Amherst begins effort to plant 2,000 trees

A large sugar maple once framed the driveway at Susan and Richard Roznoy’s Strong Street home and provided a colorful display during the fall. But the tree’s proximity to the road ultimately ruined its health, prompting its demise three years ago. Now, thanks to an extensive townwide tree planting effort, the Roznoys will be getting three Amur maackia trees to …0

University of Massachusetts students learn how to analyze crime scenes

The rectangular indent in the ground in a remote wooded area at the University of Massachusetts was the tipoff. Investigators dug in and, after a couple of false starts, found a shallow grave. The partially clad skeleton, they suspected, was the missing person they were seeking. On this day, a week later, in the midst of incessant rain, the job …0

Amherst’s Michelle Chamuel runner-up on ‘The Voice’

Michelle Chamuel of Amherst was named runner-up on “The Voice” finale on NBC Tuesday night, finishing second in viewer voting to winner Danielle Bradbery, a 16 year-old country singer from Texas. Chamuel and Bradbery clutched hands as they awaited the announcement, as did their respective coaches, Usher and Blake Shelton. The Swon Brothers from Oklahoma, also coached by Blake Shelton, …0

Clark Museum in Williamstown opens show featuring over 200 works of Winslow Homer

Winslow Homer was likely one the most prolific American artists of the 19th century. In a career that began as an in-demand illustrator, he also became one of the most admired and commercially successful painters of his era, winning particular renown for his oil and watercolor paintings of seascapes and the Northeast mountains. And it’s possible Homer had no bigger …0

An exhibit by local artists at the Jewish Community of Amherst combines paint and poetry

Artists find inspiration in many places — including the work of those in other mediums. And for a show that combines the work of three local artists, the common bond is poetry. “Write a painting, paint a poem,” on display through July 26 at the Jewish Community of Amherst, features the work of painters Rita Edelman and Oriole Farb Feshbach …0