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By ADA DENENFELD KELLY
Growing up in Hadley, Steven Latham had a wild Chincoteague pony on his family farm, but it wasn’t until he learned about a veterans’ program pairing veterans with mustangs to train that he was inspired to create his documentary.“A couple friends told...
By EMILEE KLEIN
SOUTH HADLEY — Residents who visit the transfer station and compost area will pay more — in some cases more than double — for recycling old electronics, mattresses, ridged plastics and other items.The increases are being implemented to help offset...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
HADLEY — A sufficient number of employees at the Trader Joe’s store in Hadley have signed onto a petition seeking to decertify the union formed two years ago, meaning the National Labor Relations Board will determine if a vote should be held on the...
By EMILEE KLEIN
SOUTH HADLEY — A new police staffing study recommends hiring five police officers to fill gaps in patrol coverage caused by a growing amount of specialty services and administrative work, but town officials will wait to make any decisions on public...
The celebration by Gov. Maura Healey and state Sen. Jo Comerford for reprimanding municipalities against controverting the U.S. Constitution by stealing equity in property tax seizures is like commending a thief for agreeing to stop stealing, but not...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
HADLEY — An Army medic in the Vietnam War who earned a Purple Heart, Hadley resident Bob O’Neil returned home more than 50 years ago with no fanfare or community celebration recognizing his service.As with fellow resident, veteran and Purple Heart...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
HADLEY — Developers interested in bringing a 55-and-over housing project to a 45-acre site between North Maple Street and Rocky Hill Road, and to a portion of the Hampton Inn Barn Shops property near the Coolidge Bridge, may seek zoning changes at...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
HADLEY — The town’s Planning Board, which reviews development projects in town and proposes zoning amendments related to land use, is seeking a new member.The five-member elected board is currently down a member after Michael Sarsynski on July 18...
By EMILEE KLEIN
SOUTH HADLEY — After an emotional two hours of testimony Monday night from witnesses of a local dog’s three attacks from the past year, the Select Board deemed the dog dangerous and unanimously voted that it be humanely euthanized.“What’s really...
HADLEY — Hadley will officially be recognized as a Purple Heart Town during a ceremony for Purple Heart Day Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Hadley Senior Center, 46 Middle St.The ceremony, honoring recipients and including the signing of a proclamation,...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
HADLEY — Fiber-optic upgrades to improve Hadley’s emergency communications network, including enhancing responses to fire and burglar alarms, are nearing completion more than three years after the town solicited bids for the work.Fire Chief Michael...
By EMILEE KLEIN
SOUTH HADLEY — Access to books in the early years of a child’s life have proven time and again to boost literacy and ensure proficiency in reading.One two-decade study found that having 500 books at home advanced a child an average of 3.2 years...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
HADLEY — A demolition permit could soon be issued for an 1830 farmhouse and barn at the corner of Route 9 and East Street so that a new dentist office and parking can be constructed on site.The Historical Commission at its July 23 meeting was notified...
By EMILEE KLEIN
SOUTH HADLEY — On a woody hillside in a 100-plus-acre private parcel, Phoebe Weinberg, her face blocked by a shield attached to her hard helmet, begins dismantling an autumn olive growing over a red oak sapling. The roar of the chainsaw covers the...
How is it possible that in an article about the lack of primary care in western Massachusetts [“Primary care in crisis: Doctor shortage continues,” July 26], there is not a word concerning the active role of nurse practitioners as providers of...
By Staff Report
CHICOPEE — A South Hadley man is being charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol following a two-car crash on Memorial Drive that killed the driver of the other vehicle on the evening of July 25, according to Chicopee...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
HADLEY — Educators who work with the most vulnerable students in the Hadley public schools are getting a pay increase as the result of recently completed mid-contract negotiations between the Hadley Education Association and school and town...
As a Democrat, I’m tired of being threatened with “civil war” by the MAGA crowd if their candidate doesn’t win. As the grandchild of immigrants with “funny names,” I’m tired of being told that I’m somehow less of an American than people with a “better...
In wanting peace for Ukraine and for Russia, there are different ways of envisioning what that would look like. Some imagine a dividing line as between North and South Korea, a sort of armed truce that postpones a reconciliation of differences until...
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