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Bravo to the Florence Civic and Business Association [FCBA] for envisioning and manifesting the first annual Tractor Parade. Parading from Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School to Look Park on a dark and chilly night, 39 tractors aglow with...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Florence’s Gabby Thomas now has a chance at two Olympic medals. After qualifying to run the 200-meter dash individually, the Harvard graduate was named to the USA’s 4x100-meter team Tuesday according to a release by USA Track and Field.She was listed...

By MICHAEL CONNORS

NORTHAMPTON — For John F. Heaps Jr., president and CEO of Florence Bank, giving back to the community and providing good customer service isn’t just an expectation.“It’s our responsibility,” he said.Since he started in his position in 1995, Heaps, 71,...

By CAITLIN ASHWORTH

THE BLOCK: Just a turn off Main Street in Florence and onto Maple Street, a variety of businesses — many that have been around for decades — are housed in what’s known as the Parsons Block.The Parsons Block, which stretches from 76-96 Maple St.,...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — A 202-acre site on Ryan Road that for nearly a century has been home for the Bill Willard Inc. sand and gravel pit failed to sell at a public auction Thursday morning.But a smaller parcel of land owned by Bill Willard in Westhampton off...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — A 78-year-old Florence man was hit by a car and killed while riding his bike Monday afternoon.Alan H. Porter was taken to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield where he was later pronounced dead, according to the Northwestern district...

By JACK SUNTRUP

FLORENCE — Jim’s Variety Store in Florence was robbed Wednesday night, the second time the convenience store’s cash register has been plundered since January.Northampton Police Department Capt. John Cartledge said in a news release that a male suspect...

By EMILY CUTTS

FLORENCE — The last of three missing Look Park deer returned home Monday, exhausted but otherwise OK after three-pl days outside the park, a park official said.“Our last deer that was running around was Fannie,” said Sebastian Ross, operations...