Backpack (Nov. 20) Nov 19, 2008
The Williston Northampton School in Easthampton has announced that Amanda Lovell of Sherborn has made the Honor Roll for the first quarter of the 2008-09 academic year. Ochs earns Boston College High School honors. (Dover Sherborn Tab, MA)
The 100 Seasons Of UMass Basketball All-Time Teams Announced For Classic Era Oct 28, 2008
Upon graduation, he went on to play professionally with the Easthampton team in the Interstate League, a league which included the Original Celtics. Joe Lojko (1932-34) helped the UMass hoop squad to an undefeated 12-0 record in 1934, the only major New England school to ever have an undefeated season. (Umassathletics.com)
Trails reveal the natural state of things Jul 13, 2008
Bird-watching: Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary, Easthampton. Bordering runoff from the Connecticut River, this Mass Audubon sanctuary, just south of Northampton, is a favorite flyway for migrating birds. (Boston Globe)
Woman accused of setting fire indicted Jul 4, 2008
NORTHAMPTON Man gets probation in girl's death In what prosecutors say is an unprecedented case, an Easthampton man has been sentenced to five years' probation after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter in supplying the vodka a teenage girl drank before her death. Timothy Parent pleaded guilty Wednesday in Hampshire Superior Court. (Boston Globe)
Recruit firefighters graduate state Firefighting Academy Jun 25, 2008
The 72 graduates, all men, represent the 44 departments of: Agawam, Andover, Auburn, Bedford, Beverly, Billerica, Brockton, Burlington, Charlton, Cohasset, Dennis, Dracut, Easthampton, Everett, Falmouth, Gloucester, Holyoke, Lakeville, Lexington, Longmeadow, Ludlow, Mansfield, Methuen, Middleborough, North Andover, North Attleboro. Northbridge, Norton, Orleans, Peabody, Plymouth, Reading, Salem, Sandwich, Scituate, Sharon, Somerville, Sturbridge, Upton, Walpole, Wayland, Westfield, Westminster,... (Reading Advocate, MA)
Cunningham sets Wentworth records May 29, 2008
When the 2009 season rolls around, Studley is expecting an even stronger performance out of Cunningham, a graduate of the Williston Northampton School in Easthampton. He is about 30 hits shy of becoming Wentworth's all-time hits leader. (Boston Globe -- Sports)
Not your usual celebrity death Jan 24, 2008
News of Ledger's death at age 28 had broken less than an hour before Nicole LaChappelle, a 40-year-old school administrator in Easthampton, Mass. got home from work on Tuesday. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Inspections not up to date at fire locations Jan 13, 2008
Anderson's agency has received 106 complaints in the past four years about local departments that resulted in "some review," he said, including the six full studies in Dennis, Easthampton, Groveland, Merrimac, Westford, and Wilmington. In Beverly, rows of file cabinets are crammed full of papers containing decades of data, but there is no computer system to store and track it. (Boston Globe)
Endicott Too Much for Emerson, 72-55 Dec 13, 2007
A 3-ball by Kelly Kwiecinski (Easthampton, Mass. Easthampton) followed by successful jumpers from Lauren Vassallo (Oxford, Conn. (Ecgulls.com)
'Not in our house': Part 3, Reducing alcohol access to Burlington youth Oct 13, 2007
Recent news about the charges against an Easthampton, Mass. father for providing alcohol to minors proves Chief Hart s sentiment. (Burlington Union, MA)
A father is charged in alcohol fatality Sep 14, 2007
Prosecutors took the unprecedented step this week of charging a 46-year-old Easthampton father with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the death of his daughter's 15-year-old friend, who died in February after an hourlong drinking binge ... 75-liter bottle of vodka for his 15-year-old daughter in January, said Easthampton Police Chief Bruce W. McMahon ... The girls, both sophomores at the time, were members of the varsity volleyball team at Easthampton High School, where Alexis also... (Boston Globe)
Go vegetable! Sep 5, 2007
Businesses popping up in places from Maui, Hawaii, to Easthampton, Massachusetts are offering do-it-yourself conversion kits, recycled vegetable oil, fuel delivery, and other services. Current concerns about climate change, high gasoline prices and uncertain availability of foreign oil have brought increased interest in alternative fuels. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Businesses turn old cars into vegetable-powered green machines Sep 4, 2007
