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Jean Thompson of Amherst recalls her time as a Freedom Rider
Jean Thompson joined other Freedom Riders for an appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show, which will air Wednesday. Jean Thompson's mug shot taken following her arrest in Jackson, Miss. in 1961 AMHERST -...
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Former Amherst planner Connie Kruger appointed to Planning Board
Town Manager John Musante said he met with potential planning candidates before making a recommendation. Amherst Town Hall AMHERST - The Select Board approved Town Manager John P. Musante’s...
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Aubuchon Hardware closes Hadley store; Greenfield, Easthampton stores still open
The store moved to the Stop & Shop Plaza in Hadley in 1983 after opening in Amherst 70 years ago. HADLEY - Aubuchon Hardware, which has been a fixture first in Amherst and then in Hadley, since...
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More budget discussions top 3rd Amherst Town Meeting session agenda
The date has been set so that people can plan for the solar project discussion. AMHERST – The discussion on whether to allow the town to enter into a long term lease with BlueWave Capital Inc. for a...
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Northampton Pride March celebrates 30 years
The Queer Insurgency Collective held signs criticizing the Pride March. The group said the event has become too commercial, and has lost its roots as a social justice march. Watch video NORTHAMPTON -...
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UMass women's study founder Arlene Avakian retires after more than 3 decades
Avakian was praised for broadening the discussion of women to race and class. The Republican | Diane LedermanArlene Avakian, retiring director of the Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies program at the...
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Woman dies in hiking accident in Pelham
State Police are investigating the accident with Pelham Police. Republican staff photo by Michael Beswick This story was updated at 5:20 p.m. PELHAM – An 83-year-old woman died after she fell off a...
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Western Massachusetts communities list meetings for the week
Here is a list of major municipal meetings for the coming week in Western Massachusetts: Agawam Tues.-Agawam Cultural Council, 7 p.m., Agawam Public Library. School Committee, 7 p.m., Roberta G....
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Lili Bermant of Amherst identified as hiker who died in Sunday fall at...
Bemant and her 53-year-old daughter were hiking up a narrow trail that leads to Mineral Mountain when the accident happened, according to police. 03.09.11 | Photo by Julian Feller-Cohen â The Pelham...
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More than 4,300 to receive UMass degrees Friday evening at McGuirk Stadium
UMass will be running shuttles from parking lots to McGuirk Stadium. The scene of a recent UMass graduation. AMHERST - About 4,300 University of Massachusetts undergraduates will receive degrees in...
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Cal State-Fresno band director Timothy Todd Anderson chosen to become new...
Anderson will replace the beloved George Parks, who died last September. Submitted photoTimothy Todd Anderson AMHERST – Timothy Todd Anderson, the director of the marching band at California State...
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Mani Batchu of Chicago pleads guilty to sexual exploitation of Amherst teen...
As part of the plea deal, Batchu, a psychiatry resident at the University of Illinois, agreed to accept a 24-year sentence. File photo | The RepublicanThe federal courthouse in Springfield, where Mani...
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Lili Bermant of Amherst, who fell while hiking, died doing what she loved
A memorial service for Lili Bermant will be held later. The late Lili Bermant, of Amherst, is seen in this undated family photograph. AMHERST - The Amethyst Brook trail that straddles Amherst and...
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Massachusetts Senate expected to change House plan to control costs of...
The Massachusetts Senate may be more favorable to public employee unions than the plan approved in the state House of Representatives. View full size BOSTON – State senators next week are set to...
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Hampshire College chooses environmentalist Jonathan Lash, 65, as its new...
Lash has been president of the Washington D.C.-based World Resources Institute for 18 years. Jonathan Lash AMHERST - A expert on climate change, energy security and resource, environment and...
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Fresno band leader selected from a pool of 4 finalists to lead UMass band
Interim UMass band leader Thomas P. Hannum was one of the final candidates interviewed for the permanent position Timothy T. Anderson AMHERST - There will never be another George N. Parks, the...
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Amherst considering change in school starting times
The Later Start Times Task Force recently submitted its report to Amherst Regional School Superintendent Maria Geryk and the Amherst Regional School Committee coming up with four options for change....
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UMass hands out more than 1,200 graduate degrees
Renowned musician Yusef Lateef received the Distinguished Achievement Award. AMHERST – More than 1,200 University of Massachusetts students received their masters, doctorates, and certificates of...
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NASA astronaut Catherine 'Cady' Coleman has message from space for 2011 UMass...
Coleman, who earned a doctorate from UMass, and David Gergen, a former White House senior aide, spoke to about 4,300 who received undergraduate degrees. The Republican | Michael BeswickKaitlin Jenkins...
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Retired Army officer David Vacci among Western Massachusetts residents to...
The former ROTC manager at UMass will be participating in the Run to Home Base that is being coordinated by the Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital. Photo by Michael S. Gordon / The...
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