Lawmakers, police leaders push new bill to close gap in state Heart Law for police, including at UMass Amherst
Neighbors raise concerns about proposed animal shelter in Deerfield
UMass hockey: Maine rallies from two-goal deficit, ties Minutemen 2-2 in regular season finale
State bracing for cut of federal funds
Amherst’s town budget facing $500K deficit
Guest columnist H. Patricia Hynes: How women’s equality could change the world
Crocker’s culture shift: Elementary school taking new approach to incidents of bullying, disruption
AMHERST — A shift in culture has occurred at Crocker Farm School over the past decade, where even those students having a challenging time in their classrooms and in interactions with their peers are not sent to the main office.
Remembering ‘the face of Mount Tom’: Family, friends recall Dave Moore, 78
HOLYOKE — Dave Moore, a Holyoke legend widely known as “the face of Mount Tom,” died peacefully after a brief illness on Feb. 25 at the age of 78, but memories of his giving spirit will live on in his friends and family, and in the many lives he has touched through his lasting impacts on the city.
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UMass cites policy in ordering Pride flag at campus transit center taken down
Hampshire College development calls for 140 housing units, commercial space at Atkins Corner
South Hadley schools latest county district facing funding woes; 20 student-facing positions slated for elimination
UMass hockey: Cole O’Hara, Minutemen lock down Maine for vital 5-1 victory
Women’s basketball: Amherst and Smith advance in Div. 3 tournament and will square off Saturday for first time since 2007 (PHOTOS)
Northampton council OKs about half of $600K midyear request to bring back some school positions
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Area briefs: Velis reappointed to several committees; Stavros staffer McCord retires after 32 years; Holyoke St. Patrick’s Breakfast March 20
She’s every woman: Meet the western Mass chapter of the International Order of Mrs. Ropers
Arts Briefs: Magical opera at UMass, ‘Hedwig’ filmmaker at Mount Holyoke, and more
What is possible when you get to the root?: The peer-run Wildflower Alliance redefines mental health care
Sports
Women’s college hockey: Bea Flynn’s third-period goal lifts Amherst past Middlebury for NESCAC title (PHOTOS)
AMHERST – The third time was the charm.
Ally Landau’s last-second basket lifts Smith College basketball past Amherst 52-50, into fourth straight NCAA Div. 3 Sweet 16 (PHOTOS)
UMass basketball: Mullins Center says goodbye to the Atlantic 10 with final league home game before move to MAC
UMass basketball: Loyola Chicago dominates Minutemen in regular season finale, 74-51
Women’s basketball: Amherst and Smith advance in Div. 3 tournament and will square off Saturday for first time since 2007 (PHOTOS)Opinion
Guest columnist Al Norman: Let’s expedite ‘local power for local people’
Mary Olberding: Hampshire Register of Deeds Responds
Benjamin Spencer: Vote for Laurie Loisel in Ward 3
Natalie Adams: Broom making at the Hartsbrook School — A fuller perspective
Candy Krepel: Thank you, sports team
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Business
Making News in Business, March 7
NORTHAMPTON — The Greater Northampton Chamber of Commerce has hired Nia Stimage-Norwood as a program assistant and promoted Jack Brown to marketing director.
Food is in their DNA: New Holyoke restaurant Casa del Pollo offers African American soul food and Latin cuisines 
Clothing retailer J. Crew eyes summer opening at Mountain Farms Mall in Hadley 
Collective Copies renovating Florence store into new headquarters, will close Amherst location 
Business of video games: Digital Development Management has found success helping game developers find larger audience e-Edition
Arts & Life
‘On Golden Pond,’ directed by a therapist: Easthampton Theater Company will stage play about complex relationships later this month
In the play “On Golden Pond,” three generations of a family reconnect at a summer home in Maine, exposing complicated relationships and vulnerabilities. Easthampton Theater Company’s upcoming production of the show runs the weekends of March 15-16 and March 21-23 at Williston Theater.
Speaking of Nature: Opportunity taken: Omnivorous scavengers eat just about anything during the tough months of winter
Climb every mountain: Valley photographer’s new book chronicles transformative Appalachian Trail thru-hike
Aging With Adventure: The challenge of caring
Valley Bounty: Makes sense, saves cents: Local CSA programs advantageous for farms and consumersObituaries
Harriet Rogers
Northampton, MA - Harriet C. Boron Rogers, 98, of Northampton and a former long-time resident of South Deerfield (MA), passed away peacefully on Friday, February 28, 2025 at Rockridge Retirement Community in Northampton MA with her niec... remainder of obit for Harriet Rogers
Claudette Piekarski
Easthampton, MA - Born on July 19,1948 in Berlin, NH. She was the daughter of Simone and Emile Deschene. Claudette quit school in the 7th grade and went to work in a laundry facility with her mother. By the age of 18 she had married the... remainder of obit for Claudette Piekarski
Theodore Roco
Theodore "Teddy" Roco Amherst, MA - Our beloved Theodore "Teddy" Roco passed away peacefully on March 4th 2025. Teddy was a lifelong resident of Amherst, Ma., where he grew up on Rolling Hill Farm. He spent his early years as a truck dr... remainder of obit for Theodore Roco
Stanley Kozlakowski
Holiday, FL - Stanley Kozlakowski of Holiday, FL died unexpectedly on February 19, 2025. He was born to the late Antoni and Veronica (Szwajkowski) Kozlakowski in Poland on September 14, 1951. When he was 11 years old, he moved to the US... remainder of obit for Stanley Kozlakowski