"I feel so superior driving next to a Hummer and going, 'Dude, yo, look at this, this is what you should be doing,''' Brooks said. With her earth-friendly car finder service, Biobling, Brooks is one of many entrepreneurs turning gas guzzlers into green machines as the interest in alternative fuel steadily spreads through the U.S. Businesses popping up in places from Maui, Hawaii, to Easthampton, Massachusetts are offering do-it-yourself conversion kits, recycled vegetable oil, fuel delivery, and... (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Grease is the word Aug 9, 2007
Cohen used a German-made Elsbett kit, but many of the systems installed by grease car owners in Boston's western suburbs were manufactured by a Massachusetts company, Greasecar Vegetable Fuel Systems () of Easthampton. The seven-year-old company has sold nearly 4,000 conversion kits, including several hundred to customers in Boston's suburbs. (Boston Globe -- Local)
JPS Industries, Inc. Completes Acquisition of Hexcel Corp. Reinforcements Business Aug 7, 2007
Headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina, the Company operates manufacturing locations in Anderson, South Carolina; Slater, South Carolina; Westfield, North Carolina; Statesville, North Carolina; and Easthampton, Massachusetts. CONTACT: Charles R. Tutterow Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 864/239-3915. (PR Newswire)
Just call her a material girl Jun 21, 2007
EASTHAMPTON -- Djerba Goldfinger is living out a fabric fanatic's dream. Whether the petite pattern maven is visiting manufacturers, choosing swatches to sell in her online boutique, , or cutting yards from bolts of loudly colored, vintage-style fabrics in her office, she's constantly inspired. (Boston Globe)
A housing drive for over 55 Jun 10, 2007
Marshfield, after being inundated with over-55 proposals, has imposed a moratorium, and Easthampton is considering one. Derry, N.H., limits new units to 120 per year. (Boston Globe)
For holiday, no rotary, no problem May 26, 2007
"It was a nightmare; even at 9 o'clock and 10 o'clock at night, you could get stuck for hours," said Richard Bulda, 49, a grocer from Easthampton who had come to Hyannis to see a regatta. Despite the improvement at the Sagamore Bridge, the mass of vehicles moving toward the Cape found other bottlenecks along the route. (Boston Globe)
Pair Guilty Of Killing Federally Protected Birds Apr 11, 2007
ZAK's co-defendant, TIMOTHY LLOYD, 30, of 115 Park Street, Easthampton, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty on Friday, March 23, 2007, to all three counts in the Information filed against him: one count of conspiring to violate the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, and two counts of violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (for the killing of a great blue heron and an osprey). "The killing of hundreds of protected bird species by the defendants revealed their disdain for our laws and their wanton disregard... (PR Newswire)
High-capacity computers in Mass. schools Mar 30, 2007
High-capacity computers in Mass. Today's Globe Local Politics Opinion Magazine Education NECN Special reports Obituaries. (Boston Globe)
As China's power grows, so do Chinese programs in public schools Mar 11, 2007
Alcorn and Wang, who live in Amherst and run an Easthampton business importing English versions of Chinese books, are still looking for a location for the Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion School, which won approval last month from state education officials. But they have so far received 50 applications for the 44 kindergarten and first-grade slots the school will have when it opens in the fall. (Shoals TimesDaily)
State poised to OK school for Chinese immersion Feb 27, 2007
"In the future, no matter what career path you choose, you're going to see Chinese people, and . . . know that language is important," said Jean Pao Wilson , a parent from Easthampton and one of the school's organizers ... Pao Wilson , of Easthampton, whose parents are Chinese, said she spoke Chinese before she spoke English because of her mother's efforts to teach her the language. (Boston Globe)
