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Grand jury indicts 4 teens accused in UMass rape
According to prosecutors, the four men, who are not UMass students, went to the alleged victim's dormitory on Oct. 13 after the woman said she did not want them to visit. Caleb Womack, shown at bail...
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Amherst Town Moderator Harrison Gregg will not seek 20th term
Gregg spoke about his love for Town Meeting, an institution that voters sought to replace in 2003 and 2005 with a town council, manager and mayor. Harrison Gregg The Republican staff file photo...
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Pedestrian struck by vehicle on North Pleasant Street in Amherst
The accident was reported at about 5:20 p.m. just north of the University of Massachusetts campus. The Republican file photo AMHERST - A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle and injured Thursday...
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UMass to vent natural gas lines
A university statement said the event is a “controlled release of natural gas and will be done with all appropriate safety measures in place.” The central heating plant at the University of...
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Amherst child exiting school bus hit by car; schools to make counseling...
All traffic is required to stop when a school bus has its lights activated while embarking or disembarking students. Scenes like this one played out in Holyoke and other communities as the new school...
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Ghost bike recalls spirit of Harry Delmolino, bicyclist who died after...
Lyle Denit, who was Harry Delmolino's Scout master for a time, said he started out as a shy boy but took on more and more responsibility as he grew older. Harry Delmolino with his bicycle. Submitted...
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Amherst police cite Cambridge motorist Nikhal Kapur, 32, after he allegedly...
The student was treated at a hospital and released, officials said. AMHERST -- An Amherst-Pelham Regional Middle School student, hit by a motorist after getting off a school bus near the Fort River...
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Janet Bloom of Amherst, former teacher at Clarke Schools, identified as...
Bloom taught at Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech for many years and was remembered as a beloved educator there. 12.07.2012 | NORTHAMPTON -- Investigators at the scene of the accident Friday...
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Amherst to reapply for state grant to repair Town Common
Amherst officials want to improve conditions of north section of Town Common. Visitors to the annual Extravaganja Festival soak in the sun on the Amherst Town Common. The Republican file photo...
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UMass officials celebrate opening of new science lab in Lederle Graduate...
The new lab space will allow for more collaboration between reserachers. Watch video Marvin Ellin, operations manager at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, left, showd a Miele laboratory...
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UMass trustees working with chancellors to create plan for 5-campus system
The trustees are scheduled to meet Wednesday morning. Robert L. Caret AMHERST - University of Massachusetts President Robert L Caret is working with trustees and chancellors of the five-campus...
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UMass trustee James Karam to end 10 years on board
Karam, whose term is set to expire in February, served two stints as board chairman. James Karam AMHERST - James J. Karam, two-time chairman of the University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees,...
View ArticleSocial media largely attributed to Valley Gives Day success
Organizers said nonprofits that used social media aggressively often received more donations. Valley Gives Day helped almost 270 nonprofit organizations in the Pioneer Valley raise money for necessary...
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Amherst police: University of Massachusetts student Christopher Lewis...
Police said they believe the suspect fired at lest one shot while he was on the roof of the North Pleasant Street fraternity. William c. Lewis Amherst Police Department AMHERST -- Police arrested a...
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UMass officials trying to understand why more college females than males...
UMass officials are analyzing the recent data, but say overall consumption is down. Associated Press University of Massachusetts swore in the new campus Police Chief John K. Horvath. Here Amherst...
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Northampton parents react to Connecticut school shootings, as schools all...
But there was little talk Monday about the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings at the Jackson Street School, according to students. James Gross, Josh Redmond and Gail Perrier, clockwise from top,...
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Amherst Select Board sends letter of sympathy to Newtown community
Amherst wanted to reach out to the community of Newtown, Ct. Angels and a note blessing victims rest on the ground at the site of a makeshift memorial for school shooting victims at the village of...
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Hadley motorcycle fatality case against Brittiny Benton of Sunderland continued
Benton, 24, of Sunderland, faces a host of charges in connection with the death of Daniel Haley of Amherst. Brittiny M. Benton NORTHAMPTON - A Hampshire Superior Court judge continued the motor...
