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With regards to the scheduled Planning Board public hearing on short-term rentals for South Hadley on Feb. 6 at 7 p.m., I’d like to encourage South Hadley residents to thoroughly read and digest the draft proposed bylaws for short-term rentals (STR)....

I am writing to alert South Hadley citizens of a public hearing to be conducted by the Planning Board regarding the proposed short-term rental zoning bylaw and proposed short-term rental general bylaw. A virtual public hearing will be held on Monday,...

South Hadley residents, what do you want your town to look like come this summer? On Feb. 6 at 7 p.m. the Planning Board is hosting a Zoom meeting to hear your thoughts on short-term rentals, possibly by right. What does this mean? The home next to...

There’s been a lot in the press about how bad gas stoves are for your health. They can cause asthma in children and have other gases which are not terribly good for adults (www.ecowatch.com/gas-stoves-asthma-children.html). Using the range exhaust...

Every human life is precious. And that is why it is so very tragic that so many people subsist in unbearable conditions. Just yesterday, I listened to a story on public radio about Nigeria, where it seems most everyone is trying to leave the country....

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

SOUTH HADLEY – West Springfield used a 10-point burst to pull away from the South Hadley boys basketball team in the fourth quarter Wednesday.The Tigers fell 44-34, losing for the second straight game after a 7-0 start to the season.“We definitely...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

SOUTH HADLEY – The pressure commences at the first dead ball. South Hadley sends all five of its players to the opponents’ side of the court. Inbounding becomes obscured. Outlet passes are denied. Ball handlers are doubled in compromising...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

SOUTH HADLEY – Drew Alley scored 10 points in the first half and helped the South Hadley girls basketball team pull away from Hampshire Regional 47-29 at home on Tuesday.The Tigers (5-1) scored the game’s first seven points and opened with a 17-2 run....

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Amherst’s blockbuster girls swimming season ended with its first state championship in 2022. The Hurricanes will shoot the sequel with a new director.A four-time conference swimmer of the year in the mid 90’s at New Hampshire, Denise Leckenby took...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

BELCHERTOWN — A 35-year-old South Hadley man charged with the September killing of his father in Hampshire County’s second homicide of the year, pleaded not guilty to murder and attempted arson of a dwelling in Eastern Hampshire District Court on...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

SOUTH HADLEY — Typical single-family property owners in Fire District No. 1 will see a nearly $300 increase in their tax bills in fiscal 2023, a significantly larger jump than the average homeowners are facing in Fire District No. 2, based on...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

SOUTH HADLEY — Some four months after he disappeared from the district and went on paid leave, South Hadley school officials are still mum about the circumstances surrounding the departure of Superintendent Jahmal Mosley.But circumstances are pointing...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

SOUTH HADLEY — A meeting of the Prudential Committee of a South Hadley fire district generally doesn’t elicit tons of excitement. Most of the meetings are quick, perfunctory affairs.But sparks flew at a tense special meeting Wednesday of Fire District...

I wish to thank the Gazette for the April 16 article “Northampton School Committee OKs $35.1M budget,” which touched on financial disparities that many educational support professionals (ESPs) are continuously facing.After two years of attending...

By BRIAN STEELE

“Every child is entitled to be loved, cared for, secure, and protected from verbal, sexual, emotional and physical abuse, exploitation and neglect.” So begins Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle’s proclamation recognizing April as National Child Abuse...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

SOUTH HADLEY — With town elections approaching on April 12, the only contested races in South Hadley are for two seats on the Municipal Light Board.When voters cast their ballots next month, they’ll be voting on 13 townwide seats: one on the Select...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

SOUTH HADLEY — Yet another local college president is stepping down, the third such announcement in less than six months.On Wednesday, Mount Holyoke College President Sonya Stephens announced that she will part ways with the school in August to take a...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A bone from a dinosaur that roamed the region up to 201 million years ago has been discovered by a Mount Holyoke College geology professor, who found the apparent fossil among stones brought to his South Hadley home for an ornamental...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

SOUTH HADLEY — Officials from the electronic paper company E Ink Corp. were in front of the Planning Board on Monday to present plans for an expansion of their Gaylord Street facilities.In May 2021, E Ink purchased the building, where it had been...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

SOUTH HADLEY — The town’s police chief has signed a new three-year contract that will keep her in South Hadley until the beginning of 2024.Police Chief Jennifer Gundersen signed the new contract on July 30, and it will go into effect on Jan. 4, 2022,...