Hadley News

The veranda of a 1752 farmstead is the setting for tomorrow's poetry and fiction reading by UMass-Amherst poets and writers.

Molly Bundrant bought her home on Case Avenue so she can watch her young daughter walk to school, Mrs.

An investigation is underway after an overnight fire at a car wash in Hadley. It happened just before 2:00 a.m. at the Golden Nozzle Car Wash at 456 Russell Road.

Scott J. Soares, commissioner of the Department of Agricultural Resources, center, talks to Hadley farmers Michael W. Docter, left and Raymond R. Rex of the Four Rex Farm.

By DIANE LEDERMAN dlederman@repub.com HADLEY - The wet summer has once again delayed the completion of work on the Connecticut River dike, according to Selectman Gerald T. Devine, Work stopped in the spring because the soil couldn't be compacted but began again.

Professionally filmed video footage of HATEBREED 's performance at this year's installment of the Graspop Metal Meeting , which was held on June 26-28, 2009 on the festival grounds of the Boeretang in Dessel, Belgium, can be viewed below.

Matthew J. Parsons holds a baby pig at Earle M. Parsons & Sons farm in Hadley. . By STAN FREEMAN sfreeman@repub.com HADLEY - Pig farming.

With a statue of liberty crown on her head, Jen M. Leclair, of Westfield, watches the fireworks in Stanley Park on Friday night.

HADLEY, Mass. While the economy is forcing many businesses across the country to either close down or make cuts, Maple Farm Foods in Hadley is doing the opposite.

Matthew J. Parsons of E.M. Parsons and Sons, Inc. in Hadley checks the feed in pens holding 6-week-old piglets at the farm.

Top honors in the 2009 Biomedical Engineering Innovation, Design, and Entrepreneurship Award competition-a national competition celebrating student biomedical innovation-were announced yesterday during the Medical Design Excellence Awards ceremony.

By DAVID A. VALLETTE dvallette@repub.com NORTHAMPTON - No balloons were released, and the brass band didn't play, but there was fanfare nonetheless, Friday, when Greenfield Community College announced that among this year's licensed practical nurse program graduate was the college's 10,000th customer.

The suspect was scared off and was not located by police. * Shevren Henderson, 27, of Russell Street, Hadley, was arrested Monday at 11:03 a.m. outside a University Drive location on a charge of domestic assault and battery after he held a woman to the ground and attempted to strangle her, police said.

I don't expect somebody to spend $30 for a bottle of vodka without trying it first.

Connecticut hardcore/metal juggernauts HATEBREED will release their new self-titled studio album in the fall via E1 Music in North America and Roadrunner in all other territories.

Raz of ThrashHits.com conducted an interview with Jamey Jasta and Frank Novinec of the Connecticut-based hardcore/metal act HATEBREED at this year's Download festival, which was held June 12-14 at Donington Park, United Kingdom.

As he watched the floats and bands go by at Sunday's 350th anniversary parade, Daniel Dudkiewicz thought about his grandparents, who came to Hadley a century ago.

Sheila N. Moos, of Northampton, walks with her grandson, Mac Prunier, 2½, of Wethersfield, Conn., in the animal section of McCrays Farm in South Hadley Tuesday.

By MICHAEL McAULIFFE mmcauliffe@repub.com HADLEY - J. Gary Bernhard and Victoria A. Dowling, who have been integral to a program that can affect people around the globe, were honored here Saturday.

The Hopkins Academy Band led the start of the parade. 2 The Hadley Public School float.