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By EMILEE KLEIN
SOUTH HADLEY — The public is invited to weigh in on the first draft of preliminary zoning recommendations for the Route 202/33 corridor at the fourth public forum on Thursday night.
By GARRETT COTE
SOUTH HADLEY — Although the Mahar wrestling team had already clinched a dual meet win over South Hadley, the 175-pound bout between the Senators’ Tristen Gaj and the Tigers’ Jasiel Ramos was the best of the night. The two went back-and-forth...
I am old enough to have had a father who fought in World War II. Because of graduate degrees he had, the Army put him in their chemical warfare battalion. These troops had to lug mustard gas shells around all over Europe, in case the Germans should...
By EMILEE KLEIN
SOUTH HADLEY — As Leon Davis walked up to the podium to accept the first place medal at the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation’s World Tournament on Dec. 13, he hadn’t yet realized that the victory made him one of just 17 Grand Slam...
South Hadley is a very good place to own an electric vehicle. This is because we are a municipal light plant town, as are Holyoke and Chicopee, so our electric rates are about half those of investor owned utility (IOU) towns. In addition, electric...
By EMILEE KLEIN
SOUTH HADLEY — The 205-acre Lauzier Farm off Alvord Street is the last large farm property in South Hadley, and it will remain so for generations to come as permanently protected agricultural land.That’s because the farm now has an agricultural...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
BELCHERTOWN — A 26-year-old woman who allegedly robbed a bank in South Hadley last week with the help of an unwitting getaway driver is facing charges of armed robbery and making a bomb threat.Rosa Murillo of Springfield pleaded not guilty to those...
By GARRETT COTE
SOUTH HADLEY — When a team reaches the state championship game, it’s typically led by a group of seniors – veteran players that have accumulated experience and played in pressure situations throughout their careers. They’re unfazed when playing in big...
For the past two years, I have been engaged in an arduous journey to compel the South Hadley Water District 1 Board to comply with Secretary of State Determination SPR 22-1997 regarding cell phone records. This battle for transparency has escalated to...
By GARRETT COTE
BELCHERTOWN — In each of the second, third and fourth quarters, the South Hadley boys basketball team put together runs that had Belchertown in the danger zone. Several times the Orioles found themselves in a double-digit hole, teetering closer toward...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
SOUTH HADLEY – Police are investigating a bank robbery that took place Wednesday at Westfield Bank branch at 32 Willimansett St.Police responded to a report of a robbery shortly before 2 p.m. Police Chief Jennifer Gundersen confirmed the report, but...
I am writing to support the Jones Library building project. Though I am a resident of South Hadley, I work in Amherst and am a regular user of the Jones Library. As a librarian myself, I am deeply concerned by the attempts to block this project when...
By EMILEE KLEIN
SOUTH HADLEY — The owner of an average single-family home valued at $391,100 will pay an estimated $105 more in property taxes next fiscal year. Compared to the average tax bill of $5,361 in fiscal 2024, the average single-family home will pay $5,467...
By EMILEE KLEIN
SOUTH HADLEY — Mount Holyoke College hopes to celebrate its bicentennial in 2037 by declaring the campus carbon neutral, and the liberal arts college has already taken significant steps toward that goal as it moves into phase three of a new geothermal...
By EMILEE KLEIN
SOUTH HADLEY — South Hadley Police Department’s newest officer has arrived at the station, bringing all his excitement, energy and fur with him.The South Hadley Police Department will launch its comfort dog program with Office Murphy, an 8-week-old...
I was privileged to spend some time in Amman, Jordan in the spring of 1991. I had no language and was impaired, but tried to learn as best I could. I encountered a number of Palestinians. At one point I was convinced every cab driver was a Palestinian...
Gary Michael Tartakov really nailed it in his Nov. 29 guest column, “Dems must truly become the party of the working class.” Progressive Democratic politicians must revolutionize their party or start a new one to counter the authoritarian drift of our...
By EMILEE KLEIN
SOUTH HADLEY — High school students aren’t the only ones learning from South Hadley High School’s criminal justice vocational program.During the spring semester, members of the class of 23 students will be at the Police Academy in Holyoke to act out...
By EMILEE KLEIN
SOUTH HADLEY — The Select Board recently made another key decision in the town’s effort to move to a new trash system next July 1, approving 65-gallon trash carts with orange tops and 95-gallon recycling carts with black tops.Earlier this year, the...
Donald Trump says he is going to put punishingly high tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China for non-economic reasons. Instead of actually tackling immigration and fentanyl head on, he imagines tariffs as a some kind of “magic bullet” that will force...
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