Hampshire College News

In the second break-in, a rear window and door were pushed open. The residents at the second home have not yet provided police information on what was taken.

Macaw Standout Track: When it comes to nailing the nature vibe, 'Five Minutes at the Rainforest Cafe' puts the Windham Hill catalog to shame.

Sarah Yoss and three other Tufts students prepared to erect their tent on snow-crusted Boston Common last night, a gesture aimed at drawing attention to what they call "dirty electricity''. There is not just strength in numbers.

"Mother Nature's Child" cameraman Allen Moore and soundman Scott Lowe document students from Rockville, Md.-based Franklin Montessori School in May, as they explore Rock Creek Park, Washington, D.C. By Joel Banner Baird, Free Press Staff Writer * Sunday, December 6, 2009 When the movie hits public television screens next year, rush inside to catch ...

Museums10, a collaborative marketing effort of museums all over the Valley, might sound at first blush like just another of the many departments orbiting the Five College consortium, a vague if probably good campaign to promote things academic.

Amherst has received an improved bond rating that will allow the town to borrow money at lower premium rates, according to the town manager.

After a three year slumber, the divest-from-Israel "movement" in the US is making an attempt at self-resurrection. It remains to be seen if history will repeat itself this time as tragedy or farce.

Just a few months ago Saint Anselm junior and New Hampshire State Representative Brian Poznanski, D-Hillsborough, proposed the "Good Samaritan Law." This law would protect underage and intoxicated students who need medical assistance from an immediate arrest.

Stephanie Bell received a Rhodes Scholarship, fourth-year Amol Naik received a Marshall Scholarship, and third-year Hannah Alpert received the Alice T. Schafer Prize for excellence in mathematics.

Given that I have a close personal connection with the Manchester Police Department -- my father was a cop, as was his father before him -- I was thrilled to discover that some folks are coming together to chronicle the history of the MPD.

On Feb. 19, 1975, Zachary Lazar's father, Ed, was shot down in a gangland-style hit in the garage of a Phoenix office building.

November 27, 2009, 6:42 AM / Hires/Promotions/ Honors PSI, an independent engineering and testing and consulting engineering firm, promoted Steven Pump to branch manager of the company's Tonawanda operations office and special project manager for its CVS Distribution Center Special Project.

As high school seniors across the country are hard at work polishing their college applications, let's take a look at some of the stranger questions those wacky admissions officers have asked.

It's a good bet that the state Legislature will take up a bill to introduce casino gambling in January, and odds are that local officials will want to weigh in on whether it will be a bonanza or boondoggle.

This is the time of year that farmers markets start folding up their tents and the people who like to shop at them start feeling a loss.

Yet more academic libraries are looking to save money by sharing functions. The Five College Librarians Council has released a draft report that addresses cost savings by consolidating acquisition, cataloging, and book processing functions among the Five Colleges, Inc.

Following his Oct. 30 arrest for underage alcohol consumption, New Hampshire State Rep.

Exclusive Transcript A friend from Northampton slipped me a transcript of a recent planning meeting for next weekend's divestment conference at Hampshire College.

Photo by Jodie Andruskevich^^Nashua student Anna Maria Espinol looks over a brochure for Southern NH University at the Access Convention, a program to help minority students get access to colleges and universities.

Thursday afternoon, students in Alyson Bull's fourth-grade class stood in tightly knit clusters, laughing as they leaned on each other and pulled on each other's hands and feet.