Advocates explore ways to persuade House to legalize overdose prevention centers
Amherst drawing up plans for area north of UMass campus that could triple the number of apartments currently there
Hatfield Select Board removes elected Housing Authority member
Final interviews set for Granby school superintendent candidates
Political analyst to discuss Middle East, new book in western Mass talks
Scaled-back DPW project heads to Hadley voters at Town Meeting
UMass basketball: Jayden Ndjigue, Daniel Hankins-Sanford will return to Minutemen next season
Trump tariffs crater markets worldwide
Granby voters to consider $10M override for old West Street School project
State senators organize Trump defense: Comerford a leader on Response 2025 initiative
NORTHAMPTON — Farms across western Massachusetts losing important grants, such as those that support produce getting from fields to schools and those that help protect the environment. The University of Massachusetts having National Institutes of Health grants stripped, as colleges and universities seeing their academic freedom impeded.
A father’s dream to be the best: Twelve men graduate from Nurturing Fathers program
Fatherhood in jail is limited to letters, phone calls, and inch-thick plexiglass that bars intimacy. But that plexiglass was shattered, and the concrete mass that is the Hampshire County House of Corrections became a home for a few hours Wednesday night.
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Long-vacant former Faces spot in Northampton gets new tenant
Here come the sweetness: Four new businesses prepping to open in downtown Northampton
Local ‘Hands Off!’ standouts planned as part of national effort
Northampton schools probe staff response to student’s unfulfilled IEP
Area property deed transfers, April 4
Sabadosa, Velis push for state endometriosis task force to raise awareness about little-known illness
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A Look Back, April 4
Amherst can’t decide where it is: Is town center uptown or downtown?
Arts Briefs: Power of Truths Fest in Florence, dance at Smith, jazz at UMass, and more
‘Art in the Age of Human Impact’: New exhibition at UMass explores complex relationship between humans and nature
Sports
High school softball preview 2025: Hampshire Regional returns most of last year's contributors
WESTHAMPTON — The spring sports season is back, and with that so is Hampshire Regional softball. Since 2020, Hampshire has been in every Western Massachusetts tournament championship, and the Raiders have won three of them. They three-peated from 2021-2023 before losing to Pittsfield in last year’s Class B title game.
On The Run with John Stifler: Fast walkers
HS Roundup: Keller Mahoney’s six-point day lifts Northampton boys lacrosse over Lenox, 9-4, in season opener
HS Roundup: Frontier baseball blanks Hopkins, 5-0, improves to 3-0 this season (PHOTOS)
UMass hockey: Minutemen lose O'Hara, Suniev, Connors early to NHL dealsOpinion
Guest columnist John Saveson: Use your spending power for the planet
Betty Ussach-Schwartz: The greatest grift of all
Jerry Halberstadt: Problems at Northampton Housing Authority seen in many housing programs
Susan Lantz: Truth-telling
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A quick daily flip. Finally, someone cracked the code on digital jigsaw puzzles.
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Business
Long-vacant former Faces spot in Northampton gets new tenant
NORTHAMPTON — After more than five years of sitting vacant, the site of the old Faces store at 175 Main St. will finally have a new occupant, one that’s already established itself as a downtown mainstay of downtown.
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
Hopeful buyers emerge for Magic Wings butterfly conservatory in South Deerfield
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Arts & Life
Here to help the community’s artists: Human Scale Art Space aims to advance visual arts in the Pioneer Valley
It’s not uncommon for a small nonprofit not to have a physical space. It is, however, ironic when that nonprofit itself is called Human Scale Art Space.
Get Growing with Mickey Rathbun: Paving over historic beauty: A history of the White House Rose Garden that Trump plans to rip up
Valley Bounty: Nothing sweeter than sourcing local: Lemon Bakery in Amherst is a small, seasonal, from-scratch operation
Speaking of Nature: Stinky signs of spring: Skunk cabbage is eye candy after months of winter landscape
Historic speech echoes two centuries later: ‘A Light Under the Dome’ recalls the first American woman to speak to a legislative bodyObituaries
Elizabeth Ann Fischer
Northampton, MA - Elizabeth Ann Fischer, 89, passed away March 22, 2025 at the Linda Manor Nursing Home in Leeds MA. She was born June 30, 1935 in Northampton. Elizabeth, a dedicated mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, was a tale... remainder of obit for Elizabeth Ann Fischer
Maija Z. Lillya
Amherst, MA - Maija Zadins Lillya passed away peacefully at home on March 21, 2025, surrounded by family. Maija was born in 1939 in Smiltene, Latvia, during the brief period of independence between world wars. In November 1944 her famil... remainder of obit for Maija Z. Lillya
Raymond Kenyon Bradt Jr.
[IMAGE]Raymond Kenyon "Ken" Bradt, Jr. Amherst, MA - Raymond Kenyon Bradt, Jr., died at Cooley Dickinson Hospital, in Northampton, MA, on February 10, 2025, at age 82. His partner and the hospital chaplain were by his side and Bach's cello ... remainder of obit for Raymond Kenyon Bradt Jr.
Gerard Houle
Gerard (Jerry) Houle Easthampton, MA - Gerard (Jerry) R Houle, 93 of Easthampton, passed away on March 31. Jerry was born on December 1,1931 in Holyoke, to the late Alfred and Jeannette (Loiselle) Houle. Jerry spent his early years in C... remainder of obit for Gerard Houle
