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AMHERST — Before the budget season commences in Amherst, two citizen groups, including one focused on issues affecting youth, will host a conversation about where spending should be prioritized.Sunrise Amherst and the Progressive Coalition of Amherst...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — On the day that the University of Massachusetts holds its 2023 commencement, many off-campus students with yearlong leases may already be out of their local homes.That is expected to be the case for junior Hailey Roseman, whose lease for an...

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AMHERST — Thomas W. Cole Jr., who came out of retirement to lead the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus as its chancellor for the 2007-2008 academic year and established Founders Day, died last week.An Atlanta resident at the time of his death...

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NORTHAMPTON — A prominent businessman who owns two city hotels has reached a tentative deal to buy the Daily Hampshire Gazette’s headquarters at 115 Conz St., though there are no imminent plans for redeveloping the site.Mansour Ghalibaf, who operates...

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AMHERST — Demolition of vacant commercial properties at the northern end of downtown, to make way for a new mixed-use building, could be imminent following the recent sale of four parcels to an Amherst developer.Archipelago Investments, LLC, of South...

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AMHERST — Two sites in the East Amherst village center, including a vacant school building, will be developed into a $27 million, 70-apartment affordable housing project by Way Finders Inc., a Springfield nonprofit housing organization.Amherst...

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AMHERST — A new town department that will provide an alternative to police, with unarmed employees responding to calls that don’t feature violence of serious crime, has its inaugural leader.Earl Miller, regional director of recovery for the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — As hundreds of green-clad college-age people filled streets and lawns in town Saturday morning and afternoon, one party-goer suffered serious injuries when he was impaled while trying to climb a fence at a North Amherst apartment...

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HADLEY — Demolition of a former auto repair shop and trees being cut down will be among the first signs that a $25 million project to widen a section of Route 9 between town center and the shopping malls is underway.Town Administrator Carolyn Brennan...

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AMHERST — Construction of 28 small studio apartments for low-income individuals, including more than a third that will be set aside for those who have recently been homeless, is expected to begin by mid-March.The Valley Community Development project...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — A vodka company founded and based in Hadley, which has made its line of drinks in a 136-year-old distillery in Poland, is looking to begin some production in the community.Paul Kozub, V-One Vodka’s owner and founder, told the Planning Board...

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AMHERST — A bone from a dinosaur that roamed the region up to 201 million years ago has been discovered by a Mount Holyoke College geology professor, who found the apparent fossil among stones brought to his South Hadley home for an ornamental...

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AMHERST — A mother black bear and her three cubs roaming through neighborhoods south of the University of Massachusetts campus have made themselves a constant presence for the past several weeks.The bears’ foray into a Blue Hills Road backyard in late...

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AMHERST — A new academic building for Amherst College will break ground this spring on South Pleasant Street, south of the President’s House.To be known as the Aliki Perroti and Seth Frank Lyceum, the 18,500-square-foot building includes the...

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AMHERST — A loaded handgun, wrapped packages of cocaine and a significant quantity of marijuana led to the arrest of a Portland, Maine man, and former Amherst resident, early Saturday morning, according to Amherst Police.Justin C. Satterfield, 30, was...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

BELCHERTOWN — A Brooklyn, New York man arrested Wednesday for his role in growing close to 1,400 marijuana plants inside a Granby home will be held at Hampshire Jail and House of Correction on $30,000 cash bail.Haolin Yu, 30, pleaded not guilty to...

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AMHERST — A temporary moratorium on developing large-scale, ground-mounted solar projects, defined as ones that generate at least 250 kilowatts of power, is winning support from residents.At a Community Resources Committee public hearing Monday, many...

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AMHERST — For more than half a century, the Jolly family has run Amherst restaurants where people can drop in to get a burger and beer in a casual environment.In Savannas Amherst Bar & Bistro, owner Aaron Jolly is creating a place that he hopes will...

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AMHERST — After acquiring wooded land near her medical office building for additional parking, Dr. Kate Atkinson wasn’t expecting that a large metal lifeboat, similar to those on the ill-fated Titanic, would be hidden within the overgrown...

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NORTHAMPTON — Positioned between the stall with miniature horses and the reptile experience, a few alpacas received plenty of attention from families visiting the Baby Barnyard barn at the Three County Fair Sunday morning.“Lots of people want to know...