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By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — Asparagus and polka music, which have helped define Hadley culture in recent generations, are coming together during New England Public Media’s Asparagus Festival on Saturday, June 7, being held from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on the historic Town Common on West Street.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Amherst officials are notifying the community about U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions in which two individuals were taken into custody, in separate incidents on May 28 between 7 and 8 a.m.

By GARRETT COTE

NORTH ANDOVER — It only took a handful of regular season dual meets for Amherst Regional track and field coach Chris Gould to realize just how special his ‘Canes girls team could be in 2025. After blowing out teams throughout the spring, including rival Northampton in early May, Gould tabbed this Amherst girls squad as the program’s “best team ever.”

By SCOTT MERZBACH

SHUTESBURY — Police Chief Kristin Burgess has been placed on administrative leave, according to a message sent to the community by the Select Board on Friday.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — Describing the 2025 Hopkins Academy senior class as one that persevered, innovated and always gave back, those who spoke during Friday evening’s graduation ceremony recognized the support received from their families, their teachers and the community.

Garden report — I am at least 10 days behind in planting delayed by the cold and wet weather. However, the tomatoes and peppers are finally in. I planted asters, dahlia, snap dragons, celosia and phlox. There are still two flower areas to do. Some seedlings in front of my sliding glass door still need to get bigger.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Eight staff positions across Amherst’s three elementary schools would be lost if a $28.32 million budget, a 5% increase over this year’s $26.97 million budget, is adopted by the Town Council, according to school officials.

By RUSS VERNON-JONES

Donald Trump and his minions are deliberately destroying our federal government and the economy, giving control to billionaires and far-right extremists, enriching themselves, waging war on workers, immigrants, and marginalized populations, worsening the climate crisis, stealing our private data, and eliminating government services that have protected our health, safety, and security.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — MCAS English language arts assessments showing seven in 10 Amherst Regional High School 10th graders are meeting or exceeding expectations and a more than 50% drop in behavioral referrals at Pelham Elementary School are among signs of progress being made under the district’s state-mandated Student Opportunity Act Plan.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

SHUTESBURY — Prioritizing purchase of zero-emission vehicles, supporting municipal decarbonization by 2050 and opting into the state’s specialized energy code, while enhancing the existing safe community bylaw and adopting a town spending plan for the fiscal year beginning July 1, are among articles voters will decide at annual Town Meeting Saturday.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — With markers in their hands, students and staff from both Fort River and Wildwood schools throughout the day on Monday inscribed their names on a beam that will become part of the entrance canopy at the town’s first new elementary school building in more than 50 years.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — A sewer backup that caused wastewater to enter a Hadley apartment building on Greenleaves Drive last Wednesday morning temporarily displaced more than 30 residents, and likely will force most first-floor tenants to seek other living arrangements for several days.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — During his military service, Charles Thompson, a Black soldier from Amherst serving in the 54th regiment during the Civil War, recounted his thoughts and feelings of his experience in a handwritten letter to his sister, Mary Thompson.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — Incumbent Select Board members Molly A. Keegan and Randall E. Izer turned back a challenge from political newcomer Philip W. Shumway at town election last week, according to unofficial results.

Staff Report

PELHAM — Write-in candidate Jessica Gail Barr of Bray Court earned election to the Select Board at this month’s town election, based on unofficial results released by the town clerk’s office.

By EMILEE KLEIN

AMHERST — UMass doctoral candidate Shannon Callaham had initially planned to spend last week analyzing interview data between Holyoke community members and energy industry professionals as part of a grant-funded project that centered around environmental justice in Holyoke’s transition to renewable energy.

By CAROLYN BROWN

Celebrated lesbian singer-songwriter Linda Shear will play a benefit show for Straw Dog Writers Guild on Saturday, May 31, at 4 p.m. at Northampton Center for the Arts.

By GARRETT COTE

On Thursday, May 22, members of the Williston Northampton School community piled into the Phillips Stevens Chapel for the Wildcats’ annual Spring Athletics Awards Assembly – which honors spring sports teams and top senior athletes for their contributions to athletics at Williston.

By RYAN AMES

HOLYOKE — It came down to the wire, but the Amherst Regional girls outdoor track team clipped fellow Hampshire County counterpart Northampton to win the Western Massachusetts Division 1 Championship on Friday at Holyoke High School.

By RYAN AMES

BELCHERTOWN — In less than ideal weather conditions, the Belchertown girls tennis team successfully defended its Class B Western Massachusetts title with a 5-0 victory over Frontier on May 21 in the championship match. Second doubles was the only match to go three sets as the Orioles proved its place as the top-ranked team in Class B, who kept the second-seeded Redhawks pointless for the first time this season.