NORTHAMPTON About 20 years ago, after Patricia “Pat” Coon retired from her job as a schoolteacher, she lost her husband and was feeling rather lost. A couple of widowed women she knew invited her to join them for breakfast at a cafe and a.
BELCHERTOWN Around the holidays, teachers often receive little tokens of appreciation from their students. Some may receive a mug that cements their status as the “best,” while others may get a gift card to a coffee shop or office supply store. But.
EASTHAMPTON It has been a decade since Susan Royea’s soulmate, Paul Atkinson Sr., died in 2011. Thinking back on Thursday, she remembered his love for Christmas.“He loved all the decorations and kids,” she said. “That was his holiday that he really.
WESTHAMPTON To an onlooker, it might have seemed bizarre that Charlotte Wood chose to give her daughter, Charlene Bordonaro, a can of kidney beans as a Christmas present last year. To Wood, however, this “gag gift” had personal significance, as it.
NORTHAMPTON The Northampton Lions Club has continued a tradition more than two decades old, donating $1,500 this year to the Sidney F. Smith Toy Fund to provide holiday gifts for area children in need. “We never want any children to go without.