UNlisted teen meeting June 2013: Dress code in school?
Area teens discuss whether schools should have dress codes. ASHLEY BIEG Holyoke High Our school's dress code is a bit too restrictive. We are not allowed to wear any form of tank top. We have to have...
View ArticleWilliam Baczek's landscape show opens, artists include Scott Prior, Hale Johnson
Selected artists “push the boundaries of what can be described as a landscape.” NORTHAMPTON — There is an opening reception Sept. 7 from 5 to 7 p.m. for the 2013 Annual Landscape Exhibition, a popular...
View ArticleSchool dress code administrators could benefit from fashion educator
Westfield's ban on skinny jeans is a faux pas on many levels. By LAUREN PADILLA Longmeadow High School dress codes have been an issue for as long as I can remember. No matter what, someone always...
View Article'Salinger' documentary renews interest in 'Catcher in Rye' author
Some students get to live in J.D. Salinger's former dorm room at Ursinus College. By KATHY MATHESON COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. — Aspiring novelist Quinn Gilman-Forlini, an ardent admirer of "The Catcher in the...
View ArticleGerman police raid Christian sect, with U.S. roots, on child abuse suspicion
Twelve Tribes, founded by a Tennessee high school teacher in the 1970s, today has about 2,000 to 3,000 members worldwide, according to its website. By DAVID RISING BERLIN — Police raided a Christian...
View ArticleHitler's long-time bodyguard Rochus Misch dead at 96
He was Adolf Hitler's devoted bodyguard for most of World War II and the last remaining witness to the Nazi leader's final hours in his Berlin bunker. By DAVID RISING BERLIN — He was Adolf Hitler's...
View ArticleMormons, Ancestry.com genealogical project to give public access to 1 billion...
Plan for two to work together to digitize, index new records. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon church's family history research center has signed a new agreement with Ancestry.com in a project to make...
View ArticleU.S. births may be leveling off after years of decline
The number of babies born last year — a little shy of 4 million — is only a few hundred less than the number in 2011. By MIKE STOBBE ATLANTA — After falling four years in a row, U.S. births may...
View ArticleRecipes: Sausage and apple Dutch baby pancake fit for supper
Having breakfast for dinner doesn't mean the meal can't have a savory side. By J.M. HIRSCH As families try to get back into their school year routines, there will be many cool autumn nights when the...
View ArticleHow to update a sacred space? Springfield's Temple Beth El studies design in...
Its blend of art, architecture vision of Percival Goodman. How to update a sacred space? That is a question before members of Temple Beth El on Springfield's Dickinson Street. A conservative...
View ArticleRepublican Heritage Series readies 'Our Stories: The Jews of Western...
Third volume in series due out on Nov. 22. “Our Stories: The Jews of Western Massachusetts” will debut this fall as the third volume in The Republican's Heritage Series. The book, edited by veteran...
View ArticleFashion: Nicole Miller's 'Rebels With a Cause' for Spring 2014
'Power Meets Pretty' in her less-delicate look. By SAMANTHA CRITCHELL AP Fashion Writer NEW YORK — Nicole Miller's springtime fashion statement hinges on a patchwork of gardens, mazes, chandeliers and...
View ArticleFashion: Jason Wu eases in Spring 2014
Feminine with a bit of edge (as in hardware.) By SAMANTHA CRITCHELL NEW YORK — After a fall collection that was heavily sculpted and engineered, Jason Wu set off to craft spring styles that emphasized...
View ArticleFashion: Marissa Webb, potential 2014 Spring star
Former J. Crew designer popular with retailers. By SAMANTHA CRITCHELL, NEW YORK — A new belle of the ball might have stepped off the Marissa Webb runway at New York Fashion Week. Webb's collection is...
View Article'Garden of Martyrs' opera, based on two Irish Catholic immigrants who were...
Scheduled Sept. 20, 22. NORTHAMPTON –The story of Dominic Daley and James Halligan, two Northampton Irish Catholic immigrants who were hanged for a murder they denied, lives on as an opera based on...
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B'nai Tzedek Youth Foundation seeks Jewish teens for philanthropy
Harold Grinspoon foundation initiative for students in grades 9 through 12. File WEST SPRINGFIELD -- Jewish teens, in grades 9 through 12, are invited to apply to join the B'nai Tzedek Youth...
View ArticleGrace Lutheran's new pastor John Marquis sees Gospel imperative in social issues
West Springfield ministers says moral questions include “a business system that is rigged against those who play by the rules.' WEST SPRINGFIELD –Members of Grace Lutheran Church are involved in...
View ArticleMichael White, author of 'Garden of Martyrs,' to talk about Irishmen's trial
Book is basis of upcoming opera in Northampton. Award-winning writer Michael C. White recognizes the draw “The Garden of Martyrs,” a new opera inspired by his novel of the same name, will have for...
View ArticleStop & Shop offers seasonal flu vaccinations at in-store pharmacies
The government recommends that all individuals "6 months of age and older should get their yearly flu vaccine, In preparation for the upcoming seasonal flu season, Shop & Shop Supermarket 's...
View ArticleSeth Kellogg's Birds of the Air: September's songbirds follow the sun
Time to leave the land of nest. Some birds follow the river or coastline, others follow the ridge. All follow the stars and their own magnetic senses. Young birds follow their parents and make maps of...
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