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EASTHAMPTON — Two years after opening its first facility in Hadley, Wagging Tails Pet Resort, a dog day care, boarding, grooming and training shop, is opening a second location at the former Heritage Farm at 30 Florence Road in Easthampton.Owner...

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EASTHAMPTON — As the world tries to combat global climate change and find workable clean alternatives to energy production, a small Easthampton company says it has a patented new way of creating electricity, one that could revolutionize how power is...

By FRAN RYAN

HUNTINGTON — A one-time tavern that is believed to have been a stop on the Underground Railroad, the landmark 1790s building that houses the Huntington Country Store is for sale.Store owners Becky Butler and her husband, Randy, have operated the...

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HUNTINGTON — A 136-year-old church will be sold at auction later this month in a first for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield.The diocese, which covers Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire counties, plans to place St. Thomas Catholic...

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HOLYOKE — As the American shad migration upstream comes to a close, the numbers of fish passing over the Holyoke dam this year has been encouraging to fish biologist and those from who operate the Robert E. Barrett Fishway.On July 2, the total number...

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TURNERS FALLS — Located adjacent to the Connecticut River in Turners Falls, the Silvio O. Conte Anadromous Fish Research Center is one of the world’s leading research facilities on the study of migrating fish species and the development of state of...

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CHESTERFIELD — The sun shone brightly Tuesday morning as throngs of people, including Congressman Richard Neal, lined South Street and Main Road in Chesterfield. They wove American flags, and cheered when the blare of a police siren signaled the start...

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WILLIAMSBURG — Staff and faculty at the Anne T. Dunphy School threw a surprise celebration Friday for six longtime teachers who are retiring this month.The retirees, thinking they were attending a simple retirement ceremony at the school, were taken...

By FRAN RYAN

WILLIAMSBURG — Voters at annual Town Meeting Monday approved to a $65,000 study that will gather critical information for future construction of a 2-mile path through town called the Mill River Greenway. Voters at Town Meeting, which drew 215 of the...

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CHESTERFIELD — After four years of planning, work on a new Veterans Park is expected to begin this summer after Town Meeting’s decision Monday night to approve $34,430 toward its construction next to Town Hall. The 67 of the town’s 901 voters who...

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CUMMINGTON — If voters at Friday’s annual Town Meeting approve, the town may soon take steps to protect pollinators and enhance their habitat. The resolution for pollinators is one of two nonbinding questions on the docket at the meeting. The other...

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WILLIAMSBURG — Denise Banister was re-elected to a three-year term on Select Board Monday night in a landslide town election where she received 305 votes to challenger Robert Parker’s 38 votes. The race for a two-year seat on the Local School...

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The 2017 Goshen Meltdown has come to a close raising $1,350 to purchase an automated external defibrillator for the New Hingham Elementary School in Chesterfield.“I think this is fabulous,” New Hingham School Principal Rosemary Larkin said “We were...

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In early January unsuspecting residents of West Springfield and Agawam were shocked and frightened when they discovered dozens of dead or dying birds near their homes, some falling from trees on to lawns homes and cars.The unusual incident...

By FRAN RYAN

NORTHAMPTON — Joseph Bartolomeo’s two-day winning streak on the TV game show “Jeopardy!” came to an end Monday evening when the University of Massachusetts Amherst English professor lost to a Virginia social worker. The two-time champion had won a...