🌱 What’s next in the high-profile Belchertown shooting case?
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In today's newsletter:
- What’s next in the high-profile Belchertown shooting case?
- Belchertown’s own Ava Shea earns major academic tennis honor
Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: A heavy t-storm in the p.m., with a high of 89 and low of 63 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: Mostly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 86, low: 56.
- Sunday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 85 and low of 63 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Belchertown man accused of shooting wife held without bail (gazettenet.com) — A Belchertown man has been ordered held without bail after being charged in connection with his wife’s fatal shooting at their Summer Hill Estates home on Daniel Shays Highway. Prosecutors say Belchertown and state police responded in March, and the case now moves through Hampshire Superior Court with motion and pretrial hearings scheduled for July and November. 
• Three From Women's Tennis Named to College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team (springfieldcollegepride.com) — Ava Shea of Belchertown has been recognized on the 2026 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Women’s Tennis Team for her standout grades and doubles play at Springfield College. She joins teammates Alysa Elliott and Natalia Peyón in earning this regional honor, which celebrates student-athletes’ combined academic and athletic achievements in NCAA Division III tennis.
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- Stop & Shop posted a job opening for PT Nonunion Closer - Store Admin - 0435 in Belchertown. Apply here.
- Big Y Foods, Inc. posted a job opening for Deli/Kitchen Clerk in Amherst. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Belchertown here.
🗞 Nearby News
Granby
- Granby Town Meeting: $24.5 million budget approved, financial challenges persist (gazettenet.com)
Amherst
- Agricultural leaders unite at NEASDA meeting in Amherst (wwlp.com)
- Letter: Immanuel Lutheran Church steps up to help unhoused in Amherst (gazettenet.com)
- ARHS Grad Earns Prestigious Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship (amherstindy.org)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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