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By SCOTT MERZBACH
HADLEY — Day in and day out for the past 31 years, through the busy spring planting and holiday seasons to the lulls of midwinter, Tom and Janine Giles have emphasized their responsibility to customers as owners of the Hadley Garden Center.“People...
By JACQUELYN VOGHEL
NORTHAMPTON — Ode Boutique, a Main Street presence for nearly a decade, will close shop on Dec. 20.The exit comes amid a flurry of downtown businesses shuttering — a phenomenon that has stoked some anxiety about the economic vitality of Northampton’s...
By BERA DUNAU
NORTHAMPTON — G. Djata Bumpus, who trained in former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier’s gym in Philadelphia and taught boxing for more than 30 years in the Pioneer Valley, died on Tuesday in Washington, D.C., after a short battle with cancer. He was...
By STEVE PFARRER
In the 1990s, Sally Greenhouse had a regular gig on Northampton Community Television (now Northampton Open Media, or NOM) with her show “The Greenhouse Effect,” a combination of performance art, monologue and comedy in which the multidisciplinary...
By STEVE PFARRER
For a long time, he was unsure of his singing voice, wondering if it was really good enough to front a band. And for a good part of the time he was making albums, he also shunned most live performances, not feeling he could sing in front of an...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — Olde Towne Tavern, a bar in business for nearly a decade at the northern end of downtown, recently closed after surrendering its all-alcohol liquor license to the town.Opened in spring 2011 at 1 Pray St., the 1,872-square foot site, with...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — Those with an affinity for sports ballcaps from yesteryear might want to check out the special hat room at Mass Vintage’s new retail store Boltwood Walk at the former Knights of Columbus Quigley Hall.The 420 cubbies that line the wall of...
By BERA DUNAU
NORTHAMPTON — Two of the three men accused of fraud at the University of Massachusetts Amherst involving thousands of dollars of kickbacks and unlawful gifts, including vacations to Mexico, were arraigned Wednesday in Hampshire Superior Court.Victor...
By LUIS FIELDMAN
SUNDERLAND – Newlyweds Martin Jutres and Micki Kahn had lived in New York City for several years, but about a year ago, they wanted a change. City life had them burned-out, they said.There were several options the young couple considered. Among them...
By BERA DUNAU
NORTHAMPTON — When he was around 10 years old, Andrew Brow went to Pizzeria Paradiso. As he was watching one of the cooks work, their eyes met and something special happened: The cook threw him a pizza dough.“I caught it, and I threw it back up to...
By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN
AMHERST — Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have published three lists detailing the 100 worst air, water and greenhouse gas polluters in the country.The lists — the Toxic 100 Air Polluters Index, Toxic 100 Water Polluters Index...
By MICHAEL CONNORS
EASTHAMPTON — The city Planning Board is expected to review an application for a three-story apartment building on Cottage Street next week, which would modify plans for a similar proposal already approved by the board for the site in 2017.The new...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
HADLEY — When Noelle Nubani and Cyrus Safizadeh open their new dental practice next month on Route 9, the couple will begin with just a handful of patients in what appears to be an increasingly competitive market for those who are in the field of...
By GRETA JOCHEM
NORTHAMPTON — Advanced Placement chemistry will not be offered at Northampton High School in the fall.In a July 11 letter sent to AP chemistry students and their parents and guardians, interim principal Lori Vaillancourt wrote, “We have a change in...
By MICHAEL CONNORS
NORTHAMPTON — A Southampton man was sentenced Monday to four to five years of incarceration for assaulting and raping two children in two separate cases between 2015 and 2017.Under a plea deal, Joshua Leblanc pleaded guilty in Hampshire Superior Court...
By DOMENIC POLI
WHATELY – Production of wax and wicks in town is expected to increase starting in the fall, when Chesapeake Bay Candle’s operations move from Maryland to the Whately plant that manufactures Yankee Candles.Chesapeake Bay Candle and Yankee Candle are...
By JACQUELYN VOGHEL
NORTHAMPTON — A Connecticut man was arraigned in Hampshire Superior Court on Thursday on a charge of trafficking in over 1,000 pounds of marijuana in Chesterfield.On Oct. 2, 2018, fire officials responded to a call at 213 Ireland St. in Chesterfield,...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — Rafters Sports Bar and Restaurant, an institution since 1991 that was often filled with patrons before and after sporting events at the University of Massachusetts, closed Wednesday to make way for a new marijuana dispensary.The Jolly...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
HADLEY — Hilda Gruber remembers making and selling ice cream to families at the public swimming hole on her family’s dairy farm in Pennsylvania in the 1930s.“We made homemade ice cream in those days,” Gruber says. “We had a farm and a swimming pool,...
By BERA DUNAU
NORTHAMPTON — A mural is going up on the 135 Main St. building, highlighting a history that includes a notable bank robbery and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.The artist is Ramiro Davaro-Comas. Based in Brooklyn, Davaro-Comas, 32, is an alumnus of...
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