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Mount Holyoke College to endow two new faculty chairs thanks to $6M anonymous gift
11-24-2024 12:01 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — Mount Holyoke College will endow two new faculty chairs named after accomplished alums Debra Martin Chase, a film and musical producer, and Suzan-Lori Parks, a playwright, thanks to an anonymous $6 million gift — the largest gift from a...


Housing for 55-plus poised to advance at Village Barns site in Hadley
11-22-2024 11:03 AM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — A building with 45 apartments for people 55-and-over, to be constructed at the Hadley Village Barn Shops site on Route 9 near the Coolidge Bridge, will move forward if revisions to the senior housing overlay district are approved by voters at...


South Hadley residents reject zoning changes at TM, saying they don’t mandate affordable housing
11-15-2024 1:50 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — Town Meeting members voted down all four zoning bylaw amendments at a special Town Meeting on Wednesday, with a majority of residents expressing dissatisfaction about the lack of mandated affordable housing and natural resource...


Hadley voters OK new zoning for senior housing, fund rubber surface at school playground
11-15-2024 11:47 AM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — With a new senior housing overlay district in place, adopted by voters at a special Town Meeting Thursday, Amherst developer Barry Roberts said his team will begin preparing to bring forward a proposal for 55-and-over housing on a 30-acre...


Amherst schools ask state to nix Chinese charter school expansion in Hadley
11-14-2024 3:23 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — The Amherst Regional School Committee is again coming out in opposition to a 100-student increase in enrollment at the Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School in Hadley, while at the same time endorsing the Mass Promise to Invest...


South Hadley seeks trustees for new Affordable Housing Trust
11-14-2024 2:08 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — Applications to join the board of trustees for the town’s first Affordable Housing Trust opened earlier this week, taking a major step forward in creating an organization dedicated to developing deed-restricted affordable housing in...


Officials make pitch for $100 million fund to make Connecticut River watershed more resilient
11-12-2024 4:16 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — A $100 million fund to support the health and resilience of the Connecticut River watershed, including money that would go toward improving aging flood controls and dikes and upgrading water and sewer systems, is being sought by area...


Guest columnist Police Chief Jennifer Gundersen: Driving too fast all over town
11-10-2024 8:32 AM

By POLICE CHIEF JENNIFER GUNDERSEN

 At a recent Community Office Hours, I had the opportunity to hear from longtime South Hadley resident Ray Rondeau. Mr. Rondeau explained to me, like many other residents have during my community conversations, that the aggressive driving in South...


South Hadley voters to consider flexible zoning, other articles at special TM
11-09-2024 4:06 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — Town Meeting members will discuss eight bylaws to update the flexible development zoning bylaw, create animal impoundment guidelines and remove lawn care requirements during a special Town Meeting on Wednesday.The meeting at the Pioneer...


Hadley special TM to consider expanding senior housing district
11-09-2024 3:01 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — Expanding the senior housing overlay district to accommodate a development off North Maple Street, adjusting the accessory dwelling unit bylaw and providing funding for a protective area beneath the new playground at Hadley Elementary School...


Community connectors: After 25-plus years on the job each, two South Hadley mail carriers are integral parts of neighborhood
11-08-2024 5:17 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — Within the first few minutes of Robert Mandeville’s arrival at Loomis Village each day, 30 to 40 seniors crowd into the mailroom to chat with “Bob the Mailman.” “They (Loomis Village residents) don’t have visitors coming in all the...


After being ordered to stop using Northampton lot as storage, dealer’s vehicles heading to Hadley
11-08-2024 4:50 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — More than three months after the city of Northampton ordered a regional auto dealer to remove some 300 vehicles being stored at a vacant King Street lot it owns, the dealership’s owners have zeroed in on a spot in Hadley to keep the new...


A filling alternative: Skinny Pancake brings crepe expectations to dining scene
11-08-2024 3:02 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — Whether filled with cheese, chicken or chocolate, or served at breakfast, lunch or dinner — or for dessert — both savory and sweet crepes are a great food concept, says The Skinny Pancake founder Benjy Adler.“It is an unusually versatile...


Electricity program in Hadley extended three years
11-08-2024 2:34 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — A group purchasing program for electricity, designed to increase renewable energy use while also providing electricity supply options that help residents and businesses manage their costs, will be extended another three years.Hadley officials...


Mary Hall: The Fourth Amendment and government’s ‘new phase’
11-07-2024 8:33 PM

On Nov. 6, Donald J. Trump Sr. won election to a second term as president of the United States. With this development, the work of those who value democracy in this country has entered a new phase.In a Sept. 30 letter to the Gazette, I wrestled with...


South Hadley clears key hurdle on way to construction of new school
11-07-2024 10:15 AM

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — A proposal to construct a new Mosier Elementary School building is moving forward after the Massachusetts School Building Authority’s board of directors approved the project to begin its feasibility phase. “We’re pretty thrilled,”...


Jacki Dupre: Do your homework, South Hadley
11-06-2024 10:21 PM

I am writing to express my concern regarding proposed Article 9, which the South Hadley Planning Board intends to bring to a vote at the special Town Meeting on Nov. 13. In talking to my neighbors and people I know in town, many are totally unaware...


Linda Sachs: South Hadley’s proposed new zoning is harmful
11-06-2024 10:21 PM

The article on new and amended zoning bylaws being voted on at the Nov. 13 South Hadley Town Meeting just scratches the surface of residents’ alarm over the harm they will cause. The zoning hands our town to developers.Even the chairs of the Tree...


South Hadley residents question need for 5 new officers
11-05-2024 1:33 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — Despite a recent police staffing study suggesting South Hadley hire five more officers to fill in patrol gaps, residents at a recent forum had a different idea — reduce the workload of existing officers by spending more to address the...


Decision time: Big day expected at Pioneer Valley polls
11-04-2024 5:44 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

Even as about a third of eligible voters in the region and across the state have already cast their ballots in the presidential election, many more voters are expected to come out to the polls on Tuesday to decide national, state and local races, as...

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