Memorial Day weekend Northampton Survival Center beneficiary of the silent auction at the Paradise City Festival
This weekend, the Northampton Survival Center is the beneficiary of Paradise City’s popular Silent Art Auction. 100% of the Auction proceeds will be donated to the Center. Bid high and bid often at the Silent Art Auction tables in Building 3! Hundreds of beautiful and valuable pieces have been generously donated by Paradise City’s exhibiting artists. Jewelry, furniture, painting, sculpture, ceramics, glass, wearable art, metal, wood, prints and more will be presented all weekend for your bidding pleasure, with different items displayed every day. Check out the tables, and be sure to visit the booths of the artist donors. The Northampton Survival Center thanks all of them for their generosity.
Volunteers will help you place your bids. The tables will close to bidding at exactly 4pm on Saturday and Sunday, and 3pm on Monday.
Read MoreIn Memoriam – Donald Levitan
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Don was a big man with a big spirit. He loved ice cream, opera, travel, children, nature and people-watching. He talked to every clerk and waiter, every person in line at the grocery store, interviewing them about their lives with a big smile.
Read MoreIn Memoriam – Bernice O’Donnell
NORTHAMPTON - Bernice O'Donnell (Kubera), 88, a long-time resident of Florence, died Friday, Dec. 15, at Baystate Hospital.
Born Dec. 17, 1928, in Whatley, Bernice lived in Hatfield and Florence all her life. She is predeceased by her husband Luke O'Donnell and her five siblings.
Read MoreIn Memoriam – Joseph W. Kielec
HADLEY – Joseph Walter Kielec was born Oct. 7, 1918, to Josef Kielec of Padew, Galicia, Austrian Poland, and Rozalia (Chrusciel) Kielec of Grochowe, Galicia, Austrian Poland, on the family farm on North Maple Street in Hadley. Joseph graduated from Hopkins Academy in Hadley in 1937 where he was President of the Senior Class.
A child of the depression raised on the family farm in Hadley, Joseph learned at an early age to respect honest hard work and taught by example that "any task worth doing was worth doing well" a habit that he passed on to his family.
Read MoreIn Memoriam – Ruth Pardoe
HUNTINGTON – Ruth Wood Pardoe died Tuesday, June 20, 2017, at Joy Hill, her home in Huntington, with her family by her side.
Ruth Wood was born July 31, 1924, in West Springfield, the eldest of five sisters, to Berton Wood and Helen Bessie Moore Wood. She graduated from West Springfield High School in 1942 and went on to attend Smith College, graduating with a bachelors degree in American Studies in 1946. She later earned an masters degree in History from Ohio State University, and certification as a school librarian from C.W. Post College of Long Island.
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