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The Jones Library building is cramped, cluttered, and claustrophobic. It is wholly inadequate to accommodate the numerous public services and educational programs that the Jones welcomes. The opponents of the renovation project do not understand or...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — Have you ever wanted to figure out your family’s lineage but didn’t know where, or how, to start? If so, you may be in luck with the Sunderland Public Library’s coming Introduction to Genealogy series.Beginning Sept. 10, the library is...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — Internet usage by Hadley residents is being surveyed by the town’s Digital Equity Steering Committee, a first step in developing a digital equity plan.With an aim of all townspeople having access to digital devices and the Internet, along...

By PHILIP KORMAN

 As I am poised to leave my job after 16 years as executive director of CISA (Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture), naturally, I’ve started to reflect. My takeaways so far are: Local farms are still challenged to keep farming, maybe even more...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Inspired by meals their mothers prepared for them while growing up, the owners of a new restaurant in the Mill District in North Amherst are bringing Caribbean-infused Mexican cuisine to a wider community.“We have the best dishes from Puerto...

By RUSS VERNON-JONES,DARCY DUMONT, DENISE LELLOand TONY ROGERS

Those of us who live in Northampton, Amherst or Pelham will soon experience the benefits of community bulk purchasing of electricity.More than 150 other municipalities in Massachusetts are already participating in the type of “community choice...

By BOB FLAHERTY

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...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — Repairs to the asphalt shingle roof at the Hadley Public Library, a building that was constructed in the midst of the pandemic and opened on Middle Street four years ago, could cost up to $1 million, according to a report provided to the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A storefront for the University of Massachusetts that will serve as both a place to welcome students and families and stage microevents such as lectures, readings and workshops, will be coming to Amherst center during the new academic...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A federal lawsuit brought against the Amherst-Pelham Regional school district, as well as several current and former staff members, by a former middle school counselor contends that she and other counselors were targeted by colleagues and...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Planning for a youth empowerment and cultural center, a recommendation from the Community Safety Working Group in a report delivered to the Town Council three years ago, remains a work in in progress, the successor committee to the former...

By EMILEE KLEIN

With the announcement last week that the Free Application for Federal Student Aid for the 2025-2026 year will open to all students on Dec. 1 — two months later than the usual rollout date — Hampshire College has begun to prepare for another financial...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

An annual tradition since the 1950s, the Rotary Club of Amherst Town Fair returns to the Town Common for three days beginning Friday, Aug. 23.Bringing amusements including a Ferris wheel, a merry-go-round and a climbing wall, food booths with cotton...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

SHUTESBURY — Continued staffing challenges for small-town fire departments that depend on on-call and volunteer firefighters to respond to emergencies is prompting officials in Shutesbury, Leverett, Wendell and New Salem to examine ways to potentially...

Garden report: I made another batch of spaghetti sauce and it was on a cool day. I will make eggplant Parmesan with my eggplant and my sauce. If I had a cow, I could also make my own cheese for the casserole.I have given up on the red cabbage. After...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Noise-canceling headphones, fidget toys and weighted lap pillows were among equipment aimed at improving inclusivity and accessibility provided to children with sensory needs during the Amherst Recreation Department’s summer camps and swim...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A $20.5 million development in North Amherst featuring 30 affordable homes, each of which will be owned by families, is getting another influx of money from the town, a commitment that should ensure ground can be broken next spring.The...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — Educators who work with the most vulnerable students in the Hadley public schools are getting a pay increase as the result of recently completed mid-contract negotiations between the Hadley Education Association and school and town...

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — With a request for $3.8 million in Community Preservation Act funding on the table, the town made its pitch for the renovation of the 1888 Building to the Community Preservation Committee on Aug. 14.Led by Select Board Chair Tim Hilchey...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

Member institutions of Museums10, a consortium of 10 museums located across the Pioneer Valley, are investing more than $600,000 into professional training development for staff members and student interns to promote career advancement in the museum...