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Fire Chief Russ Anderson, right, says the Granby Fire Department is well-equipped to take care of emergencies throughout the town.

Town meeting approved fiscal year 2014 spending of $3.88 million for the department of public works that includes an increase of $394,000 due to the landfill's coming closure in March.

SOUTH HADLEY - Ralph J. "Buddy" Gould Jr. has been named as the new chief of police for Mount Holyoke, Smith and Hampshire colleges, the colleges announced Friday.

Town meeting on Saturday will act on a citizen's petition that would prevent expansion at the controversial South Hadley landfill on Industrial Drive.

Marjorie Hurford Duquenne, 95, a resident of Loomis Village, South Hadley, died Wednesday, May 8, 2013, surrounded by her family.

Springfield students, members of The 84 Movement, participated in Kick Butts Day at the Statehouse in Boston.

Although any concrete plans are in the future, unlocking economic potential in South Hadley Falls by selling one of the areas prime properties, the Town Hall, to a private developer for housing or business development, could happen some day, officials said during last week's Community and Economic Development Commission meeting .

Northborough - Only one candidate, incumbent Leslie Rutan, is running for Board of Selectmen in the Monday, May 13 Annual Town Election.

PALMER - A groundbreaking will be held May 4 at 10 a.m. for the new police station at the construction site at 4417 Main St.

The town's legislative delegation has filed bills in the state House of Representatives and the state Senate following a Granby Town Meeting vote seeking to exit South Hadley Fire District No.

SOUTH HADLEY - An investigation into a March 7 assault case involving a woman who was allegedly beaten and strip-searched has led to felony indictments against four Holyoke men.

"He said he thought it was a very good idea," Giroux remembers. She then called fellow parishioner Carol Resnik, and together they organized a committee to publish a collection of recipes from the church community of St.

Mia Wurgaft, Taylor-Jordan Fournier and Faolain Bobersky in PVPA's upcoming production of "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," May 2-5, Academy of Music, Northampton.

With South Hadley landfill slated to close next year, residents expressed wide-ranging opinions and concerns during a well attended public forum last week sponsored by Know Your Town that is being broadcast by local-access television.

To share the latest recommended practices that can transform special education programs and service delivery in public school settings, PresenceLearning, the leader in online speech therapy services for K-12 students, is hosting a free webinar on Thursday, May 9th at 1 pm ET .

More than 200 people from all over the commonwealth and beyond came to Ware Town Hall on April 27 for a "Remembrance Ball" to dance, listen, munch, reminisce and raise a champagne toast to the four "lost towns" of the Swift River Valley.

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SOUTH HADLEY - The town's Open Space Committee hopes to raise awareness about the benefits of the Community Preservation Act.

SOUTH HADLEY -- A faulty electrical outlet was the cause of a Tuesday night blaze that sent a Granby Road man to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield for treatment of smoke inhalation, Fire District 1 Inspector Jeremy Simmons said.