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By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — A new salon in the town center aims to follow its namesake by lifting women’s spirits.Elevate Salon Studio, at 4A Sugarloaf St., is a new wellness center, salon and clothing shop dedicated to building community and providing a...

By JACOB NELSON

In places where fresh food is expensive or hard to get to, mobile farmers markets are one way to break down barriers. For people without reliable transportation, mobile markets bring food to them instead. Plus, many in Massachusetts accept SNAP...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Stars and stripes suit Ryan Leonard, apparently.The Washington Capitals, with their red white and blue color scheme, selected the Amherst native with the eighth overall pick in Wednesday’s NHL Draft at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. Leonard...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Not only did Wildwood School first grader Brooks Kuhn recently get to sign his artwork, depicting a rainbow school and rainbow bus, for Mindy Domb, his representative in the State House, but he got to see it displayed in her office.Brooks...

By JOHANNA NEUMANN

In the wee hours of the morning of April 14, when it was forecast to be a record-crushing 95 degrees, I met my intern Erica in the parking lot of the Big Y in Palmer. Together, we carpooled to Somerset, on Massachusetts’ south coast for a 9 a.m....

By CHRIS LARABEE

Native American history is a standard element of the fourth grade curriculum. However, with Deerfield celebrating its 350th anniversary this year, Jennifer Smith’s class went one step further.Throughout the year, Smith’s students at Deerfield...

By EMILY THURLOW

AMHERST — Seven years ago, middle school students helped usher in change to make Amherst the first community in the state to formally ditch Columbus Day and replace it with Indigenous Peoples’ Day.This year, a group of Fort River Elementary School...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A permanent emergency shelter remains a long-term vision for the former VFW site on Main Street in Amherst, but in the short term, some guests served by Craig’s Doors: A Home Association will relocate this summer to rooms in a vacant...

By STEVE PFARRER

Is the dog man’s best friend? Or it is the horse? Based on the longevity of their relationship with humans, horses might have the better claim. Researchers have estimated horses were widely domesticated at least 4,000 years ago and even further back...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Zoning changes proposed by two town councilors would allow construction of more duplexes, triplexes and townhouses, and more conversions of existing buildings in Amherst, providing housing opportunities for what they term the “missing...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Even as a number of states have moved to prohibit gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors through legislation and policy changes, a University of Massachusetts economist has co-authored a just-released report showing that...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Peter Pouncey, Amherst College’s 16th president, who led the college from 1984 to 1994, died on May 30 at 85, according to the college.Pouncey’s tenure began at a time of unrest and transition, following the unexpected death of President...

By STEVE PFARRER

A Stranger in BaghdadBy Elizabeth Loudon; Hoopee/The American University in Cairo Press British author Elizabeth Loudon, who once lived in the Valley, also lived for several months in Baghdad, Iraq in 1975-1976 when she was in her late teens, a time...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

LEVERETT — A community-led project to preserve and rehabilitate the 263-year-old North Leverett sawmill for future generations, as well as making it an integral part of the community for cultural, educational and recreational activities, is...

By STEVE PFARRER

In 2019, Felipe Salles put the finishing touches on an ambitious project: an extended composition that blended jazz, South American music, and classical elements and which was based on interviews he conducted with younger immigrants about growing up...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Citing her self-induced abortion before Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the United States, District 2 Councilor Pat DeAngelis is urging that a town bylaw be put in place as soon as possible to provide greater protections to residents and...

By MICKEY RATHBUN

I’ve always thought that a truly successful garden is one that feels like it’s always been there, so natural that it seems inevitable. When you step into the artist Robin Freedenfeld’s garden, one of the six locations on the Forbes Library Annual...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

A joint municipal electrical aggregation program involving Northampton, Amherst and Pelham, developed over the past several years as a way of bringing cleaner electricity to households and businesses, is getting ready to start.The Valley Green Energy...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Human Rights Commission Youth Hero awards will be presented as part of a daylong event Sunday at Mill River Recreation Area at 95 Montague Road.The day begins with a basketball tournament, with registration at 9 a.m. and play starting at 10...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

NORTHAMPTON — Amherst’s casket never closed.Lexington celebrated like it won the boys ultimate state title Sunday at Oxbow Marina. The Fooligans ran off the sideline into the end zone to scream and hug then lined up. They thought they slayed the...