Guest columnist H. Patricia Hynes: How women’s equality could change the world
UMass hockey: Cole O’Hara, Minutemen lock down Maine for vital 5-1 victory
Northampton council OKs about half of $600K midyear request to bring back some school positions
Fighting back at fear: Immigrant defenders’ briefing shares knowledge, resolve
Columnist Bill Newman: Battling Trump’s war on truth
Decade of work in Deerfield bears fruit with solar agreements, generating $6M for town
Answering a need: Now in its 8th year in the public schools, Granby To Go provides families with extra food, other support
Override possible for Hadley’s ‘bare bones’ budget
Around Amherst: UMass doctor earns legislative Black Excellence Award
Students answer firefighting call: All-college volunteers staff Engine Co. 3, a 70-year Amherst tradition
AMHERST — Whenever an emergency call is placed, the person facing a crisis places their confidence in that whoever arrives will be a trained professional — capable, skilled and courageous. The image of a firefighter — tough, strong, and always willing to put themselves on the line — is a common ideal in the public’s consciousness. In Amherst, these firefighters may even be local full-time college students.
South Hadley schools latest county district facing funding woes; 20 student-facing positions slated for elimination
SOUTH HADLEY — Danielle Kelly has offered supplemental reading instruction for almost 500 South Hadley students since starting at the district in 2006, preventing 95% of students from needing special education reading supports and boosting literacy rates.
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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
Natural Resources Conservation Service office in Amherst for 45 years ID’d for closure
Smith College lands $51M bequest from anonymous donor, its largest ever planned gift
54-unit apartment complex in works near former St. John Cantius Church in Northampton
Fired Granby veteran suffers through Trump’s speech, equates experience to ‘Jerry Springer Show’
Editors Picks
A Look Back, March 7
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 basketball: Amherst and Smith advance in Div. 3 tournament and will square off Saturday for first time since 2007 (PHOTOS)
NORTHAMPTON — Two years away from the NCAA Division 3 Women’s Basketball Tournament felt like an eternity for Amherst College and head coach G.P. Gromacki.
Div. 4 girls basketball: No. 3 South Hadley cruises into Final Four for third time in four years following 55-34 win over No. 6 Carver (PHOTOS)
Div. 2 girls basketball: Defending state champion Medfield eliminates Northampton in quarters, 82-43
UMass basketball: Minutewomen eliminated by Saint Louis in Atlantic 10 second round, 67-57 
UMass hockey: Huge weekend pair with Maine on tap to close Minutemen’s regular seasonOpinion
Deb Friedman: Mass deportation is Trump's gift to for-profit detention center contractors
Undocumented immigrants do not endanger the safety, writ large, of U.S. citizens, as shown by U.S. statistics on violent crimes. The tiny portion of undocumented immigrants who commit violent crimes is nonetheless used to justify inhumane treatment, such as the threat of deportation, toward all.
George Anderson: More to the utility bill story
Guest columnist Michael Carolan: A distant cousin helped run off Redcoats on eve of Revolution
Guest columnist Elly Vaughan: Indigenous land stewardship can safeguard food webs in the 413
Guest columnist Mariel E. Addis: What I don’t understand
Your Daily Puzzles
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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
