Daily Hampshire Gazette
Mosquito in western Mass. provides season's first West Nile virus sample
State public health officials said Thursday that West Nile virus was detected in mosquitoes in Berkshire County, marking the first positive sample of the year. The virus is transmitted to…
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6mChance Encounters with Bob Flaherty: Three generations and answers to long-held riddles
HADLEY — It took a scorching hot day on the bike path to unravel a mystery that’s been with you for decades. On a family trip to the Dominican Republic the same week the Red Sox signed the island’s own Pedro Martinez, out of nowhere something clicked, a thing so unexpected you surprised yourself, let […]
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4mBruce Kickery
<html><head></head><body>Bruce Kickery<br /><br />Northampton, MA - Bruce Edward Kickery of Northampton passed away on July 6, 2026 after a short decline. Kickery was born in Pittsfield on December 2, 1942 "Number 8" of 22. and is survived b ...
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4mJoan Bartlett
<html><head></head><body>JOAN BARTLETT<br /><br />Melbourne Beach, FL - Joan E. Bartlett, 75, of Melbourne Beach, Florida, formerly of Hatfield, Massachusetts, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on August 19, 2026.<br /><br />Joan ...
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8mA fresh start: Amherst ready to open first new elementary school since 1970s
AMHERST — Letters spelling “welcome” on the door and the phrase “change your words, change your mindset” on the bulletin board are displayed in the classroom where Catherine Moss will teach second graders at Amethyst Brook Elementary School. As she finished setting up the space last week inside the first new elementary school opened in […]