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Drum roll, please: Longtime UMass percussion instructor Thom Hannum inducted into Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame
Amherst’s Merry Maple lighting Friday kicking off holiday downtown
Around Amherst: Town almost perfect on national equality assessment
The Lehrer Report: Dec. 5, 2024
Humanity amid horrors: In her new novel, Granby author Thérèse Soukar Chehade examines the corrosive impact of the Lebanese Civil War on a number of Beirut families
Guest column: Turning from rage to mourning
UMass football: Amid coaching search, pair of blunders has athletic department in the spotlight
AMHERST — In the midst of trying to hire a new head football coach, the University of Massachusetts athletic department can’t seem to get out of its own way.While Director of Athletics Ryan Bamford hasn’t addressed the fanbase since firing former head...
Career Amherst firefighter Stromgren named new fire chief
AMHERST — After nearly a quarter-century as an assistant fire chief for operations and having twice led the department on a temporary basis, Lindsay Stromgren will become Amherst’s next fire chief, pending Town Council review on Monday.Town Manager...
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Marilyn and Jeff Blaustein: Spreading disinformation about the Jones Library
Amherst’s Slaughter lands post in Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School District
State overrules Shutesbury bylaw limiting grid batteries
Home heating help on tap: Residents urged to apply for fuel assistance
Janine Roberts: Unraveling my white supremacist history
UMass football: Amid coaching search, pair of blunders has athletic department in the spotlight
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Amherst unveils blueprint for big capital projects: DPW, fire station plans come into view alongside school, library
In address at UMass, U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib cheers on those who faced consequences for supporting Palestine at flagship last spring
Filling ‘the soul, heart and belly’: Survival Center hosts holiday meal
Sports
UMass AD Ryan Bamford speaks on football coach Don Brown’s firing: “We just didn’t feel like we were able to turn the corner competitively”
AMHERST — Perhaps the passionate followers of the UMass football team weren’t necessarily surprised when news hit last week that Director of Athletics Ryan Bamford had fired former Minutemen head coach Don Brown after a 6-28 record with the team; it...
UMass fires head football coach Don Brown after nearly 3 seasons
Field hockey: Frontier knocks off Greenfield to win third straight Western Mass. championship
Amherst girls dominant in capturing 3rd consecutive Western Mass. Class A Cross Country Championship (PHOTOS)
UMass basketball alum trains one of Calipari’s top recruitsOpinion
Guest columnist Joseph Levine: Will brutal campaign to remake Mideast work this time?
After a year of a genocidal campaign in Gaza in response to the Al Aqsa Flood attacks of Oct. 7 and the recent escalation in Lebanon and beyond, it’s a good time to assess where we’re at, how we got here, and where we’re going.Immediately before the...
Darcy Dumont: What sustainable downtown Amherst design can be
Guest columnist James Lescault: Amherst Media — A violation of community trust
Guest columnist Barry Hirsch: No peace, no future with Hamas still a factor
Darcy Dumont: Valley Green Energy flowing soon to three towns
Arts & Life
Earth Matters with Monya Relles: Self-reliance vs. connectedness on the Appalachian Trail
I got on a train headed from Albany, New York to Charlottesville, Virginia, on July 14. Then I endeavored to walk home.I followed the Appalachian Trail for two months and approximately 650 miles. I carried around 45 pounds of stuff, ate about a pound...
Highlands operetta: Valley Light Opera staging Gilbert and Sullivan classic ‘Mikado,’ Scottish-style
Scary and true: Half-hanged Mary and the real women behind the area’s most compelling ghost stories
Recess, college style: UMass Outing Club gives hundreds of students chance to get outside and play
Valley Bounty: Beans are her thing: Five years in, Heather McCann of Rustic Outlook Farm has launched her own bean club