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Amherst, Massachusetts is located in Hampshire County. Zip codes in Amherst, MA include 01003, 01004, and 01002. The median home price in Amherst is $299,000 which is roughly $175/per square foot. More Amherst information.

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Edith Lansky, 90

The third of eight children, Edith grew up in Fall River, Massachusetts and worked as a bookkeeper before her marriage to Sidney Lansky, a prominent New Bedford attorney.

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Fri May 17, 2013

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Quabbin questions

There are few public safety responsibilities more important than safeguarding the Quabbin Reservoir, which supplies the water needs of metropolitan Boston every day.

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Wed May 15, 2013

Community Advocate Newspaper

Richard Quitadamo, 55

On May 27, 1957, Richard was born to Virginia Quitadamo and the late Ralph Quitadamo.

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The Recorder

Recorder/Paul Franz Bernard R. Kubiak is retiring as Town Administrator for the town of Deerfield.

On June 28, Town Administrator Bernie Kubiak will walk out of the front doors of 8 Conway St.

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Tue May 14, 2013

The Recorder

Driver issues Alford plea in motorcyclist death from 2012

A Sunderland woman admitted in court that while she cannot remember any details of the 2012 motor vehicle accident that killed a 24-year-old University of Massachusetts student, the state has enough evidence to convict her.

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Worcester Telegram & Gazette

FBI, state police investigate Quabbin Reservoir trespass case

The FBI and state police are investigating seven people - from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Singapore - who were allegedly found inside the confines of the Quabbin Reservoir's watershed area shortly after midnight Tuesday, state police said.

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MassLive.com

Smith College exhibit highlights what and how Americans have read through time

Politics, current events, self-help, daily news and etiquette are topics that Americans have enjoyed reading about for centuries, and some of the materials that brought them such information are on display through May 28 at Smith College in Northampton.

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MassLive.com

Amherst Garden Club holds annual plant sale; Porter-Phelps-Huntington ...

AMHERST - The Garden Club of Amherst annual plant sale will be held May 18 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. under the tent on the Amherst Common, rain or shine.

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Boston.com

UMass chiefs are far down salary list

Top administrators in the University of Massachusetts system were compensated less than the average public school president, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education's annual survey of executive compensation at 214 public colleges.

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Mon May 13, 2013

MassLive.com

Brittini Benton pleads guilty to motor vehicle homicide in Hadley...

Brittini M. Benton , of Sunderland, pleaded guilty to motor vehicle homicide and other charges Monday in Hampshire Superior Court in connection with an accident that killed Daniel Haley, of Amherst, a year ago.

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Patch.com

About Town: Stoughton's Jake Hoffman Posthumously Honored by UMass Amherst

POSTHUMOUS HONORS AND A FUNDRAISER FOR JAKE HOFFMAN : Stoughton's Jake Hoffman would have graduated college on May 10, 2013, with a degree from the Isenberg School's Department of Tourism Management at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.

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Fri May 10, 2013

Smith College

Ralph J. Gould, Jr., currently director of public safety at Holyoke...

Ralph J. Gould, Jr., director of public safety at Holyoke Community College since 2006, will assume the post of chief of police for Smith, Mount Holyoke and Hampshire colleges on June 24.

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The Recorder

Exploring the unconscious

Writing poems is a way of looking, for Northampton poet Annie Woodhull. Through close observation and imagination, Woodhull works her way toward truth.

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Worcester Telegram & Gazette

6 students receive DAR Good Citizen Awards

At the DAR Good Citizen Award Ceremony held in Lancaster are, from left, Natalie Hansel, Lunenburg High School; Philip Shedd, Oakmont Regional High School; Daniel Curran, St.

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Thu May 09, 2013

Christian Science Monitor

Ancient Arctic was warm, wet, and green. What that says about the future.

A NASA satellite shows the state of Arctic sea ice, seen here September 16, 2008.

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The Huffington Post

Why This High School Senior Turned Down Harvard

High school senior Kevin Cao turned down Harvard for the University of Virginia.

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MassLive.com

West Springfield native, blogger Meredith O'Brien pens first...

O'Brien, who began a blog focusing on life as a suburban mom several years ago, takes online "oversharing" to another level with "Mortified: A Novel About Oversharing," which was published on May 7. O'Brien, who previously worked for the Springfield Union-News and taught journalism at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, started blogging ... (more)

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Wed May 08, 2013

MassLive.com

UMass Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy to speak at Amherst Town Meeting...

University of Massachusetts Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy will speak to Town Meeting May 15 in what could be a precedent setting event.

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Newswise

In Speed Test, Quantum Beats Conventional Computing

Newswise - AMHERST, Mass. - A computer science professor at Amherst College who recently devised and conducted experiments to test the speed of a quantum computing system against conventional computing methods will soon be presenting a paper with her verdict: quantum computing is, "in some cases, really, really fast." "Ours is the first paper to my ... (more)

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Tue May 07, 2013

The Recorder

Recorder/Paul Franz Franklin County Technical School freshman Zack...

Recorder/Paul Franz Franklin County Technical School freshman Zack Korpiewski uses a Bridgeport lathe that is older than he is to machine a metal part.

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