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By JACK SUNTRUP

HADLEY — If you’ve been hunting for just the right scarf or purse, The Lady Bugs Women’s Club of Hadley might just have the answer. The club is hosting a scarf and purse sale at the Hadley Council on Aging from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.Jeanne...

For Jorge Sosa, making homemade corn tortillas for his restaurant in Hadley was about recreating the earthy, crunchy taste of authentic Mexican food. It was a restaurateur’s decision to deliver taste to his customers, but since 2007 these tortillas...

SOUTH HADLEY — Members of the Hampshire-Franklin Commission of the Status of Women and Girls will be sworn in as commissioners in a ceremony at the South Hadley Library at 6 p.m. Tuesday.Denise Brown, Ginetta Candelario and Chelsea Kline, all of...

By CAITLIN ASHWORTH

EASTHAMPTON — With just hours to the deadline to file federal income taxes Tuesday, some tax preparation services were serving clients up until the last minute.At the Liberty Tax Service, 53 Union St., Easthampton, tax specialist Saqib Tasneem was...

By CAITLIN ASHWORTH

SOUTH HADLEY — Students and alumni of Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter School gathered in front of the school Friday afternoon in support of a favorite teacher.The purpose? Protesting against the school’s alleged plans of terminating English...

By JACK SUNTRUP

HADLEY — In politics, sometimes a handful of votes makes the difference.In this case, all it took to propel 38-year-old Keith Shannon to the School Committee were three write-in votes — from himself, his wife Geri Labay and a family friend. He said...

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In his first start of the season, Jon Morrison struck out 13 in a 9-3 win for the Hopkins Academy baseball team over Pioneer Regional, Tuesday in Northfield.Morrison pitched six innings and gave up three earned runs.Noah Scanlon-Dean and Nate Kelley...

By JACK SUNTRUP

HADLEY — Incumbent Molly Keegan will retain her spot on the Select Board for another three years after fending off a challenge by former board member John Mieczkowski Sr. in Tuesday’s annual town election.According to preliminary tallies, Keegan took...

By JACK SUNTRUP

HADLEY — Voters will decide one contested race Tuesday when they head to the polls for the annual town election.Select Board Chairwoman Molly Keegan faces former Selectman John Mieczkowski Sr. in Tuesday’s contest. Polls will be open from 9 a.m. to 8...

SOUTH HADLEY – Three incumbents will face two challengers for the race for the South Hadley Public Library Board of Trustees.Voters will choose between incumbents David Morrell, Susan Obremski-Crowther and Gillian Woldorf and newcomers Donald J....

Schools must send clear message on racism I write in support of the Easthampton parents protesting their high school’s inadequate response to racism in their school by failing to send a clear message that racial hatred will not be tolerated (“Parents...

By EMILY CUTTS

SOUTH HADLEY — The Select Board will have a new member as only one incumbent sought re-election in Tuesday’s annual town election.Voters will chose between Select Board member Sarah Etelman and newcomers Andrea Miles and Scott Moore for the two seats...

By AMANDA DRANE

HADLEY — Amid all the back and forth over the direction of the Hampshire Council of Governments, there’s one point everyone seems to agree on: the structure of the agency is flawed, and it needs another legislative look.“It’s not designed properly,”...

By CAITLIN ASHWORTH

SOUTH HADLEY — Paul Plummer, a longtime area educator and principal at Michael E. Smith Middle School since 2013, died suddenly Tuesday night. He was 49.Superintendent Nicholas D. Young sent a message to parents and teachers, notifying them of the...

SOUTH HADLEY — Replacing or repairing Mosier Elementary School, open communication and a desire for public service has drawn a crowd for the opening election for School Committee.Incumbents Eric Sarrazin and Barry Waite will face challengers Carly...

Cooley Dickinson lifts temporary visiting policy Northampton — Cooley Dickinson Hospital has lifted its temporary, restrictive visiting policy effective immediately. The more restrictive visiting policy was put in place in mid-February in...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

President William McKinley's visit to Northampton, South Hadley and Holyoke in 1899 came with great fanfare: parades, public gatherings and accolades at the commencement ceremonies at Smith and Mount Holyoke colleges.Nearly 118 years after the...

By MICHAEL MAJCHROWICZ

NORTHAMPTON — A grand jury handed up a vehicular homicide charge for a South Hadley man police said caused a fatal, two-vehicle crash in May that claimed the life of Thomas Flanagan, a 29-year-old Westfield man and father of two who was delivering...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

SOUTH HADLEY — Eric Castonguay’s swimming knowledge began and ended with a single Springfield College class: Water Safety Instructor.Yet there he was Tuesday on the Michael E. Smith Middle School pool deck, stopwatch in hand.He’s coaching the South...

By EMILY CUTTS

HADLEY — Police are investigating a video posted to social media featuring a Hopkins Academy student uttering racial slurs and advocating violence and white supremacy.Hadley Police Sgt. Mitchell Kuc said police have determined that the speech on the...