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By EMILY CUTTS

BELCHERTOWN — A Hadley resident was taken into custody by the U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge in Eastern Hampshire District Court on Monday.Abdul Ismail, 27, a citizen of Ghana, pleaded...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON – A Belchertown man accused of striking and killing another man who was waiting at an Amherst bus stop in November denied numerous charges Friday in Hampshire Superior Court.Peter Sheremeta, 20, pleaded not guilty to charges including...

By JACK SUNTRUP

The gypsy moth caterpillar’s on-again, off-again reign of destruction over Massachusetts forests starts in 1868 or 1869 in Medford.Leopold Trouvelot was an amateur entomologist who, in 1852, left France as Napoleon III was fastening his grip on power....

By NYSSA KRUSE

BELCHERTOWN — Joe Arpaio, former sheriff of Arizona’s Maricopa County who has styled himself “America’s Toughest Sheriff,” will be a guest speaker this weekend at a Second Amendment rally in town.Arpaio, who turns 85 this week, will speak at...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

BELCHERTOWN — After almost a year without a new contract for workers, Belchertown teachers and their school district have agreed to tentative terms, though custodial, secretarial, food service and paraprofessional bargaining units continue to...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

LEE — Belchertown coach Zach Siano called Jonathan Vinagre, Denis Lelic and Alec Morgado to the fence.“This is the spot we want to be in,” he told them.Noah Pare just clinched a win at No. 3 singles to put the Belchertown boys tennis team one point...

By JOSEPH REA

GREAT BARRINGTON — For the third consecutive season, the Monument Mountain and Belchertown girls tennis teams met in the Western Massachusetts Division 3 Tournament semifinals.This time around, the Spartans picked up a 5-0 victory on Wednesday to...

By MIKE MORAN

The South Hadley and Belchertown girls tennis teams are on a collision course again.The two schools met in the finals of the 2016 Western Massachusetts Division 3 Tournament. Belchertown, then the No. 1 seed, beat the third-seeded Tigers, 3-2.They...

By FRAN SYPEK

HOLYOKE — The Northampton girls track and field team was up against teams with much deeper numbers.Despite having only 14 athletes, the Blue Devils forged on and placed third Friday night in the District F & G Division 1 Championships at Holyoke High...

By EMILY CUTTS

BELCHERTOWN — Select Board member Brenda Aldrich will face a challenger in the race for the three-year seat.Aldrich will face Carla Dell’Olio at the polls as part of the annual town election Monday.Brenda Aldrich Aldrich, 57, is finishing her sixth...

Staff reports

The Belchertown girls tennis team qualified for the postseason with a 5-0 win at West Springfield on Tuesday.Jordyn Paul held off Ally Fontaine 6-2, 6-1 at No. 1 singles.Julia Morgado and Madison Slater needed three sets at No. 1 doubles. They beat...

By Chance Viles

Belchertown — Despite approving many articles at annual Town Meeting Monday night, one of the most anticipated proposals — a potential withdrawal from the Hampshire Council of Governments — was shelved until next month due to a technical...

By EMILY CUTTS

Hampshire County is set to get nearly $6.6 million in state aid to help repair roads, with $1 million of that total headed to Northampton.The money has been authorized for the county as part of a $200 million Chapter 90 reimbursements bill signed by...

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 KYLE GRABOWSKI

BELCHERTOWN — Riley Synan should get a finder’s fee.Both directly and indirectly, she helped two Belchertown swimmers find their fits on college swim teams in central New York.Senior Dennis Lelic will be joining her at SUNY Oswego, while her younger...

By MOLLY CLANCY

BELCHERTOWN — The Amherst Regional girls lacrosse team held on to defeat league rival Belchertown, 8-5 Tuesday night, for its first win of the season.“It’s good. I’m excited, finally. We worked hard for it,” Amherst junior Nicole Gerena said.The...

By JACK SUNTRUP

ORANGE — Rodney Flagg sat under a lamp at the front of his bait and tackle shop tying up a batch of Winnie Squid flies. Every so often, the front door squeaked open, and a fisherman walked in.“That time of year!” one told Flagg, 79. The angler would...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Amherst Regional product Devonte’ McCall approached his postgraduate season with one goal in mind: a college scholarship.After a year at the Westminster School in Simsbury, Connecticut, the Belchertown native achieved it. McCall announced Monday on...

By NICOLE DeFEUDIS

BELCHERTOWN — For the second year in a row, a Belchertown native Navy SEAL has taken top honors at his Virginia Naval unit.Petty Officer 1st Class James Mason, a special warfare operator, was named 2016 Sailor of the Year for the Naval Safety Center...

By FRAN RYAN

In early January unsuspecting residents of West Springfield and Agawam were shocked and frightened when they discovered dozens of dead or dying birds near their homes, some falling from trees on to lawns homes and cars.The unusual incident...