
A ‘genius’ remembered: Longtime Smith College swimming and diving coach Kim Bierwert dies at age 74
NORTHAMPTON — Kim Bierwert was a savant.

Protesters make demands of Smith College: divest, decry ‘scholasticide,’ change policy on campus activism
NORTHAMPTON — As Smithies made their way around campus at lunch hour on Thursday, 20 or so protesters stood in numbingly cold rain, lining the sidewalk along Elm Street to decry what they allege is the school’s “complicity with genocide,” and voiced three demands.
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Sports

Boys basketball: Holyoke puts it all together in dominant 93-56 state tourney win over Wakefield (PHOTOS)
HOLYOKE — The No. 13 Holyoke boys basketball team entered the second half of its MIAA Division 2 Round of 32 matchup with No. 20 Wakefield ahead 46-32. Although the Purple Knights felt great about where they stood, starting forward Chauncey Ruiz, who put up 10 first-quarter points to kickstart the night, had four fouls.
Opinion

Stephen Gilson: No, not all agree Northampton schools are in ‘crisis’
I cannot imagine a more incorrect headline than the one that ran on Page 1 on Feb. 22: “All agree: Northampton schools in ‘crisis’ mode.” There are a few city councilors and a small but vocal group of parents demanding that the city recklessly spend $600,000 with 11 weeks left in the school year. Hardly everyone agrees that we are in a “crisis.”





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

Business of video games: Digital Development Management has found success helping game developers find larger audience
NORTHAMPTON — Joe Minton knows that video games are serious business.


Arts & Life

Speaking of Nature: The hawks are not happy: The snow and ice are creating a big problem for the big birds
If there has been any theme to this winter it has been the cold. For the first time in years the temperatures have dropped below freezing and generally remained there for weeks on end. Back when I was a kid, my father used to make a skating rink in the back of our house where we would spend endless hours playing hockey. My father even put spotlights in the bedroom windows so that we could play outside at night. On particularly cold nights, my mother would insist that the faces of her children were slathered with copious amounts of Johnson’s baby cream so that we didn’t freeze solid. Those were the days.


Obituaries

South Daytona, FL - Stuart Pitrat Passed away on Jan 27, 2025. He was born in Northampton MA on March 15, 1971. He graduated from Northampton high school. He received his bachelor's degree from Colby college in Maine. After college ... remainder of obit for Stuart Pitrat

Seattle, WA - PETER ELBOW, Emeritus Professor of English at UMass Amherst and author of Writing Without Teachers, died unexpectedly on February 6, 2025 at age 89 in Seattle. He is survived by his wife Cami, children Abby and Ben, and ... remainder of obit for Peter Elbow

WIlliam C. "Bill" Duffus III S. Hadley, MA - William C. "Bill" Duffus III, of South Hadley, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, February 22, surrounded by his loving family. Bill was 64 at the time of his passing when he lost a h... remainder of obit for WiLliam C. Duffus III

Belchertown, MA - Shirley Ann (Carlson) Duga, 89 years old of Belchertown, passed into eternal life at home with her family on February 20, 2025. Born on May 17, 1935, to Gustav and Isabele (Nelson) Carlson, Shirley was raised in Hardwi... remainder of obit for Shirley Duga