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I am writing to express my admiration of the sheer bravery on display by the people protesting at River Valley Co-op to demand that they remove a handful of Israeli products from the shelves [“Pushing for an ‘apartheid-free’ store,” Aug. 27].These...

I love the local news but was a bit astonished by the Gazette’s decision to publish the story [“Pushing for an ‘apartheid-free’ store,” Aug. 27] on the top half of the front page. This is news? No, this is more redefining of what “apartheid” and what...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — The newest member of the Sunderland Fire Department meets all of the criteria: he’s specialized in search-and-rescue operations, he works well with the public, and to top it all off, he’s a very good boy.Ranger, a 4-year-old German...

By EMILEE KLEIN

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...

By CHRIS LARABEE

Corn one, come all! The circus is coming to Sunderland this fall, as Mike’s Maze turns itself into a corn-ival for the 2024 season, with its “Join the Circus” theme.With stars and the theme’s phrase etched into the cornfield, the famous labyrinth is...

By EMILEE KLEIN

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...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHUTESBURY — Wednesday marked the end of an era for residents living along Montague Road who said goodbye to a dam that dates back to the early 1800s.The Dudleyville Pond Dam, affectionately known as Brown’s Dam by property owner Lois Brown, was...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — After a spring semester that came to a close with the arrests of 134 students, faculty and community members at a pro-Palestinian encampment, and nearly 500 faculty members and librarians subsequently taking a no-confidence in Chancellor...

By PAIGE HANSON

During his sophomore year of college in November 2021, Charley Blacker wanted to start an organization that was unique and new to the University of Massachusetts Amherst community: a group dedicated to promoting local musicians through playlists,...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

In an effort to bring movie buffs from throughout the region into the city, the Garden Cinemas, and, subsequently, the Greenfield City Council, have declared the month of September “Stephen King Month.”From Aug. 30 to Oct. 4, Garden Cinemas will show...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — In a town like Amherst, where a significant number of rentals are offered for local college students, accessory apartments, featuring a kitchen, bath and sleeping quarters, have long been allowed by a matter of right, so long as one of the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — As long as two windows in the existing building are preserved and reused and the original 1928 building is protected from damage, the demolition of the 1990s addition to the Jones Library can proceed, based on a recent Amherst Historical...

By EMILEE KLEIN

BELCHERTOWN — Saying that Police Chief Kevin Pacunas’ decision to deny a firearms license to a resident earlier this year was “overly broad, vague and therefore arbitrary and capricious,” a judge last month ordered the town to grant the license.In...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Senior citizens participating in the Senior Tax Work-off Program will have the opportunity for a 33% boost in the abatement they receive on their property taxes.Town officials recently announced that the maximum earnings from the program for...

Reminder: Monday, Sept. 2 is Labor Day, a federal holiday. Public schools, offices, libraries and post offices will be closed. The supermarkets will be open and selling Halloween candy. In fact, some stores already have mounds of candy...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

LEVERETT — Every child should be able to thrive educationally, develop socially and emotionally and benefit from inclusive practices at Leverett Elementary School, according to the school’s new principal.For Siby Adina, who began her tenure in early...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

Every Tuesday morning over the course of the warm weather months, during a time when taking a dip at Puffer’s Pond is a popular pastime, a town conservation staff member arrives to collect water from both the north and south beaches, placing samples...

By DOMENIC POLI

Community Action Pioneer Valley will be awarded $1.25 million from the federal government to help low-income senior citizens remain in their homes through low-cost home modifications.Community Action Energy Director Peter Wingate said the nonprofit...

By GARY MICHAEL TARTAKOV

On July 24, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stood in the Capitol, thanking the U.S. Congress for itscooperation in Israel’s war on Gaza, I was standing on Pennsylvania Avenue, with thousands of Jews, Palestinians and others, facing the...

The Amherst Community Band honored conductor Timothy Todd Anderson for his 10 years of dedication. Under his leadership, which is a volunteer position, the band has tripled in size. Community musicians of all ages, from all over the Pioneer Valley,...