Feds strip $1M grant from Jones Library; backers say loss won’t stop renovation project
Around Amherst: CRESS Connections program engages youths, Memorial Day events on tap
Amherst man gets 5 years on child porn charges
Fire evacuates UMass dorm room, student to face criminal complaint
Dog shelter clears first hurdle with Deerfield Planning Board approval
No bids received for senior housing project at former St. James Church in Deerfield
Guest columnist Michael Seward: How wealth and privilege prevent much-needed housing
Feds cuts funding for TerraCorps, whose workers help Kestrel, Hilltown land trusts manage conservation property
Mariel Hohmann spent a day late last month welcoming a group of 40 people to a new hiking trail in Goshen where she had spent thousands of hours coordinating volunteer trail construction over the last year and a half.
In the moment: UMass Amherst grads enter changing global landscape
AMHERST — Change is a theme common enough at college commencements — a beginning and an end. But for the UMass Amherst class of 2025, change seemed more pressing and obvious when they received their diplomas Friday night.
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Shutesbury police chief on leave
‘This is not fair to us’: Amherst Regional Middle School leaders outline poor conditions, ask committee for help
‘Construction issues’ halt work on new psychiatric hospital in Concord
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From trash to treasure: UMass New2U thrift store reduces waste, student expenses
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‘So much pride when people ask where I’m from’: ‘Hacks’ creator, Lucia Aniello, reflects on western Mass upbringing
97 voters cast ballots in Sunderland election, with no contests
Sports
Another strong regular season has Belchertown girls tennis primed for postseason
The Belchertown girls tennis team has been a model of consistency since Alanna Grady assumed the head coaching position in 2021. Grady has guided the Orioles to winning records in each of the previous five seasons and this spring’s squad is arguably the best of the bunch.
HS Baseball: Underclassmen-heavy Amherst building for the future
UMass hockey: Minutemen unveil 2025-26 schedule; open at home against Northern Michigan
HS Tennis: PVCICS boys sweeps Belchertown, 5-0 (PHOTOS)
UMass Men’s Basketball: Florida standout joins UMass men’s hoops roster
Opinion
Guest columnist Donald Joralemon: Factories of leftist ideology?
Among the most unscrupulous lies repeated by the right wing is that universities and colleges are “factories of leftist ideology.” The distortions began decades ago and gained force during the 1960s as American students joined in protests against the Vietnam War and participated in the civil rights movements. In recent years conservatives have focused their attacks on diversity programs, affirmative action and “WOKE” culture to support their assault on institutions of higher education. They have pretended to be outraged by protests against the war in Gaza, claiming that universities have allowed antisemitism to run rampant. The Trump administration’s threats to cut federal research funding in an attempt to extort compliance to its demands for a governmental takeover of universities’ curricula, hiring and admissions policies is the most egregious assault on the independence of universities.
Columnist Dr. David Gottsegen: Good self-care a strong antidote to forces of injustice
Sanjay Arwade: UMass Minutemen baseball continues to up game
Samantha Giffen and Angela Mills: Heartfelt thanks to 2025 Rubbish Roundup sponsors and volunteers
Guest columnist Marietta Pritchard: What law, what order? Who is due process?
Arts & Life
In heavenly harmony: The Singing Priests to perform at Our Lady of Peace in Turners Falls, May 22
It’s long been said that to sing is to pray twice. And a group of Catholic clergymen in western Massachusetts that truly takes that sentiment to heart is slated to spread some cheer in Franklin County later this month.
Speaking of Nature: Celebrating 28 years of Speaking of Nature: A new resolution for the future of my bird-watching
Through their eyes: Granby documentarian highlights missing, murdered Indigenous women with new film, ‘1200+’ 
Emily Dickinson Museum celebrates completion of reconstructed Carriage House, which now houses visitor center
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