South Hadley News

With Valentine's Day upon us, many of us will be pondering over card displays, looking for the appropriate sentiment.

Attorney John J. Egan, center, represents the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield during a hearing last month in Hampden Superior Court.

With School Committee member Lorraine Liantonio retiring from her seat when her three-year term runs out this spring, the vacancy has created a single contest in the March 6 town election.

SOUTH HADLEY - Graduation standards will be higher for incoming freshmen at South Hadley High School next year, at the request of Principal Sean McNiff.

Increasing police visibility through traffic stops may have helped this town experience a drop in other kinds of criminal activity, according to Police Chief David J. Labrie.

Faced with finding a new Town Administrator, residents of this town have a chance to speak up about this and all aspects of local government, when a forum called "What Now?" is presented on Feb.

Jazmine Noel, daughter of Patrick F. Griffin and Shirlon Edwards of South Hadley, was born Nov.

HOLYOKE &38211; A South Hadley man was arrested for drunken driving and leaving the scene of an accident near 69 Linden St.

Gus A. Sayer concludes a nearly two-hour interview with a run-down of his achievements as School Superintendent in South Hadley, then expresses the hope that the story will focus on some of them.

SOUTH HADLEY - On the heels of the sudden departure of Town Administrator Paul Beecher , part-time South Hadley Personnel Officer and Chief Procurement Officer Jennifer Wolowicz has been appointed Acting Town Administrator.

First Selectman Pat Llodra's eyes light up and a smile forms as she readies herself to talk about a bulldozer the town recently bought to raze the dirt mounds at an Oakview Road lot.

Centerville Elementary School students sign an anti-bullying pledge Wednesday during their lunch break.

Most people who live in this town use its open spaces and recreational facilities at least once a year, but two-thirds of them don't realize how much more are available to them.

Students at the Michael E. Smith Middle School in South Hadley dresse in black and signed pledges to to support "No name-calling day" to promote anti-bulllying awareness.

Wasn't it just a few weeks ago the Town of South Hadley Ma. gave Paul Beecher a checkbook and free reign regarding some project in town? They knew exactly how he managed every other municipality before he came to Massachusetts.

New York actress Gioia De Cari, who holds a masteraA A s degree in mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, explores gender equality in her autobiographical play, "Truth Values: One Girl's Romp Through MIT's Male Math Maze," on Feb.

SOUTH HADLEY - Town Administrator Paul G. Beecher has resigned. Robert Judge, chairman of the South Hadley Selectboard , made the announcement Monday night at a joint meeting of the board and appropriations committee.

South Hadley, Mass.-based InteliCoat Technologies has expanded its sales team, with the addition of Dave Burgos as inside sales representative and Candice Bakke as national telesales representative.

While final snow reports are still coming in, the Springfield area and much of Hampden County will likely have received about 3 to 4 inches of snow from Saturday morning's storm.

SOUTH HADLEY - A home at 14 West Parkview Drive sustained heavy fire, smoke and water damage as a result of a Friday night blaze that apparently started in the attic, acting fire Captain Jame Beauregard said.