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By STEVE PFARRER

After nearly 18 years at the helm of the largest art gallery at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Loretta Yarlow will step down from the University Museum of Contemporary Art (UMCA) at the end of June.Yarlow, who came to the Valley from New...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A wide variety of about 200 trees are being removed on the former Hickory Ridge Golf Course property this week to get 26 acres of the town-owned site prepared for installation of a 6.44-megawatt solar array and 3,500-kilowatt battery...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — The first tenants are moving into Sanderson Place as Franklin County’s first new affordable housing complex in years opened its doors on Thursday.Located at 120 North Main St. and featuring 33 wheelchair-accessible apartments, Sanderson...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Making sure that children of undocumented immigrants get to school, providing rides for people to urgent medical appointments and interacting with people living on the streets and in the woods are among tasks a new municipal department has...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Amherst’s Community Responders for Equity, Safety and Service is still in its infancy, but an evaluation of the unarmed responders program, including the calls it is handling, is expected to soon get underway.The Town Council voted 11-1 last...

By STEVE PFARRER

The Mead Art Museum at Amherst College, which has been closed to the public for nearly three years, has reopened with two new exhibits in place.The museum shut its doors for all in March 2020 when COVID-19 arrived, and though it eventually reopened...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — In its first virtual meeting since forming, the Tilton Library Building Committee and its architect laid out an estimated timeline for the $12.3 million expansion and renovation project’s design and construction, with a projected...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — A new loop trail overlooking the historic Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum property that will allow walkers to take in a view of the farm fields along the Connecticut River is being proposed by Kestrel Land Trust for its Dyer Conservation...

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BELCHERTOWN — A Mega Millions ticket sold at the Stop & Shop located at 40 George Hannum St. in Belchertown is the sole winner of a $31 million jackpot in the multistate game’s Jan. 24 drawing. The cash option on the prize is $16.3 million.The winning...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — With the School Committee’s approval last month, Frontier Regional School will undertake more than $1.2 million in capital projects over the next two years.The School Committee unanimously approved the appropriation of $850,000 to...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A self-guided walking tour of stained glass in Amherst center, the return of the annual Odenong Powwow and a poetry vending machine are among projects being supported by the Amherst Cultural Council.Matt Holloway and Julianne Applegate, who...

Groundhog Day occurred the day before this column comes out, so I can’t comment on the duration of winter or the start of spring. Officially spring begins with the vernal equinox, which is March 21. If it snows that day, you could say we have another...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — The University of Massachusetts is pausing a plan to build a pavilion as a tribute to its workers on the outskirts of campus on the Arthur F. Kinney Center for Renaissance Studies property, responding to outcries from residents who cherish...

By STEVE PFARRER

Sun on The MuddyPoems by Jim Armenti; photos by Dave Madeloni; edited by Dan Lombardo; Levellers PressJim Armenti is well known in these parts for the varied roles he’s had in the regional music scene. The multi-instrumentalist — guitar, bass,...

By MADDIE FABIAN

AMHERST — Sometimes patience pays off — at least it certainly did for Amherst photographer Darya Zelentsova, whose image of a baby porcupine at the Quabbin Reservoir last summer recently won top honors from the Massachusetts Audubon Society.The...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

Bringing a van filled with hay to feed some of the more than 250 animals living in the sanctuary, Patrick Veistroffer is joined by Mini, a Jacob sheep, who hops inside.As Veistroffer exits the vehicle to disperse the hay, and make sure other food is...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Two bills focused on eliminating contamination from so-called forever chemicals, including legislation related to per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances in sludge and fertilizer filed by Sen. Jo Comerford, D-Northampton, could soon be making...

Recent reporting on utility rate increases has overlooked an important exception to this trend. Municipal light plants (MLP), which are municipally owned electric companies, have been able to control costs without excessive price increases....

Here is what I would like President Biden to say in response to the discovery of classified documents under his control from his tenure as vice president at a residence and a think tank, beyond his stated and appropriate intent to cooperate with an...

I am writing to alert South Hadley citizens of a public hearing to be conducted by the Planning Board regarding the proposed short-term rental zoning bylaw and proposed short-term rental general bylaw. A virtual public hearing will be held on Monday,...