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Columnist Bill Newman: 'And Death Shall Have No Dominion'
I first read Dylan Thomas when I was 17. Fifty-eight years later I still read his poems, most recently, “And Death Shall have No Dominion.” Its theme: after a human life ends, we somehow,…
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3mNew senior housing development gets green light in Hadley town center
HADLEY — A senior housing project in town center that will feature 34 units for people 55 and over can move forward following approval from the Planning Board last week. The board at its July 7 meeting voted 4-0 to issue a senior housing special permit for the development that will go up on 5.5 […]
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31mBeacon Hill Roll Call, June 29-July 3
THE HOUSE AND SENATE: Beacon Hill Roll Call reports local representatives’ votes on roll calls from the week of June 29-July 3. $63.4 BILLION FISCAL 2027 STATE BUDGET (H 5555): House 142-6, Senate 39-1, approved and sent to Gov. Maura Healey a $63.4 billion fiscal 2027 conference committee version of a state budget for the […]
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9mKeeping Score with Chip Ainsworth: We all know who will be remembered
Good morning! The Frontier School Committee’s decision not to keep the plaque honoring Greg Belanger under the new scoreboard shows the disconnect between then and now, of when humidity on hot August days was measured by the smell of the pickle brine, when tractors hauled tobacco crops through town, surveyors gathered outside Graves Street for […]
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4mVirginia L. Wells
<html><head></head><body>Virginia L "Polly" Wells<br /><br />HATFIELD, MA - Virginia Lucille "Polly" Wells, 84, passed away peacefully on June 16, 2026, at Linda Manor in Leeds, Massachusetts, with her youngest son by her side.<br ...
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3mPhillip F. Vogel
<html><head></head><body>Phillip F. Vogel<br /><br />Southampton, MA - Phillip F. Vogel passed away peacefully on July 1, 2026, surrounded by his loving family, on his beloved wife Barbara's birthday. Phillip was born on October 27, 1932, in Sprin ...