John Gnatek News Today

HADLEY — John Gnatek, a longtime Easthampton resident, Hadley native and 1951 Hopkins Academy graduate who has gained fame as an artist, will soon have a scholarship at his alma mater named after him.To fund the scholarship, a project to sell prints...

HADLEY — Hadley is opting out of the state’s mosquito control program following a majority vote by residents at fall Town Meeting Saturday.“While opting out doesn’t guarantee we’ll not be sprayed, not to apply would say it is OK to expose all of us,...

HADLEY — Hadley is opting out of the state’s mosquito control program following a majority vote by residents at fall Town Meeting Saturday.“While opting out doesn’t guarantee we’ll not be sprayed, not to apply would say it is OK to expose all of us,...

HADLEY — Decisions on purchasing communications equipment for the public safety departments, continuing to make improvements to the historic Town Hall and whether Hadley should remain part of the state’s mosquito control program will be made by voters...

HADLEY — Every Tuesday night when he was in high school in the 1940s, John Gnatek would go to the Amherst Boys Club and watch local artist Steve Hamilton paint for two hours, and then he would go home and try painting himself.Decades later, in 1989,...