AMHERST Growing up, Holyoke resident Carolyn Diaz Rodriguez preferred helping her grandfather with building projects in lieu of doing chores. Originally from the Dominican Republic, she has always loved using a hammer and working with her hands.Now.
GREENFIELD Standing in what will eventually become a second-floor reading room dedicated to the artist Hale Johnson’s wife, Lorraine, Library Director Ellen Boyer said the city’s new library is shaping up to be “everything it was promised to be.”.
NORTHAMPTON You may well have seen them in your neighborhood or in a local wooded area, or maybe burrowing around a dumpster behind a supermarket, or some place downtown: raccoons.These smart, resourceful critters are highly adaptable and can make a.
NORTHAMPTON After Jill Foley moved back to Northampton in 2020, she found herself putting together all of the food for a big party, including a charcuterie board. A city native, she had always enjoyed cooking, entertaining and hosting.“A few people.
WESTHAMPTON Amid challenges in securing supplies and some unanticipated setbacks, construction of the town’s $4.3 million public safety complex some four years in the making is underway.Originally, both the fire and police departments had hoped.