Crocker Farm School’s Memory Pole project inspired by Indigenous peoples

01-02-2025 3:01 AM

AMHERST — An illustrated strip of her life story shows her cats, the cello she practices, and an imaginative dragon, but commences with a depiction of woods.“I really like nature and being outside, so that’s why it starts with trees,” says Crocker...


Safety net weaver steps down: Over 44 years, ServiceNet CEO Sue Stubbs has overseen tremendous expansion of social supports

01-01-2025 12:26 PM

NORTHAMPTON — Sue Stubbs isn’t afraid of taking risks — in fact, she welcomes it.In the 1980s, near the beginning of Stubb’s 44-year career as ServiceNet’s CEO, there weren’t any homeless shelters to serve Northampton’s unsheltered population. The...


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UMass basketball: Despite career-high 33 points from Rahsool Diggins, Minutemen drop A-10 opener at Saint Joseph's
12-31-2024 5:16 PM

A career-high 33 points from Rahsool Diggins wasn't enough in the UMass men's basketball team's 81-72 loss to Saint Joseph's on Tuesday afternoon at Hagan Arena in Philadelphia.Diggins went 10-for-22 from the floor, including 2-for-6 from beyond the...

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Guest columnist John Berkowitz: Negotiate Ukraine peace now, not risk nuclear war with Russia
01-01-2025 12:41 PM

 While I agree with some of Richard Fein’s ideas in his Dec. 23 column about the need to negotiate an end to the Ukraine war [“Ukraine, Russia and a potential ceasefire”], he left out the most important reason for doing so. Continued escalation on the...

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Area property deed transfers, Dec. 27
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AMHERSTNigel H Coxe RET and Edmund Jones to Meghan Macfadden and Oliver Macfadden, 147 E. Hadley Road, $425,000 Phatcharee Tran to James E. Sarris, 27 Greenleaves Dr., Lot 722, $300,000 Mimsy Cove LLC to Benjamin W. Strom and...

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South Hadley, MA - Robert E. Graveline; a gentle soul, passed away with loving family close by on December 22, 2024 at the age of 80. He is predeceased by his parents, Norman Graveline and Yvette (Boucher) Graveline. He graduated Cathed... remainder of obit for Robert Graveline

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South Deerfield, MA - Edward J. Warchol, passed away at home, on Dec. 26, 2024. He was the son of Blanche {Piekarski} and Walter J. Warchol. He was born June 23, 1933 in South Deerfield. He attended local schools and was a U.S. Army vet... remainder of obit for Edward J. Warchol

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Northampton, MA - Chester Stanley Prucnal, (97) of 13 North Street died in the early morning of Christmas Day at Cooley Dickinson Hospital. Born in Hatfield, May 30, 1927, he was the youngest son of the late Martin and Mary (Novak) Pruc... remainder of obit for Chester Prucnal

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HADLEY, MA - Mark David Glowatsky, 68, of Hadley passed away unexpectedly at home on December 23, 2024 with his wife, Susan, by his side. Mark was born in Northampton on September 6, 1956 to the late Charles B. and Isabelle (Yezierski) ... remainder of obit for Mark Glowatsky

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