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Amherst College store opens downtown in former Hastings space
Amherst Regional School Committee proposes new budget that lowers assessments for towns
Granby man admits guilt, gets 2½ years in vehicular homicide
Regional farming alliance strengthens educational, networking opportunities for apprentices
Around Amherst: Primary schools piloting foundational reading program
Amherst officials outline vision for Hickory Ridge: fire station, community center, affordable housing among options
Boards balk at limiting use of Hadley Town Common
Sole over-budget bid could doom Jones Library expansion project
AMHERST — A lone $42.7 million bid by a general contractor for expanding and renovating the Jones Library building, coming in more than $7 million over cost estimates, could be putting the entire project at risk.“We are disappointed to have received...
Reyes takes helm of UMass flagship amid pro-Palestinian protests
AMHERST — On a Friday morning filled with music, ceremony and speeches by state leaders to inaugurate Javier Reyes as the 31st leader of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and the first Hispanic chancellor of the flagship campus, protesters...
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Island superintendent picked to lead Amherst-Pelham region schools
Reyes takes helm of UMass flagship amid pro-Palestinian protests
Pro-Palestinian encampment disperses at UMass, but protests continue
Sole over-budget bid could doom Jones Library expansion project
Amherst council confirms Gabriel Ting as police chief
Hampshire County youth tapped to advise governor’s team
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Guest columnist Rudy Perkins: Dangerous resolution pins ‘aggression’ on Iran
Painting a more complete picture: ‘Unnamed Figures’ highlights Black presence and absence in early American history
Back to the screen: Amherst authors’ popular ‘Spiderwick Chronicles’ gets a new streaming adaptation
Flair and flavor: Couple draws on European, regional travel and food expertise to bring gourmet Aster + Pine Market to Amherst
Sports
The Real Score: Curveballs and casinos rarely save cities
About 10 years ago, the two major urban centers of central and western Massachusetts decided to engage in new regional industrial policy to spur on their local economies. Worcester and Springfield had been effectively hollowed out by decades of...
Defying the odds: Hadley’s Owen Earle back competing less than two years removed from horrific accident
Guest columnist Karen List: A legend made in Iowa
UMass basketball: Josh Cohen, Robert Davis Jr. first Minutemen to enter transfer portal
UMass confirms sports programs moving to the Mid-American Conference as it becomes 13th memberOpinion
Richard S. Bogartz: What the ghosts of Warsaw Ghetto know
By RICHARD S. BOGARTZ I had intended to continue my four-part series on President Joe Biden, but I must interrupt that project even though Part 2 is almost complete because, even though I don’t believe in ghosts, I keep encountering ghosts who insist...
Guest columnist Dr. David Gottsegen: Age issue not so key as question of marbles
Guest columnist Martha Hanner: Spirit of philanthropy can uplift so many others
Guest columnist Ali Wicks-Lim: Racism is in our way
Columnist Johanna Neumann: Halfway there — 2023 a year for major green projects in Amherst
Arts & Life
You’re up next: Western Mass open mic scene heats up post-pandemic
Not so long ago, there was a general lament sometimes heard among Valley musicians: “There aren’t enough places to play around here.”That might have been true for professional players who wanted to be paid — and maybe, despite the opening of new local...
One upon a story slam: This year’s Valley Voices winners head to a final competition
Preserving a key part of Emily Dickinson’s legacy: Historic Evergreens house reopens at the Emily Dickinson Museum
The Beat Goes On: Chamber music at The Drake, a Saint Patrick’s weekend musical smorgasbord, and more
Speaker for the whales: Indigenous artist interprets endangered right whale’s legacy and meaning