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Former Amherst Pelham Education Association treasurer Elizabeth Walsh ordered...
According to Parent, Walsh began stealing the money because her personal finances were doing poorly and she confessed that she had "gotten in over her head." NORTHAMPTON - After pleading guilty to...
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Julie McKenzie of Amherst admits witness intimidation in case involving death...
Lennox Williams was found not guilty of manslaughter in August in connection with DeMarco's death. State police investigate a crime scene at the Lord Jeffrey Apartments in Belchertown on June 17, 2010...
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David Ziomek promoted to assistant Amherst town manager
Ziomek becomes the assistant Jan. 1. David Ziomek AMHERST – David Ziomek, the director of conservation and development, will have a new title after his name come Jan. 1 – assistant town manager. The...
View ArticleAmherst Zoning Board continues hearing on violation of bylaw that bars more...
Robert Morra, who became building commissioner in April, is seeking to enforce the bylaw, and the Zoning Board of Appeals could determine if he can. AMHERST — For more than two decades, Amherst has a...
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UMass reseachers find low cost malaria treatment that could be immune to...
The treatment involves using all of the artemisia plant instead of just an extract. UMass pofessor Stephen M. Rich is hoping that malaria treatment can be tested on humans soon. AMHERST – University...
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Ralph Lowen of Amherst launches project to record living histories of...
Executive Director of the Cancer Connection, Betsy Neisner, said she has participants at her center who found the recording sessions moving, and even joyous. Ralph Lowen, of Amherst, has started a...
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Amherst Middle School principal Michael Hayes resigns; interim Betsy Dinger...
Hayes was hired as middle school principal beginning with the 2011-2012 school year. When Michael C. Hayes was principal of Amherst Regional Middle School he offered to shave his ponytail as a...
View ArticleSilas Kopf work fetches $5,100 on eBay for Amherst Cinema
The high bidder is someone local who wants to remain anonymous, the Amherst Cinema executive director said. AMHERST — An anonymous bidder paid $5,100 for a piece of marquetry created by furniture...
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Amherst loses Community Development Block Grant Mini-Entitlement status in...
Amherst likely will receive $450,000 in transitional funding, Town Manager John Musante said. Amherst Town Hall The Republican staff file photo AMHERST — The town will not regain its Massachusetts...
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UMass computer engineer Aura Ganz gets $1.6 million grant for disaster...
The system can reduce evacuation time in a disaster by half. Aura Ganz, a UMass electrical and computer engineering professor, has received a $1.6 million federal grant to perfect a disaster...
View ArticlePost-Christmas shoppers in Pioneer Valley turn out for returns, bargains and...
Folks with carts full of kiddie kitchens and motorized scooters and Barbie accessories stood twelve deep at Toys R Us in Springfield. Among the top reasons that local retailers draw consumers like...
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Fewer UMass students engaging in binge drinking, school survey says
A report will be written next month based on the data. FILE - In this Tuesday, June 29, 2004 file photo, a bartender serves two mugs of beer at a tavern in Montpelier, Vt. College-age drinkers average...
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Amherst, Springfield mark 150th anniversary of Emancipation Proclamation
The proclamation announced the acceptance of black men into the Union Army and Navy, enabling the liberated to become liberators. The Emancipation Proclamation that became law Jan. 1, 1863. Amherst is...
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Amherst farmer seeks Christmas trees for her goats
Residents of the Amherst area have a new option this year to get rid of their Christmas trees — give them to goats. Handout AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — Residents of the Amherst area have a new option this...
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Missing greyhound, last seen in Hadley, is subject of search by Amherst woman
The dog slipped his collar on a walk in downtown Amherst. Blue, a greyhound pictured here, has been reported missing from his Amherst home, and was last seen in Hadley. SECraig AMHERST – Heather...
View ArticleStudy shows use of electronic reading devices growing; booksellers look to...
