring downhill.The flood, which soon became a 30-foot-high brown...
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Boys tennis: Sixth grader Lee Ferguson key cog in PVCICS’ win over Belchertown, undefeated start to the season (PHOTOS)
BELCHERTOWN — Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School boys tennis coach Mike Locher has a Star Wars character assigned to each player on his team.After every match, he sends his players a game recap, along with a YouTube video of their Star...
Opinion
Guest columnist Gene Stamell: We know what we know
Columnist’s note: The following contains many parenthetical asides and seemingly unimportant details that somehow, one hopes, lead to a conclusion that the reader finds moderately interesting or entertaining or, at the very least, bearable. Once...
Business
Area property deed transfers, May 2
AMHERST Faheem Ibrahim Lt and Faheem Ibrahim to Nan Zhao and Zhihong Ni, 16 Arbor Way, $738,000 Richard B. Spurgin to Yg Pleasant LLC, East Pleasant Street, Lot 1, $218,000 Richard B. Spurgin to Yg Pleasant LLC, East Pleasant Street, Lot 2,...
Arts & Life
Fantasy favorite revisited: Amherst authors’ popular ‘Spiderwick Chronicles’ gets a new streaming adaptation
Call it an encore performance. “The Spiderwick Chronicles,” the bestselling series of fantasy books by Amherst writers Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black, has just been turned into a streaming series on The Roku Channel.That comes 16 years after a...
Obituaries
Florence, MA - Eli Knapp Abrams, of Florence Massachusetts, passed away suddenly on Monday, April 22nd, 2024 in Goshen, MA. Eli was born in Beverly, MA on March 19th, 2003. He is the cherished son of Jennifer and Maury Abrams, and belov... remainder of obit for Eli Knapp Abrams
Holyoke, MA - Holyoke- Andre E. Nolet, a resident of Holyoke, passed away at home on April 28, 2024 at the age of 74. One of six children to the late J. Leo Nolet and Rose (Roy) Harker, Andre was born in Holyoke on October 6, 1949. He a... remainder of obit for Andre Nolet
(1919 - 2024) NORTHAMPTON, MA - Marion Catherine (Osepowicz) Shea, of Northampton passed away at her home peacefully with family members and support by the nurses from the Hospice of the Fisher Home, Amherst, Massachusetts on Saturday, ... remainder of obit for Marion Shea
Northampton, MA - Ronald Paul O'Brien, 76, passed away peacefully at Cooley Dickinson Hospital after a brief illness. Born in St. Stephens New Brunswick, Canada, the O'Briens immigrated to the United States where Ronald grew up and atte... remainder of obit for Ronald O'brien