Northfield News

Irish-born novelist and scholar C.S. Lewis is having a college created in his name - and it will be located on the sprawling 217-acre campus of a former New England boarding school.

The C. S. Lewis Foundation has announced today that land has been purchased for the establishment of a C. S. Lewis College in Northfield, Massachusetts.

A layer of snow, a chill in the air, sunshine and a cloudless sky helped make the fourth annual ''A Special Day in Northfield'' exactly that.

The Vernon Senior Group will hold its soup and sandwich annual business meeting on Monday, Dec.

Saturday is the day. No one could possibly visit all the fairs and flea markets that are scheduled.

Alec Henry, a senior from Mohawk Trail Regional School, registered a 57th-place finish Saturday to lead a group of six area runners at the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association State Boys' and Girls' Division II Cross Country championships at Northfield Mountain in Northfield.

NORTHFIELD, Ma. Johnny Gregorek was hoping to finish his final season on the cross-country trails with an individual state crown.

Friday the 13th turned out to be a lucky day for Mindy, a 2-year-old Maltese poodle that was found emaciated and alone near a boat ramp in Northfield, over 600 miles from home and over three months after being lost.

Kathleen C. Denise, 87, died suddenly on Nov. 4, 2009 in her home in Easthampton.

Two Franklin County waterway projects -- in Northfield and Montague --have been recommended for funding by the state Department of Environmental Protection.

Silvino "Sal" Manuel, 75, of Southern Massachusetts died suddenly on Thursday, October 29, 2009, at Rhode Island Hospital.

Powerful winds brought down power lines and limbs across the Pioneer Valley. Early Wednesday a branch on Hope Street struck power lines, leaving a handful of business and about 600 residents without power.

A 31-year-old Pine Meadow Road man, arrested by state police detectives early Tuesday morning, faces seven counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 and other charges.

By GEORGE GRAHAM ggraham@repub.com HOLYOKE - Holyoke police arrested a man and woman, from Northfield and Turners Falls, respectively, on heroin and cocaine charges Thursday night after stopping their vehicle at Maple and Essex streets.

Beverly A. Stratford, 79, of 387 Brattleboro Road, died Sunday afternoon at Baystate Franklin Medical Center, Greenfield.

Edward F. Shaw, 67, of Parrish, Fla., formerly of Bernardston, died Wednesday at Charlene Manor Extended Care Facility in Greenfield.

Event celebrates the anniversary of hostel system The Redwood Hostel off U.S. Highway 101 at Wilson Creek seven miles north of the Klamath River bridge will be the site of Sundaya s open house.

Nestled in the hills off River Road is a medium-sized patch of garden growing cucumbers, butterhead lettuce, zucchini, potatoes, dill, squash, Swiss chard, green beans, arugula and flowers.

Yes, that's right--we're celebrating the 100th birthday of the hostelling movement, and the 75th birthday of Hostelling International USA ! Next week is Open Hostel Week, from August 23-30. Find a hostel near you and see what's planned--it could be anything from hostel tours and good eatin', to travel presentations and scavenger hunts.

Next month, the power canal will be getting its annual overhaul. This year's maintenance includes fixing the bed, improving the fish ladder at the gate house to the Turners Falls Dam and moving utilities from the foot bridge leading to the former Strathmore and onto a utility pole, said Don Traester, First Light Power Resources' station services ...