Some Western Massachusetts booksellers are taking steps to reap some benefit from the trend by selling e-readers themselves, although they say the new wave isn't exactly a tsunami. A study released by...
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Amherst hopes to get new information on status of Community Development Block...
Amherst has used the money to provide funding for a winter emergency shelter. AMHERST – Town Manager John P. Musante said he hopes to be able to provide an update to the Select Board Monday night on...
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Blue the missing greyhound found in Hadley shed, returned home
Other than scratches and 10-pound weight loss, the dog is healthy. Blue, the missing greyhound, is now home. SECraig AMHERST — Blue the greyhound, who slipped his collar Dec. 19, was found Sunday in...
View ArticleEmancipation Proclamation's 150th anniversary celebrated in Amherst
Church bells tolled while rang hand bells to mark the time of day that President Lincoln signed the document. AMHERST – More than 125 people of all ages bundled against the winter chill outside Town...
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Amherst launches faster, more robust Internet service downtown
The new network has a greater reach and faster speeds. All of downtown now has access to fast, free wireless service. Photo by Maksim (Creative Commons) AMHERST -- The town has launched a new...
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Fiscal cliff deal may have passed, but all the hoopla left Western...
The sequestration cuts could hit defense spending and research and development hard. Both are big industries in Massachusetts. Sequestration could cost this state 50,000 jobs. Pickup trucks are...
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Stephen Resnick, professor of economics at UMass-Amherst, dies at age 74
Resnick won the university's distinguished teaching award for the 1997-98 school year. AMHERST - Stephen A. Resnick, a professor emeritus of economics at the University of Massachusetts who won the...
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UMass police provide tips to teachers, others in event of shooting attack
Police say people under attack need survivor's mindset Lt. Ian Cry with the University of Massachusetts Police leads an "active threat" workshop at the school's police headquarters on Thursday...
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Amherst hires Greenfield resident Michael Barone as new patrol officer
The position is being funded by a Department of Justice Violence Against Women's Grant the town received last year. Michael M. Barone Submitted photo AMHERST – Amherst police have appointed...
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Klemens von Klemperer, Nazi regime historian, dies in Easthampton
Von Klemperer was a professor emeritus of history at Smith College in Northampton. Klemens W. von Klemperer BOSTON – Klemens Wilhelm von Klemperer, a German refugee who wrote extensively about the...
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Amherst firefighters battle house fire on Leverett Road; 5 residents displaced
The fire apparently started in the garage and spread to the interior of the residence. 03.09.11 | Photo by Julian Feller-Cohen â An Amherst Fire Department engine. AMHERST - A home at 141...
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Amherst block grant committee will hear requests for non-social service projects
The funding is given to the state by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which in turn distributes it to eligible communities for qualifying programs. Amherst Town Hall The...
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Investigators, probing blaze that destroyed Amherst home, do not consider it...
No injuries were reported in the blaze that broke out Monday night at 141 Leverett Rd. Amherst fire officials inspect the Peshkov home at 141 Leverett Road Tuesday morning. The house was heavily...
View ArticleMysterious flying object baffles Amherst residents
Dozens of residents of the Amherst area are baffled by what they describe as a weird low-flying object seen moving over town this week. AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — Dozens of residents of the Amherst area...
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Amherst educator trying to help people of Newtown following shooting
Fay moved to Newtown when she was in the third grade and considers it home. Mourners gathered for a candlelight vigil at Ram's Pasture to remember the shooting victims of Newtown. An Amherst educator,...
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UMass graduate Mishy Lesser uses film set in Rwanda to teach about violence
Lesser is hoping the filmmakers raise enough money to show the film on public television. Genocide survivor and counselor Thophilla is seen during an interview in Kigal for the documentary...
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UMass Afro-American department chairman Amilcar Shabazz named to new post to...
Subbaswamy has named Amilcar Shabazz, the former chairman of the W.E.B. Du Bois Department Afro-American Studies department, to the newly created faculty adviser for diversity and excellence....
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