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Faculty, staff at state colleges and universities, finally get raises put on...
The University of Massachusetts has agreed to fund raises for graduate student employees, who were not included in the state budget. Faculty, staff and graduate student employees at the state’s...
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Amherst, Belchertown firefighters to distribute smoke detectors as part of...
As part of the project, firefighters took part in an organized burn at UMass that was designed to show how quickly a fire can spread. Watch video The Republican photo by John SuchockiAmherst...
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Western Massachusetts farmers extend seasons longer into fall and winter
There will be farmers’ markets in Amherst, Northampton, Springfield and Whately this winter. Photo by Dave Roback / The RepublicanMichael Docter, of The Next Barn Over Farm in Hadley, collects a...
View ArticleThe homeless shelter opened in Amherst Monday night with 10 guests
The shelter is operating on a temporary 35-day permit, which means the shelter cannot operate more than seven days in a row within that period. AMHERST –The homeless shelter opened Monday night after...
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Interfaith UMass group raising money to help Pakistani flood victims
Muslim, Jewish, Christian and Hindu students and a group of rugby players are raising awareness about the summer floods. Photos by Diane Lederman / The RepublicanHolding signs at the University of...
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UMass honors dorm complex preliminary designs presented to Faculty Senate
The 1,512-bad, $182 million complex for Commonwealth Honors College students will help the Amherst campus reach 22,500 undergrads by 2020. AMHERST - The University of Massachusetts Faculty Senate got...
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Palmer Town Council agrees to interview only two town manager candidates
Burns said they hope to interview the finalists either on Nov. 30 or Dec. 1. PALMER – The Town Council only will interview two finalists for the town manager position, but the decision did not come...
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Amherst committee formed to study redesign of Kendrick Park
Town Manager John P. Musante has named a committee to help a consultant come up with a design for Kendrick Park in the north end of downtown. Republican file photoJohn P. Musante AMHERST – Town...
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Antonio's pizza parlor in Amherst stiffed with $3,900 order by man with Bob...
Antonio's owner Walter Pacheco says his workers had no reason to doubt the man. Watch video File photo by The RepublicanA crowd of young adults gathers in front of Antonio's Pizza on North Pleasant...
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UMass Outing Club wants everyone to get outside
The UMass team is one of four finalists in Polartec’s Made Possible College Challenge. The $10,000 prize would allow the club to create an Integrated Adaptive Recreation Program. Republican photo by...
View ArticleElectric customers in Easthampton, Ludlow, Amherst and Sunderland urged to...
The communities that cut 3 percent of their energy usage will receive a free, 1 kilowatt solar panel that may be used at a municipal building. EASTHAMPTON – A solar panel for a city building is the...
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Antonio's manager too trusting when he agreed to sell pizza to Bob Dylan...
Sean McElligott said the Amherst pizza shop's staff wanted to serve somebody famous. Watch video The Republican file photoA man claiming to be with a Bob Dylan backstage pass ordered 178 pizzas at...
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Former East Street School transformed into art gallery for Amherst Biennial
Students at the Fort River Elementary School got a firsthand look at the town’s newest ‘gallery.’ Photo by Diane Lederman / The RepublicanTerry Rooney, coordinator for the Amherst Biennial 2010,...
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Joint investigation between Amherst and state police yields 2 suspects,...
One of the suspects is from Northampton and the other is from Chicopee. Frankie Sanchez AMHERST – Police arrested a Chicopee man and a Northampton man on drug charges Tuesday night in the parking lot...
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Former Amherst Town Manager Laurence Shaffer fails to win Michigan post
The Essexville, Mich., City Council voted to hire Douglas Alexander, a former assistant to the city manager of Port Huron, Mich. AMHERST – Laurence R. Shaffer, who retired as town manager in...
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UMass climatologist Raymond Bradley says material in global warming report...
Bradley is the author of “Paleoclimatology Reconstructing Climates of the Quaternary,” the second edition of which was published near the end of the last decade. AMHERST – A University of...
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Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation seeks ideas on use of...
For Westfield area residents, maintaining and protecting existing off-road trails and water supplies were among the top issues at a workshop. WESTFIELD - Maintaining and protecting existing off-road...
View ArticleThe homeless and lonley gather to give thanks
In his welcoming statement, Pastor Peter Kakos said that, for a day at least, everyone was family. NORTHAMPTON – With deep appreciation for a bounty of food, a warm place to eat and a day of...
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Lonely, homeless find Thanksgiving 2010 comfort at Northampton, Amherst churches
At Edwards Church in Northampton, MANNA Soup Kitchen chef Robert Saalfrank expected 500 guests. The Republican / Michael S. GordonPhillip Stein, center, and Antonio Houson, right, are among the guests...
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UMass scientists find commercially viable means to produce...
George Huber's team uses farmers' waste or wood chips to make chemicals that are part of a $400 billion industry. The Republican / Diane LedermanUniversity of Massachusetts professor George W. Huber...
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