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By AMANDA DRANE and EMILY CUTTS
NORTHAMPTON — A 70-year-old Hawley man is expected to be arraigned Friday in Northampton District Court on a charge of negligent motor vehicle homicide in connection with the death of 9-year-old Summer Steele of Plainfield last year, according to the...
By CAITLIN ASHWORTH
EASTHAMPTON — Until the school year ends on June 26, the Confederate flag is banned from Easthampton High School. The School Committee voted 5-1 Tuesday to prohibit any display of the Confederate flag on school property unless it is part of the...
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Matt Hewes and Andrew Roman were locked in a pitchers’ duel, Tuesday at Arcanum Field in Florence.Hewes allowed three hits and struck out 11, but Roman allowed three hits and fanned 14 as Pathfinder beat Smith Vocational, 2-1.Hunter Brooks, Hewes...
By EMILY CUTTS
NORTHAMPTON — An Easthampton man accused of manufacturing explosives and explosive devices was ordered held on $150,000 bail Tuesday. Bryan O. Desmarais, 42, of 36 Ridgewood Terrace, pleaded not guilty in Hampshire Superior Court Tuesday afternoon...
By CAITLIN ASHWORTH
EASTHAMPTON — Dozens of students, parents and some community members gathered outside Easthampton High School Monday morning to create a “disruption of education” in response to a student being allowed to wear a Confederate flag sweatshirt to school...
By LISA SPEAR
When polio swept the nation in the early to mid 20th century, Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton had a ward full of cribs for sick babies. Some children spent weeks in the hospital, behind glass, not able to touch another human being, survivors...
By MORGAN HUGHES
NORTHAMPTON — Despite the threat of rain, an estimated 30,000 people were out on the streets for the 36th annual Northampton Pride Parade, which kicked off at noon Saturday.Tens of thousands of cheerful and colorfully decorated people lined up around...
By CAITLIN ASHWORTH
EASTHAMPTON — An Easthampton High School student who wore a Confederate flag sweatshirt to school Wednesday was within his civil rights to do so, despite racial tension that has erupted at the school in recent weeks.School officials, based on advice...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
NORTHAMPTON — Far from foreign battlefields, David Felty is learning to help military veterans resolve conflicts of a different sort.A five week training session at the World War II Club on Conz Street is helping the Southampton resident and trial...
By CAITLIN ASHWORTH
EASTHAMPTON — The city is considering whether to pitch in $25,000 toward restoration of the Hampshire County Courthouse in Northampton, a proposal that is drawing criticism from the mayor and other officials.The $4 million restoration and preservation...
By AMANDA DRANE
NORTHAMPTON — A slow trickle of residents has so far taken the first step toward candidacy in the city election in November. Joining the familiar cast are two new faces: Bob Driscoll for city clerk, and Susan Voss for School Committee member...
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
NORTHAMPTON — Not all rebellions succeed.The Northampton boys ultimate team has framed its clashes with Amherst Regional as battling an evil empire for the past few years. The Blue Devils felt they were close to achieving that goal after leading the...
By EMILY CUTTS
NORTHAMPTON — An Easthampton man is suing the Northampton Police Department for $15 million, alleging that he was roughed up outside a bar in April 2014 Gregory S. Stevens claims he suffered numerous physical and mental injuries in the altercation,...
By CAITLIN ASHWORTH
EASTHAMPTON — Sometimes a business is born by chance.For Easthampton’s Vincent and Kasey Corsello, that chance occurred several years ago when the couple, while living in Italy, set out on a shopping trip and stumbled into Sartor, a butchery at an...
By JACK SUNTRUP
NORTHAMPTON — More than two months after the cancellation of High-Five Friday rattled Northampton, the school district announced Monday a permanent police liaison to its elementary schools.The four district elementary schools have lacked a steady law...
Polish committee to observe constitution day with screeningNORTHAMPTON — The Northampton Polish Heritage Committee will observe Polish Constitution Day on Wednesday with a film screening of “Europe’s First Constitution,” by professor Richard...
By MORGAN HUGHES
NORTHAMPTON — More than 15,000 people celebrated cannabis at the 26th annual Extravaganja on Saturday, the first time the event has been held since Massachusetts voted to legalize the weed.In years past, the event has served as a political rally for...
By CAITLIN ASHWORTH
EASTHAMPTON — Fourth and fifth grade students studying immigration from Europe to America during the 20th century had an opportunity to learn the topic through theater.Over the past two months, students at the Hilltown Cooperative Charter School...
By EMILY CUTTS
BELCHERTOWN — A Belchertown man has been arrested and charged with possessing child pornography after he allegedly attempted to entice a boy via Facebook Messenger.Douglas Wallace, 28, of 145 River St., pleaded not guilty in Eastern Hampshire District...
By EMILY CUTTS
NORTHAMPTON — A jury in a child rape trial will resume deliberations Monday after twice telling a Hampshire Superior Court judge Thursday they could not reach a consensus.The 12-member jury spent the entire day in deliberations on the case of a former...
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