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By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — Eight acres of tomatoes, carrots, potatoes, leeks, beets, peppers and garlic, all about ready to harvest at the height of the growing season for Stone Soup Farm’s Community Supported Agriculture summer shares, will soon be plowed under after...

By MERCY LINGLE

Senna Kahn, a rising third grader at the Hartsbrook School in Hadley, claims that when she draws she doesn’t “usually make things, I just let my hands guide me.”She reported this while coloring in a mandala that she had created under the guidance of...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — Town officials are exploring options for how the Young Men’s Club can continue to hold events at its East Street site that are open to the public, with alcohol being served to those in attendance, while remaining in compliance with both town...

By Scott Merzbach

HADLEY — A man’s body was found in a wooded area off Route 9 near the Mountain Farms Mall Sunday morning, but his death is not considered suspicious, according to the Northwestern district attorney’s office.Police and emergency responders were called...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — A proposed project to redevelop a portion of the Village Barn Shops on Route 9 with apartments for people age 55 and over may hinge on the town adopting a smart-growth zoning and housing production district.While the Housing and Economic...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — Twice a year, hundreds of college students, many from the University of Massachusetts, gather at the Young Men’s Club on East Street for daylong celebrations, with live music to listen to and plenty of alcohol to consume.Those who live on the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

An infusion of $320,000 from the state’s MassTrails Grant Program will bring the design and engineering phase for a new 3½-mile rail trail in Southampton another step closer to completion.Meanwhile, a $60,000 grant will improve the Robert Frost Trail...

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 KYLE GRABOWSKI

WORCESTER — Bourne’s bats built a bridge too far for Hopkins Academy.The No. 9 seed Golden Hawks rallied in nearly every game of the state tournament but couldn’t make it all the way back against the No. 2 Canalmen in the MIAA Division 5 championship...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — Over a period of several years, annual concerts and other events staged at the Hadley Young Men’s Club property at 138 East St. have provided beer and alcoholic beverages to attendees, possibly violating the terms of its club alcohol...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

Tom Toski, a longtime fixture of the western Massachusetts golf scene who taught several famous clients how to play the game, died last month in Florida. He was 97.Toski was born in 1925 to Walenty and Mary Algustoski, immigrants from Poland, and was...

By EMILY THURLOW

HATFIELD — As a volunteer for several organizations, president of her high school class and a student leader on Student Council, Hadley Szynal has been active in her service to others.Her understanding of the power of giving and compassion stems from...

By MERCEDES LINGLE

HADLEY — There are few graduations like the one that takes place at the Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School, where the student speakers kick off their talks in Mandarin.It’s fitting, of course, as they’ve been immersed in the language for...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — In second grade she was quiet and had anxiety with public speaking, but by the end of that year earned an award as the most improved student in her class.While still not completely comfortable addressing a large crowd, Pema Zidig took the...

I have been the astonished observer during the past three years of a world where people seem to no longer like each other. I’ve seen families divided, people yelled at in stores and social media vitriol reach an all-time high.A video I saw some time...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

WEST SPRINGFIELD – Teddy Scott noticed the dust in the Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School trophy case.The runner up trophy from last season’s Western Massachusetts Class C boys tennis final loss against Lee also caught his eye. Scott...

If ever a small, feisty newspaper deserved a Pulitzer Prize, it’s the ARHS student newspaper, The Graphic. Recent events at ARMS have not happened in a vacuum, but it’s only because of the good work and courage of the staff and advisors at the Graphic...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — A new ambulance service run by the Fire Department will begin serving Hadley later this year, the first time the town will have municipally operated medical care.A used ambulance acquired from Northampton for $20,000 can start rolling after...

AMHERST — Portions of Route 9 in both Amherst and Hadley will be reduced to one lane in alternating directions through May 19.In Amherst, the lane closure will take place on the section of Northampton Road from University Drive east to South Pleasant...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — Hopkins Academy students and staff sheltered in place on April 24, the second time such a precaution was deployed in recent weeks, as both school officials and police are assuring the community that Hadley’s schools are safe.Superintendent...