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AMHERST — A University of Massachusetts Amherst geosciences assistant professor has won one of the field’s most prestigious awards for those early in their career.The American Geophysical Union’s Earth and Planetary Surface Processes Focus Group...

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The Interstate 91 northbound Exit 21 on- and off-ramps in Northampton and Hatfield will be closed on Monday from 6:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. due to road work, according to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.The work is part of a $10.8 million...

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NORTHAMPTON — The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has detected West Nile virus in the state’s mosquitoes for the first time this year in a sample collected on June 27 in Berkshire County.There have been no confirmed human or animal cases of...

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NORTHAMPTON — A bill making its way through the state Legislature would create an automatic voter registration system in the state, changing the current opt-in format to an opt-out system.State Rep. Peter Kocot, D-Northampton, has presented the bill...

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AMHERST — A small section of a local school was on lockdown Monday as a principal stalked the halls, BB gun in hand.He made his way past the dark green lockers and into two classrooms, where 13 adults were doing their best to hide. He walked up to the...

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A bill that would ban the use of all handheld electronics by drivers has passed the state Senate, and will now move onto the House where its passage remains uncertain.The bill, sponsored by Sen. Mark Montigny, D-New Bedford, would make it illegal for...

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AMHERST — Longtime Amherst educator Mary Custard won the 2017 Louise Gaskins Lifetime Civil Rights Award from the Massachusetts Teachers Association on Friday.The dean of students and former athletic director at Amherst Regional High School, Custard...

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EASTHAMPTON — An Easthampton woman with an expertise in medieval textiles will be the latest Pioneer Valley resident to appear on “Jeopardy!”Lisa Evans, a 1982 Smith College graduate who works at Regional Economic Models, Inc. in Amherst, will be one...

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AMHERST — Hundreds of family members and friends crowded into the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Mullins Center for the 153rd Amherst Regional High School graduation on Friday. Buying flowers and snacks in the lobby before taking their seats,...

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State Attorney General Maura Healey and advocates have called on lawmakers to approve a tuition recovery fund for students who incurred debt at for-profit education chains that engaged in unlawful practices or closed their doors, including one campus...

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NORTHAMPTON — After more than 30 years of stylishly dressing Northampton area residents, J. Rich Clothing for Men will close at the end of July.The store is one of three Northampton clothing businesses, including 2nd Time Around and Ci Ci Boutique,...

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WARE — Residents can safely drink town water again.An order issued Tuesday advising them to boil their drinking water due to contamination ended Wednesday.A collection of five samples analyzed for the offending bacteria showed the water system to be...

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A Berkshire Superior Court grand jury has indicted an Easthampton woman accused of misleading police in connection with a missing-person investigation.The indictment was handed up against Laura Reilly, who faces three counts of intimidation of...

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EASTHAMPTON — The threat of rain didn’t stop hundreds from gathering to see this year’s Memorial Day parade in Easthampton, where everyone from veterans to local baseball teams marched together to honor America’s veterans.Small groups of people...

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HATFIELD — Any bibliophile who has relocated from one home to another knows how burdensome moving a bookshelf full of books can be. Now try and imagine the logistical nightmare involved in moving not just a few boxes of books, but some 2.5 million...

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HADLEY — Just a month after her son had begun first grade at Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School, Shoshona King says Dimitri was already being pushed out the door.Dimitri, who is on the autism spectrum, started classes at the school in...

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AMHERST — When the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and the University of Massachusetts Amherst tested water for lead and copper levels at schools statewide, the results — that 72 percent of school buildings had at least one...

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AMHERST — In keeping with Hampshire College’s reputation for its interdisciplinary, often quirky curriculum and teaching methods, academics there have founded a scholars-in-residence program for plasmodial slime molds — billed as “the world’s only...

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AMHERST — Just before taking the stage before thousands at the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s commencement Friday, health care was on U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s mind.With Republicans holding a firm grip on both houses of Congress and the...

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AMHERST — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren took aim at Donald Trump and his administration during Friday’s keynote address at the University of Massachusetts Amherst commencement ceremony, where she pushed students to engage in politics.Making jokes at...