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Around Amherst: Wildwood School highlights culture of positivity
Recent precipitation improves region’s drought conditions to ‘mild’
Area property deed transfers, April 11
Making News in Business, April 11
Columnist Olin Rose-Bardawil: Cory Booker speech an authentic American moment
Columnist Tolley M. Jones: Soon ah will be done with the troubles of the world
Navigating neurodivergence: Mothers open The Neuro Bridge to support children and their families
UMass basketball: Daniel Rivera joins list of Minutemen entering transfer portal
With $402K grant, South Deerfield company with focus on supercapacitors poised to expand
SOUTH DEERFIELD — Over the last year, an energy storage solutions research and development company focusing on supercapacitors has been settling into its new facility off of Routes 5 and 10.
Students from WMass tell lawmakers education not measuring up
BOSTON — Students warned lawmakers Tuesday of funding deficits and unpredictability, faculty layoffs and slashed electives at regional and rural schools, piling on to heightened calls to “crack open” the state’s Chapter 70 and rural aid funding formula.
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FBI conducts court-authorized investigation at Hockanum Road home in Hadley
Hadley man arrested on firearms, ammunition charges after FBI searches home
Northampton takes aim at renter-paid broker’s fees
Several candidates express interest in seats on Northampton council, School Committee
Feds revoking visas, terminating student statuses of four more UMass students, bringing total to 10
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A Look Back, April 10
Amherst can’t decide where it is: Is town center uptown or downtown?
Arts Briefs: Classical at UMass, singer-songwriter in Easthampton, and more
‘Art in the Age of Human Impact’: New exhibition at UMass explores complex relationship between humans and nature
Sports
High school roundup: Alayna Bailey's HR helps Hopkins Academy take down Northampton (PHOTOS)
NORTHAMPTON — It was one of those days at the plate for the Hopkins Academy softball team on the road against Northampton on Wednesday afternoon. Any ball that came near the zone, the Golden Hawks got a bat on it, and they raced around the bases to put pressure on the Blue Devils’ defense in each inning.
HS Lacrosse Preview 2025: Defending champ Amherst girls looking to “reload”
Northampton Baseball and Softball League Opening Day festivities set for Sunday
Baseball: Belchertown edges Longmeadow in extra-inning thriller at Dunkin’ Park in Hartford
High school boys volleyball preview 2025: Defending champion Granby looking for sustained successOpinion
Guest columnist Jonathan Kahane: Who’s to blame in the art of persuasion?
For 238 years, the Gazette has been informing Pioneer Valley residents of the news of the day, and while doing so has provided the medium for readers to share their earth-shattering (and not so earth-shattering) opinions concerning the pressing affairs affecting them. For years now during the modern (and not so modern) era, I have enjoyed participating in this exercise.
Sam Masinter: Be wary of easy answers to school budget problems
Lillian Cartwright: Libraries gutted
Frances Henry: Ignorance on parade
Guest columnist Joe Gannon: Story on student’s IEP sums it up for public schools
Your Daily Puzzles
An approachable redesign to a classic. Explore our "hints."
A quick daily flip. Finally, someone cracked the code on digital jigsaw puzzles.
Chess but with chaos: Every day is a unique, wacky board.
Word search but as a strategy game. Clearing the board feels really good.
Align the letters in just the right way to spell a word. And then more words.
Business
‘Delightful’ Northampton store shopping guide Jane Hertz, 88, seeking next gig
NORTHAMPTON — With the closure of Ten Thousand Villages in Northampton this month, longtime employee and beloved community member Jane Hertz, 88, doesn’t plan to simply give up the community connections and meaningful work she found through the store.
Long-vacant former Faces spot in Northampton gets new tenant
Here come the sweetness: Four new businesses prepping to open in downtown Northampton
Area property deed transfers, April 4
Making News in Business, April 4
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Arts & Life
‘We’re here! We’re queer! We’re ready to cheer!’: New queerleading team hopes to perform at queer sporting events in the Valley
A new group of “queerleaders” in Northampton wants to lift up the LGBTQ community — in more ways than one.
‘Spaces that allow the imagination to be fully realized’: 33 Hawley hosts two fundraising events this month
Speaking of Nature: Cute as a killdeer: The killdeer have just arrived and are busy setting up territories
Here to help the community’s artists: Human Scale Art Space aims to advance visual arts in the Pioneer Valley
Get Growing with Mickey Rathbun: Paving over historic beauty: A history of the White House Rose Garden that Trump plans to rip upObituaries
Kevin Kittredge
Leeds, MA - With heavy hearts we announce the passing of Kevin Thomas Kittredge. Born on January 25th, 1947, in Passaic, New Jersey, Kevin was the loving husband of Carol Kittredge, proud father of Kevin J. Kittredge and Adam P. Kittred... remainder of obit for Kevin Kittredge
Dolores Ivory
Easthampton, MA - Dolores Marie Ivory, 78, peacefully passed away on April 1st, 2025 surrounded by her loving family. She was born on November 12th, 1947 in Northampton, Massachusetts to the late Stanley and Theresa Jasinski. She leaves... remainder of obit for Dolores Ivory
Elizabeth Shea Clement
Granby, MA - Elizabeth Shea Clement (Liz) left us on April 2, 2025, at a youthful 71 years of age. Whether as a wife, mother, sister, friend, aunt, Mimi, or Doctor Shea, Liz made you feel heard and important. Liz was a force of positivi... remainder of obit for Elizabeth Shea Clement
Courtney Haff
Leeds, MA - Courtney Alfred Haff, 06/24/1946 - 04/01/2025. Born and raised in Portland, OR, Courtney attended the University of Oregon and served as a lieutenant in the Army at Fort Lewis during the Vietnam War before moving to New York... remainder of obit for Courtney Haff
