Old nursing home gets new life: Northampton, state officials celebrate Prospect Place groundbreaking

09-18-2024 6:43 PM

NORTHAMPTON — Multiple members of Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey’s cabinet visited Northampton on Wednesday to mark the groundbreaking of a planned affordable homes project at Prospect Place, the former nursing home at 737 Bridge Road that has fallen...


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High schools: Easthampton girls volleyball drops road match at Division 5 power Turners Falls (PHOTOS)
09-18-2024 9:27 PM

TURNERS FALLS — After the opening frame between the Easthampton and Turners Falls volleyball teams on Wednesday, it looked like a potential five-set match was in store. The Eagles took an early lead and led late in the first set when the Thunder...

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Jamie Elkin: Thanks again for generosity of Gazette readers
09-18-2024 4:15 PM

As a follow up to the article about us assisting migrants in Mexico, some good news from Oaxaca [“Our hearts were shattered,” Gazette, April 15]. Because we have some money in the bank, we have secured a new place with sleeping space for 50 women,...

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Area property deed transfers, Sept. 19
09-18-2024 12:20 PM

AMHERST Audrey Fountain to Western Mass Winery Grp L, 529 Belchertown Road, $650,000 James Beadle to Pooja Kini, 170 East Hadley Road, Lot 117, $262,500 David Leith and Judith L. Roberts to Dj Engineering Consultant,, Lawrence...

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Speaking of Nature: Abandoned by the gods: One unusually unlucky birding morning
09-17-2024 11:53 AM

Long-time readers of mine will be familiar with my tales of the Photo Gods. These are those supernatural beings that look over me during my photographic endeavors and either smile down on me benevolently, or take issue with something that I have done...

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Whately, MA - Irene P. Farrick, 90, of Whately, MA and Naples, Florida, passed away on September 15, 2024. She will forever be missed by her two sons, William of Boston, James of Ft Lauderdale, Florida, and many nieces and nephews whom ... remainder of obit for Irene Farrick

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Gilbert (Gil) Billings Easthampton, MA - Gilbert (Gil) Billings April 17, 1934 ~ September 5, 2024 Gil Billings, 90, of Easthampton, died at Cooley Dickinson Hospital on September 5th, 2024, with family members at his side. Gil was... remainder of obit for Gilbert Billings

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Michael J Warren Lake Worth, FL - The family of Michael Warren, formerly of Amherst, Massachusetts is saddened to announce that he passed away on July 24, 2024, at JFK Hospital in West Palm Beach, Florida. He was the son of Arthur J Warr... remainder of obit for Michael J. Warren

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Leverett, MA - Anna Jean Dindal, 87, of Leverett, Massachusetts, passed away peacefully on September 8th, 2024. Anna Jean was born the youngest of four children on November 28th, 1936, to Marko and Bernice Radanovich in Cuyahoga Falls,... remainder of obit for Anna Jean Dindal

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