South Hadley News

The state House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a bill that boosts benefits for military veterans including a new bonus for additional overseas deployments.

Selectboard Chairman Gregory R. Sheehan has added his resignation to that of Selectman Carlene C. Hamlin.

A house fire at a residence at 20 Tampa St. Wednesday night caused in excess of $100,000 damage and sent a resident and his daughter to the hospital for injuries, fire officials said.

Carlene Hamlin and Gregory Sheehan are resigning from the Selectboard effective Jan.

For decades, children have been mesmerized by plays at the Nashville Children's Theatre as they watched the stories they loved come to life.

A new president has been chosen for Mount Holyoke College. Trustees of the one of the world's oldest women's colleges named University of Hartford Provost Lynn Pasquerella to succeed outgoing president Joanne Creighton.

Cathedral's Avante Lelaind and the Panthers hope to ruin the night for the hosts from Chicopee Comp.

October 26, 2009 - Longmeadow - Staff photo by Michael S. Gordon - Action Monday at Twin Hills Country Club during MIAA Western Massachusetts boys division one high school golf championship.

South Hadley 3, Northampton 1 - Lida Hills scored two goals and set up the other as the Tigers eliminated the Blue Devils from postseason contention.

Retired Town Clerk-Treasurer Judith A. Barthelette says she is being blamed for losses in the town's investment portfolio, but adds that she won't take the rap.

Easthampton 3, Putnam 2 - The Eagles dropped the first two sets but rallied to beat the Beavers 18-25, 20-25, 25-23, 25-8, 15-6 in Easthampton.

In its short lifespan, texting has been blamed for all sorts of societal ills -- for distracting drivers on roads, students in school and workers who should be minding their jobs.

A Pakistani tribal girl, who fled from South Waziristan due to military offensive against al-Qaida activists and Taliban militants, looks out from a vehicle as she and her family members arrive at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Bannu, a town on edge of Pakistani tribal region Waziristan, Tuesday.

Once a year the town of South Hadley becomes the tag sale capitol of America. Thousands of bargain minded shoppers come to South Hadley on Columbus day.

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Chicopee's Raheem Kelly-Reid rushes past Ludlow's Eric Retzlaff. The Suburban League matchup was too interesting to ignore, with the Pacers gunning for a fifth consecutive win and the Tigers looking to avoid the dreaded second league loss.

The years John B. Wynne of Springfield has honored a family tradition of hiking Mt.

Caleb M. Perron, 3, and his mother, Elizabeth R. Perron, of Granby, look for hats Monday at the annual Columbus Day crafts fair on the South Hadley town common.

More than 4,000 people rode motorcycles in the 20th anniversary of the Brightside Toy Run, that began at about noon in Chicopee and drove through South Hadley and Holyoke before ending at Brightside for Families and Children on Route 5. "I think it was because of the weather and the way people feel about the children," said Mark P. Soticheck, owner ...

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