Belchertown News Archives

The family of Misty C. Bassi, who was killed as she rode her bicycle on University Drive in Amherst in May, told a judge Thursday they do not want the woman whose car struck Bassi to be incarcerated.

An internal military report says that C-5 cargo planes like the one that shed two wheels while airborne over western Massachusetts earlier this year have experienced similar problems.

A 26-year-old Belchertown man is facing charges stemming from an alleged Sunday afternoon home invasion in the Townehouse of Amherst apartments, according to police.

BELCHERTOWN, Mass. - State and military officials are looking for bombs that were dropped in the Quabbin Reservoir and the surrounding land around World War II, but say they pose no danger.

It was a march across America on Sunday as hundreds of thousands pounded the pavement to stamp out hunger.

The Belchertown Land Trust plans to seek an extension to its Nov. 30 deadline for devising a plan to either repair the Upper Bondsville Dam or take it down.

Porter and Chester Institute career program specialist in admissions Rosa M. Alves, left, talks with Choyce M. McIntosh and Brian A. Danish, both of Chicopee, at the Best Local Job Fair at the Holiday Inn Hotel and Conference Center in Holyoke on Thursday.

A hate message appears at a golf course near Boston as President Barack Obama confirms plans to visit the city at the end of the month.

The Belchertown Land Trust will meet in a closed, private session Wednesday night to discuss options for dealing with the Upper Bondsville Dam, which the organization owns.

It's hard to believe a year has passed since The Black Moon Lounge opened its doors in Belchertown.

A Palmer man, currently held in jail on other charges, has confessed to the armed robbery of the Ye Olde Grog Shoppe last month, police said.

Residents of a Hadley neighborhood rushed to help two elderly Belchertown men involved in a serious car accident.

Brooke Stebbins of Belchertown shot a 96 to place sixth in the 12-player field at the Western Massachusetts Girls Individual Championship at the par-36 Stockbridge Golf Club.

Ware 3, Easthampton 0 - Megan Grygorcewicz had seven assists, but the Eagles lost at home 25-23, 25-13, 25-15. Emily Boysen had four kills and four blocks for Easthampton, and Julia Volpe added five digs.

Geoff Rogers runs Hampshire Power, a program just finishing up its third year, which takes up $6.4 million of the Council of Government's overall $7.7 million budget.