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By CAITLIN ASHWORTH

SOUTHAMPTON — A vacant seat on the Select Board will likely remain unfilled until next May.In an informal 2-2 vote earlier this month, the board’s four remaining members decided that it would be too expensive to hold a special election in October to...

By CAITLIN ASHWORTH

SOUTHAMPTON — The town is growing, says Select Board chairman and lifetime resident Charlie Kaniecki. A baseball field draws people into the area and residences are popping up.Kanieck says it’s time for the rest of Southampton to catch up.Projects...

By GAZETTE STAFF

The Southampton Police Department is looking for help locating a 26-year-old missing man.Tyler Tersavich was last seen last Friday in Northampton, according to a Facebook post from the Southampton Police.“His parents are concerned for his well-being...

By CAITLIN ASHWORTH

SOUTHAMPTON — Facing an effort by some residents to boot her off the Select Board for absenteeism, Shannon Cutler lashed out at her Select Board colleagues in a tersely worded resignation letter submitted to the town late last week.“I tried to fight...

By CAITLIN ASHWORTH

SOUTHAMPTON — Voters on Thursday shot down a $110,000 override for funding additional staff and curriculum materials at the William E. Norris School.The proposed tax levy failed by a 435-350 vote, according to Town Clerk Janine Domina. The override...

By CAITLIN ASHWORTH

SOUTHAMPTON — An hour before class lets out at the William E. Norris Elementary School, cars start lining up along the curb on Pomeroy Meadow Road.Some park about a quarter-mile down the street. They wait until 3 p.m., as the buses line up in front of...

By CAITLIN ASHWORTH

SOUTHAMPTON — Voters will decide next week whether to support a $110,000 override to fund additional staff and necessary supplies at the William E. Norris School.A town election to decide on the override is set for Thursday, June 29, from noon to 8...

By EMILY CUTTS

HOLYOKE – A Southampton man is being held on $20,000 bail after allegedly assaulting a Holyoke man during a home break-in Thursday morning.Sean Younger, 45, of 5 Cheryl Lane, was charged with breaking and entering in the daytime, armed assault in a...

 By SCOTT MERZBACH

Owners of two local businesses have created unique chairs that are part of an auction that will raise money for Boston-based charities.Karen Dzendolet, principal and owner of KDZ Designs in Pelham, and John Geraghty, founder of Grain of Thought...

By CAITLIN ASHWORTH

SOUTHAMPTON — Officers seized three misused handicap placards last week in an effort to crack down on those who illegally park in handicap spaces.Lt. Ian Illingsworth said the department typically checks for placards of cars parked in handicapped...

By CAITLIN ASHWORTH

SOUTHAMPTON — Due to a tight budget, the William E. Norris School is asking for a $110,000 override at Town Meeting Tuesday night to fund additional staff and necessary supplies.Southampton residents will vote on 39 articles at Town Meeting, which...

By CAITLIN ASHWORTH

SOUTHAMPTON — Four candidates running for the two seats on the Select Board all voiced parallel concern for a top priority in town — a new public safety complex.“If we don’t do anything within the next few years, it’s literally going to fall down,”...

By CAITLIN ASHWORTH

SOUTHAMPTON — With two seats open on the Select Board and four candidates running, the town is holding an event Wednesday night to help inform voters.Southampton’s “Meet Your Select Board Candidates” forum is at 6:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 210 College...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

SOUTHAMPTON — The cause of a brush fire that consumed more than 12 acres in Southampton on Easter Sunday has been ruled accidental, said Fire Chief John C. Workman.Investigators pinpointed an old railroad bed as the origin of the fire, which burned...

By JACK SUNTRUP

SOUTHAMPTON — When 16-year-old Damien Cox caught a faint burning smell Sunday afternoon, he assumed the scent was wafting from a neighbor’s kitchen. It was Easter, after all.“So we didn’t think anything of it,” he said.Later, his godfather spotted the...

By GAZETTE STAFF

SOUTHAMPTON – Commuters will have to find a different route this morning as a portion of Brickyard Road will be closed from the Gilbert Road intersection to Valley Road.The closure comes as construction crews work to remove railroad tracks near Valley...

BY MORGAN HUGHES

SOUTHAMPTON — At precisely 6 a.m. and 4 p.m., Dena trots over to the dining room, hops in her special high chair and chows down.This is part the daily routine of Dena, the 11-year-old Welsh corgi and her owner, 89-year-old Theresa St. Martin. When she...

By CAITLIN ASHWORTH

SOUTHAMPTON — The town’s three-decade practice of using public money to remove snow and ice from private streets may soon come to an end.“It is illegal and other communities are doing it (plowing),” Select Board member James Labrie said at a public...

By TAYLOR TELFORD

When the planes decimated the Twin Towers in 2001, Jim McGorry watched on the television in his darkened bar, Ye Ol’ Watering Hole on Pleasant Street in Northampton. It was 10 a.m. and the bar was closed, but people pounded on the door and he let them...