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By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The law firm representing the family of a Florence teenager who died late Friday night in Hatfield has sought to clarify the circumstances of his death, shedding some more light on details of the case.Jesse Johansmeyer, 19, of Burts Pit...

By ALEX MACDOUGALL

HATFIELD — A Florence teenager struck by a pickup truck in a remote cornfield in Hatfield died early Saturday morning at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, according to the Northwestern district attorney’s office.Jesse Johansmeyer, 19, of Burts...

By Scott Merzbach

HATFIELD — Potential contested races for the Select Board and Board of Health for the next three years, and the office of town clerk, are developing for the May 16 town election.Residents who want to seek elective office have a week left before the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — Residents at May’s Town Meeting will likely have a chance to weigh in on several rezoning proposals aimed at increasing the possible commercial uses of properties on and near Route 5, including a pickleball complex, a dog kennel and...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — A new hotel on Route 5 in West Hatfield, accompanied by self-storage units, appears to be on track to being approved by town planners after no significant objections were raised at a recent public hearing on the project.While the Planning...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — On social media channels in Amherst, photographs of firefighter/paramedics accompanied by narratives about them are revealing why they are working for the town, along with fun facts about their lives.“Amherst Fire is an amazing place to work...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — A 35-room hotel and accessory self-storage units planned by a Northampton hotel management company for a Route 5 property are getting closer to realization.A year after the project at 16 West St. was first proposed by Kirit Patel, who runs...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — Disruptions to the quality of life for some residents posed by tractor-trailer trucks using engine compression brakes, which cause both noise and vibration, may be confronted through a proposed municipal bylaw.As both a resident and a...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — Spanish instruction at the Hatfield Elementary School, more performing arts such as chorus at Smith Academy and restoring some middle school sports are being contemplated as ways to keep and attract students to the town’s public schools.The...

While I certainly do admire Miriam Kurland’s passion for our forests and our environment I find her lack of understanding of environmental science and ecology troubling (“Wild forests play an important role,” Gazette, Jan. 31). A: The main purpose of...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — Renovations to Memorial Town Hall, the conversion of the former Center School into condominiums and the ongoing work to extend water and sewer lines along Route 5 are among projects Select Board member Brian Moriarty has championed.As he...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — A proposal to privately develop a pickleball facility on a 30-acre site on West Street will likely require a change in town zoning before proceeding.The Select Board agreed Tuesday to forward a rezoning request to the Planning Board to...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — A new veterans’s services officer, with help from the Central Hampshire Veterans Services, will be providing assistance to military veterans in Hatfield.The Select Board on Tuesday approved a plan that will bring resident Joseph Letourneau,...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — Two West Hatfield parcels situated between Routes 5 and 10 and Interstate 91, including a property where a plumbing and heating business operated for many years, could be rezoned to allow commercial uses.At a public hearing Wednesday, the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — An early 20th century home on King Street was destroyed in a fire Sunday afternoon, according to Fire Chief Robert Flaherty.Flaherty said firefighters responded to reports of the blaze at 52 King St. at 1:30 p.m. When they got there, flames...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — Combined sewer and water bills will rise by nearly $100 annually following rate adjustments approved by the Select Board last week.With little discussion from the public, the board voted unanimously to move the sewer rate from $9.34 per 100...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — A century-old home near Hatfield center was destroyed after a fire started inside it Wednesday afternoon, according to the Hatfield Fire Department.Fire Chief Robert Flaherty said Thursday that the 16 North St. home, whose owner died...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — A Boston-area commercial real estate company recently bought a large warehouse building on Elm Street long occupied by C&S Wholesale Grocers as its Hatfield South site, but apparently vacant for the past few months, for $15.5...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — A mostly vacant property on Routes 5 & 10, to be used for expanding the North American headquarters of tankless water heater manufacturer Stiebel Eltron Inc., could also become home to a publicly accessible dog park and disc golf course.The...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — A food distribution center that opened in Connecticut last September to serve one of the largest supply chains on the East Coast, including about 450 Stop & Shop supermarkets, could affect C&S Wholesale Grocers operations in the region.But...