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Leverett Select Board approves 14 percent school funding increase
Around Amherst: Applewood Retirement Community makes its voice heard
Area briefs: Ceremony honors Polish exile in Northampton; Candidate forum on in Deerfield; Prescription take back this weekend; Ruggles Center to mark Founder’s Day with talk
Columnist Susan Wozniak: Henry VIII and violence in government
Report: Antisemitic incidents remained elevated in Mass.; state Sen. Velis ‘outraged’ by continued acts of hate
UMass must turn over records about marmoset experiments to PETA as part of lawsuit settlement
Easthampton residents urge city to draft rules allowing American flag’s return to Nashawannuck Pond
Columnist Carrie N. Baker: First they came for Kilmar
Northampton City Council again advances broker’s fee prohibition request to Legislature for approval
McGovern: ‘This is beyond the pale’
NORTHAMPTON — Returning from visiting two students being held in separate detention facilities in Louisiana, U.S. Rep. James McGovern said what he saw firsthand is individuals who are being imprisoned because of their political views.
A cleaner, quieter cut: Eco Valley Lawn Care embraces all-electric maintenance from mowing to landscaping
NORTHAMPTON — As the weather warms up and the outdoors become lush with greenery again, Cyrus Copen is looking forward to tidying up overgrown spaces.
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ServiceNet launches wellness center in downtown Northampton
In letter to Trump, DOGE, Jones Library opponent seeks cancellation of grant for humanities center in building
Opposition to apartment complex next to old St. John Cantius church in Northampton mounts with 250-plus signing petition
Hadley man subject of FBI probe indicted on counts of being a felon in possession of ammunition, explosive materials
South Hadley's Lindsay Smith tops local contingent at 129th Boston Marathon
Smith College exploring new moniker to replace Pioneer
Editors Picks
A Look Back, April 24
From corsets to Spanx: Historic Deerfield opens the season with ‘Body by Design: Fashionable Silhouettes from the Ideal to the Real,’ May 3
Arts Briefs: Western New England Music Festival in Holyoke, Mojofest in Hadley, and more
Photos: A voice for Earth
Sports
Granby’s Cassie Flaherty records 100th career hit in win over SICS
Cassie Flaherty has been starting for four years on the Granby softball team, and on Wednesday, she stamped her name in the Rams record book.
Baseball/softball Notebook: Smith Vocational off to unbeaten start behind James Lavallee’s dominance
HS Roundup: Smith Vocational’s James Lavallee records 200th-career strikeout in win over Franklin Tech
Girls lacrosse: Imanni Power-Greene scores 100th career goal in Northampton’s win over Belchertown (PHOTOS)
Hadley’s Beau Elson thriving in first year as Fordham University relief pitcherOpinion
Guest columnist John Sinton: The Mump Party maelstrom
How to make sense of America’s turbulent times? In my role as historian, I tried on period costumes: togas for the death of the Roman Republic, tri-colored cockades for the French Revolution, grey military caps for the Insurrection of the Confederacy, jackboots for Hitler’s Nazi Putsch. Then, I remembered my graduate school training in Russian history and Vladimir Lenin’s grotesquely unreadable but deeply influential treatise entitled “State and Revolution.”
Martha Terry: New Mount Holyoke College industrial building belongs elsewhere
Norman Spier: Yes in my backyard
Guest columnist Deb Henson: City budget should reflect citizens’ priorities
Broad Brook Coalition: Conservation needs everyone’s help
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A quick daily flip. Finally, someone cracked the code on digital jigsaw puzzles.
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Business
Next Sunderland ZBA meeting on proposed Dollar General planned for May 28
SUNDERLAND — The Zoning Board of Appeals will continue the public hearing on a proposed 9,100-square-foot retail building that is expected to house a Dollar General at the corner of Route 116 and Clark Mountain Road on Wednesday, May 28.
Making News in Business, April 25
Area property deed transfers, April 25
A true-to-the-plant approach: Easthampton natives finding success manufacturing hemp products in hilltowns
Tariffs hit home for small business in Hadley
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Arts & Life
‘It won’t get safer if we don’t speak up’: Pioneer Valley Cappella to perform powerful choral work calling attention to the deaths of unarmed Black men
Northampton choral group Pioneer Valley Cappella’s next show, “Last Words,” will call attention to the deaths of unarmed Black men through its central work, Joel Thompson’s “Seven Last Words of the Unarmed.”
Speaking of Nature: Fascinated by ferns: Ferns figured out how to say goodbye to the aquatic environment hundreds of millions of years ago
Reel talent: Easthampton Film Festival returns for fourth year, May 1-4
Resonating through generations: Lady Pills releases new concept album, ‘Renowned in the Roaring Twenties’
Valley Bounty: Keeping that farming romance alive: Cara and Michael Zueger run Free Living Farm in PetershamObituaries
J. Eugene Sielski
Easthampton, MA - J. Eugene "Gene" Sielski passed away peacefully at age 98 on April 18, 2025 in his home at Lathrop Community, Easthampton, Massachusetts. During his final months, he was under the attentive care of Cooley Dickinson VNA... remainder of obit for J. Eugene Sielski
Eugene Bachand
Eugene " Tony" Bachand Easthampton, MA - Easthampton, MA Eugene A. Bachand, 77, of Easthampton, sadly passed away surrounded by his loving family on April 15, 2025. Eugene (better known as Tony) was born in Northampton, MA on August ... remainder of obit for Eugene Bachand
Michael George Kuzmeski
MICHAEL KUZMESKI NORTHAMPTON, MA - Michael George Kuzmeski, 76, passed away on April 17, 2025 at Baystate Medical Center after a short illness. He was born in Northampton on December 21, 1948 to Alfred and Delia (Lumbis) Kuzmeski. Mi... remainder of obit for Michael George Kuzmeski
John E. Demers
Holyoke, MA - John E. Demers, passed away on April 18, 2025, surrounded by loved ones who will forever cherish the memories he leaves behind. Born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, on March 30, 1973, to Joseph and Carol (Gula) Demers, Jr., Joh... remainder of obit for John E. Demers
