Amherst public safety responses tick up with return of students
Petition to improve South Deerfield intersection makes progress
The Lehrer Report: Aug. 5, 2024
Guest columnist Lynne M. Latham: Hadley Library roof needs assessment
Emily Dickinson Museum beings reconstruction of Carriage House
AMHERST — Emily Dickinson once said: “They say that ‘home is where the heart is.’ I think it is where the house is, and the adjacent buildings,” and soon her homestead will see one of those adjacent buildings revived.The Emily Dickinson Museum spent...
A new beginning: Thousands of UMass students descend onto campus during move-in week
AMHERST — Compared to her small high school in Southampton, N.Y., UMass’ large rural campus is a major change for freshman Bebe Willemse, yet once she arrived on campus this week, she couldn’t stop smiling.“I’m excited for really meeting a lot of new...
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Horse burial prompts questions in South Deerfield
Amherst Black Reparations Committee just a council vote away from reality
Frontier School Committee declines to dedicate volleyball court to longtime coach Sean MacDonald
Hadley Select Board to discuss retirement of town administrator at Wednesday meeting
Land dispute brews over access to blueberry patch in Leverett
Valley Bounty: This farm grows friendship: Connie and Bill Gillen encourage pick-your-own at Sunset Farm in Amherst
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Where it’s fun to get lost: Mike’s Maze returns Sept. 6 with a circus theme
Darcy Dumont: Valley Green Energy flowing soon to three towns
Search-and-rescue dog is Sunderland Fire Department’s newest member
Plumber Frank Marchand’s real job: Lifting others up until the end
Sports
Amherst native Vanessa Chakour brings women’s boxing classes to Franklin County's YMCA
Vanessa Chakour didn’t always want to be a boxer. If you asked the Amherst native what she wanted to be when she grew up, she may have said a National Geographic photographer, an author or an illustrator, but never once did being a professional...
MLB Draft: Tampa Bay first-round pick Theo Gillen traces his baseball roots back to Amherst
Gazette Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year: Moriah Luetjen, Amherst
Gazette Boys Track and Field Athlete of the Year: Logan Alfandari, Amherst
A ‘Refuse to Lose’ reunion: UMass stars gather to talk about Final Four run for new documentaryOpinion
Guest columnist Marietta Pritchard: Opening things a common vexation
Getting older means finding it difficult to open things. Things like jars of jam, things like bottles of juice. This has a lot to do with the waning power of hands and wrists. But I would also argue that it has to do with some devilish inventions for...
Mickey Rathbun: Not forthcoming about Jones project’s historical toll
Guest columnist Bruce J. Stedman: Bells will toll for all on Aug. 6
Guest columnist Brian Cooper: Fearful of autocracy? We are well protected
Guest columnist Rudy Perkins: Dangerous resolution pins ‘aggression’ on Iran
Arts & Life
Chance Encounters with Bob Flaherty: Tobacco road — Harvest time at Hadley farm like a family reunion every day
HADLEY — There are TV shows with “friends” in the title and we all have enough Facebook friends to fill the Mullins Center, but the sort of companions who help you bring in the tobacco harvest on a hot weekend in August are the ones you want with you...
Fests to feel good attending: River Roads Festival, Sept. 7, and Arcadia Folk Festival, Aug. 23-24, center on environmental causes
‘The ice cream is just better here’: New Massachusetts Ice Cream Trail features many Hampshire County shops
Something for everyone: UMass Fine Arts Center announces robust 2024-2025 season lineup
Scaling new heights: 8 from region compete in USA Climbing Youth Nationals in Utah 