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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...

By BERA DUNAU

WESTHAMPTON — Town Democrats will hold a party caucus Thursday, giving them a voice in the selection of candidates for governor and other statewide offices. However, eight other Hampshire County communities will not be sending caucus delegates to the...

By EMILY THURLOW

HATFIELD — By most familial accounts, Frank J. Skawski, Jr. and Linda Skawski were always together. The couple founded and co-ran their Hatfield business, Skawski Farms, that has thrived for more than four decades. Season after season, Linda could be...

By BERA DUNAU

HATFIELD — Danco Modern, a Pioneer Valley furniture store, is marking 50 years this year. And the furniture store’s three owners, all former employees and all younger than the business itself, aren’t content to see the business stand still.“We’re...

NORTHAMPTON — Familiar exit numbers on Interstate 91 will begin being replaced by exit numbers based on mileage starting Wednesday.The highway corridor that runs between Connecticut and Vermont will be the final highway in the state to get the new...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — When Legacy Craft Smokehouse opened earlier this month at 127 Elm St., it brought owner Zach Langlois back to the same building where his family ran the Smithsonian Grill and Bar for more than a decade.Frequently passing by what had become...

By MICHAEL CONNORS

NORTHAMPTON — Two and a half years after Daniel Cruz was fatally shot at Meadowbrook Apartments and his body set ablaze in a field in Hatfield, his killer, Nerkin Omar Morales, was sentenced to 15 to 20 years in state prison Tuesday.Morales, 24,...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

HATFIELD — A driver crashed his car into a utility pole Wednesday morning on South Street, snapping the pole in half, police said.Patrick Ryan, 70, of Hatfield, was taken in an ambulance to Cooley Dickinson Hospital after crashing into the pole just...