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Fighting his way to the top: School wrestling career gave South Hadley’s Leon Davis a leg up on winning International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu grand slam
12-31-2024 1:39 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — As Leon Davis walked up to the podium to accept the first place medal at the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation’s World Tournament on Dec. 13, he hadn’t yet realized that the victory made him one of just 17 Grand Slam...


John Howard: Electric cars save money
12-27-2024 2:26 PM

South Hadley is a very good place to own an electric vehicle. This is because we are a municipal light plant town, as are Holyoke and Chicopee, so our electric rates are about half those of investor owned utility (IOU) towns. In addition, electric...


South Hadley’s last large farm under permanent conservation
12-26-2024 12:39 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — The 205-acre Lauzier Farm off Alvord Street is the last large farm property in South Hadley, and it will remain so for generations to come as permanently protected agricultural land.That’s because the farm now has an agricultural...


Alleged bank robber facing charges for heist of Westfield Bank in South Hadley
12-16-2024 4:59 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

BELCHERTOWN — A 26-year-old woman who allegedly robbed a bank in South Hadley last week with the help of an unwitting getaway driver is facing charges of armed robbery and making a bomb threat.Rosa Murillo of Springfield pleaded not guilty to those...


Bruce C. Forcier: 2-year struggle for transparency in South Hadley Water District 1
12-15-2024 8:34 PM

For the past two years, I have been engaged in an arduous journey to compel the South Hadley Water District 1 Board to comply with Secretary of State Determination SPR 22-1997 regarding cell phone records. This battle for transparency has escalated to...


South Hadley police investigating robbery of Westfield Bank branch
12-11-2024 9:43 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

SOUTH HADLEY – Police are investigating a bank robbery that took place Wednesday at Westfield Bank branch at 32 Willimansett St.Police responded to a report of a robbery shortly before 2 p.m. Police Chief Jennifer Gundersen confirmed the report, but...


Martin Garnar: We all benefit from the Jones Library
12-10-2024 1:25 PM

I am writing to support the Jones Library building project. Though I am a resident of South Hadley, I work in Amherst and am a regular user of the Jones Library. As a librarian myself, I am deeply concerned by the attempts to block this project when...


Property taxes to tick up slightly in South Hadley
12-10-2024 1:10 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — The owner of an average single-family home valued at $391,100 will pay an estimated $105 more in property taxes next fiscal year. Compared to the average tax bill of $5,361 in fiscal 2024, the average single-family home will pay $5,467...


Mount Holyoke College’s $180M march toward carbon neutrality
12-09-2024 4:34 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — Mount Holyoke College hopes to celebrate its bicentennial in 2037 by declaring the campus carbon neutral, and the liberal arts college has already taken significant steps toward that goal as it moves into phase three of a new geothermal...


Along Route 202: South Hadley PD’s new comfort dog on board; Belchertown raises funds for high schooler with cancer
12-09-2024 3:11 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — South Hadley Police Department’s newest officer has arrived at the station, bringing all his excitement, energy and fur with him.The South Hadley Police Department will launch its comfort dog program with Office Murphy, an 8-week-old...


Mary Hall: Circles of empathy
12-06-2024 8:30 PM

I was privileged to spend some time in Amman, Jordan in the spring of 1991. I had no language and was impaired, but tried to learn as best I could. I encountered a number of Palestinians. At one point I was convinced every cab driver was a Palestinian...


Keith Davis: Listen to the progressive Dems
12-05-2024 2:19 PM

Gary Michael Tartakov really nailed it in his Nov. 29 guest column, “Dems must truly become the party of the working class.” Progressive Democratic politicians must revolutionize their party or start a new one to counter the authoritarian drift of our...


On the right side of the law: Hands-on exposure helps South Hadley criminal justice students
12-02-2024 5:09 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — High school students aren’t the only ones learning from South Hadley High School’s criminal justice vocational program.During the spring semester, members of the class of 23 students will be at the Police Academy in Holyoke to act out...


South Hadley decides on 65-gallon carts for new trash system
11-30-2024 2:01 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — The Select Board recently made another key decision in the town’s effort to move to a new trash system next July 1, approving 65-gallon trash carts with orange tops and 95-gallon recycling carts with black tops.Earlier this year, the...


Peter Scott: Tariffs spell doom
11-29-2024 7:59 PM

Donald Trump says he is going to put punishingly high tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China for non-economic reasons. Instead of actually tackling immigration and fentanyl head on, he imagines tariffs as a some kind of “magic bullet” that will force...


South Hadley lands green community status
11-28-2024 3:07 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY —  South Hadley is the last community in Hampshire County to receive the green community designation from Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources.On Nov. 22, the Healey-Driscoll Administration announced three new communities and...


Kenneth LeBlanc: Snob zoning is still alive in South Hadley
11-26-2024 10:40 PM

The need for affordable housing is urgent. As I drive through South Hadley, I see signs supporting equality and social justice, but none advocating affordable housing — an essential social justice issue.Our country is failing to address housing needs...


Mount Holyoke College to endow two new faculty chairs thanks to $6M anonymous gift
11-24-2024 12:01 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — Mount Holyoke College will endow two new faculty chairs named after accomplished alums Debra Martin Chase, a film and musical producer, and Suzan-Lori Parks, a playwright, thanks to an anonymous $6 million gift — the largest gift from a...


South Hadley residents reject zoning changes at TM, saying they don’t mandate affordable housing
11-15-2024 1:50 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — Town Meeting members voted down all four zoning bylaw amendments at a special Town Meeting on Wednesday, with a majority of residents expressing dissatisfaction about the lack of mandated affordable housing and natural resource...


South Hadley seeks trustees for new Affordable Housing Trust
11-14-2024 2:08 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — Applications to join the board of trustees for the town’s first Affordable Housing Trust opened earlier this week, taking a major step forward in creating an organization dedicated to developing deed-restricted affordable housing in...

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