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Vt. Couple Buys North Adams...
Former Adams resident and radio host Sean Baker has been chronicling his adventures in unemployment on The Forecaster site in Maine.
Police Report: Police reports from Amherst and area towns.
* Doniel R. Ephraim, 32, of South Prospect Street, was arrested Sunday at 5:53 a.m. at his home on charges of violating the town's noise bylaw and resisting arrest, police said.
Satellite TV tax raises protests
I don't think that's right. I live with my 92-year-old father, and he likes . We would probably stay with it and pay the tax.
Body shop owner queries Obama on health insurance reform
One day you're answering the question of a local radio station, and the next you're speaking on a nationally televised program with President Barack Obama from the White house.
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Dinosaur Jr. produces solid album, fails to transcend
When Amherst, Mass., saw the formation of an alt-rock band called Dinosaur Jr. in Sept.
Ill. man charged with assaulting teen
Police say a Chicago man who met a teenage Massachusetts girl on the Internet flew to Connecticut and sexually assaulted her at a hotel.
Restaurant review: Amherst Chinese
By FRAN BELLAMY Subtlety isn't a characteristic often associated with the Chinese restaurant food served hereabouts.
Mass. education officials recognize teachers from Springfield,...
By PETER GOONAN pgoonan@repub.com BOSTON - State education officials and legislators honored several area teachers Thursday who were finalists and semi-finalists for the annual Massachusetts Teacher of the Year award.
Print of Einstein photo sells at auction for $74K
One of the original signed prints of Albert Einstein sticking his tongue out at photographers has been sold by a New Hampshire auction house for $74,324. Bobby Livingston, of RRAuction.com in Amherst, Mass., says the picture was taken in 1951 after a 72nd birthday celebration for the physicist.
Summer Solstice Examined At UMass-Amherst Sunwheel
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Hadley celebrates 350 years with giant parade
As he watched the floats and bands go by at Sunday's 350th anniversary parade, Daniel Dudkiewicz thought about his grandparents, who came to Hadley a century ago.
Police Report: Police reports from Amherst and area towns.
* Jacob N. Plotnick, 32, of Florence, was arrested Sunday at 1:08 a.m. on Massachusetts Avenue on charges of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and operating a motor vehicle with a lights violation, police said.
Photo: Thousands turn out for Hadley's 350th parade
The Hopkins Academy Band led the start of the parade. 2 The Hadley Public School float.
Enterprise welcomes Jes-c Brandt's return
A A A College student Jes-c Brandt returns to The Holyoke Enterprise staff this summer, contributing much to the news content, photos and design.
UMass employees retiring from innovative program
Two administrators at a University of Massachusetts program that allows nontraditional students to design their own degrees are retiring after more than 40 combined years of service.
Experimental Balloonists Gather for Annual Fly-in
The fifth annual XLTA event, held recently in Amherst, Mass., attracted the pilots of 27 lighter-than-aircraft, most of them experimental homebuilts, for a weekend of flying and fellowship.
Amherst seeks union givebacks for fiscal 2010
Town Manager Laurence R. Shaffer said he will continue having conversations with labor union representatives about forgoing cost of living increases in the next fiscal year even though school union officials do not plan to reopen their settled contract.
Murder Arraignment Plea: Not guilty
The man accused of beating his girlfriend to death inside their city apartment pleaded not guilty to murder at his arraignment Friday in Central Berkshire District Court.
University of Massachusetts Amherst
UMass Amherst Receives Grant to Create Digital Library
AMHERST, Mass. – The University of Massachusetts Amherst has received a $250,000 National Science Foundation grant to develop an online digital library that contains research findings and other materials about the ethical and responsible conduct of research.
Police Report: Police reports from Amherst and area towns.
* Joelle Sanford, 22, of Puffton Village, was arrested Monday at 3:55 p.m. at her home on a charge of domestic assault and battery after she grabbed a woman and tried to physically remove her from a vehicle, police said.