Southampton News

Listen to Bob Flaherty read this year's "Toy Fund in verse" 'Tis the night before Christmas; the presents are in Tomorrow the day of unwrapping begins.

The Salem News asked readers to send pictures of the best - or worst - holiday sweaters out there.

This holiday season the Southampton Police Department will conduct a food drive for the first time.

A pull to connect with the memory of loved ones who have died is part of many a donation to the Sidney F. Smith Toy Fund, whether the contribution is a long-standing family tradition, or a first-time gift.

With the holiday shopping season upon us, this is where I shamelessly promote biker-friendly businesses to give you ideas on what to get the biker in your life for gifts.

Danielle Massey of Chatham, Steve Scott of West Springfield, and Vickie Rizos of Southampton at a past Novemberfest.

A controversial address by radical activist Ray Luc Levasseur, cancelled last week in the wake of protest from police and other groups, is back on.

I participate in many things around the city of Easthampton. One of them is working with the Greater Easthampton Chamber of Commerce .

Six people fleeing from their burning apartment building were trapped on a fire escape and one fire captain was injured in a massive blaze that destroyed a commercial and residential building.

Voters resoundingly opposed expanding the city's landfill and opponents of expansion hope the defeat will send a strong message to city officials to seek alternative ways of trash disposal.

Kenneth W. Duda, 65, of 317 Montague Road, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009.

Research shows a growing number of Americans are identifying themselves as non-religious. Experts say many people are becoming skeptics but not out right atheists.

Four young men accused of making bombs in plastic bottles and setting them off near Leadmine Road in Southampton pleaded innocent Friday in Northampton District Court.

Getting from here to there will officially be made easier Sunday when nonmotorized travelers celebrate the opening of two new sections of rail trail.

For educators currently in their first four years of practice. Friday, December 4, 2009, 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel and Trade Center, Marlborough, Mass.

A Northampton group that calls itself "Water Not Waste" has succeeded in placing a new question on the city's November ballot.

Tragedy has long followed the Kennedy family. In 1964, the eyes of the world were focused on Western Massachusetts, when tragedy struck once again as a plane carrying the late Sen.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Northampton writer and historian Allison Lockwood wrote this column for the Gazette in 2005 recalling Sen.

The Battleship Missouri Memorial, the World War II battleship best known for hosting the formal surrender of Japan in 1945, on Wednesday will be the site of a ceremony marking the 64th anniversary of Japan's surrender.

Senator Edward Kennedy nearly lost his life 45 years ago when his small plane crashed in Southampton.