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Women’s basketball: Smith College overcomes early deficit to claim 6th straight NEWMAC title

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Women’s basketball: Smith College overcomes early deficit to claim 6th straight NEWMAC title

by Mike Maynard

News

Belchertown School Committee weighs ‘bell-to-bell’ cellphone ban as statewide legislation looms

News

Hatfield Congregational Church to highlight bass viol music

Columns

Guest columnist Richard W. Tracy: Plainfield church a resource worth saving

Columns

Guest columnist Gary Midura: Words matter, especially when using the word ‘fascism’

News

Area Briefs: Registration open for HCC summer youth programs

Education

Amherst elementary schools face staff cuts amid consolidation plan

News

Northampton secures grant for ongoing Pine Grove Golf Course restoration

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Frank Roger Szawlowski Sr.

Blaze rips through Hadley home, tenants escape unharmed

Blaze rips through Hadley home, tenants escape unharmed

Neighbors air concerns over Glendale Road condo development in Northampton

Neighbors air concerns over Glendale Road condo development in Northampton

Maryanne Rejniak

Maryanne Rejniak

Sports

UMass hockey: Jack Musa scores shootout winner, Minutemen take 5 of 6 points against UConn

Sports

UMass hockey: Jack Musa scores shootout winner, Minutemen take 5 of 6 points against UConn

AMHERST — When it became apparent the No. 19 UMass hockey team was headed to a shootout against Connecticut on Saturday night at the Mullins Center, head coach Greg Carvel…

by Ryan Ames

NESCAC women’s hockey: Ayla Abban’s OT goal propels Amherst College past Bowdoin, 2-1, in quarterfinals

MIAA basketball: Granby girls sidestep Keefe Tech; PVCICS boys bow out to Argosy Collegiate Charter

MIAA basketball: Northampton girls dismantle Dracut, 69-33, advance to D2 Round of 16

UMass hockey set for high-stakes weekend series with UConn

MIAA basketball: Belchertown girls falter in D3 prelims to Saint Paul, 47-46

Business

Prepping for ‘spring’s awakening’: Massachusetts Maple Month kicks off at Winston’s Sugar House

Prepping for ‘spring’s awakening’: Massachusetts Maple Month kicks off at Winston’s Sugar House

Business

Strength in transition: Transformation Fitness opens in Williamsburg

Arts & Life

Valley Bounty: Tradition in every drop: Tapping into local sugarhouses for Massachusetts Maple Month

Valley Bounty: Tradition in every drop: Tapping into local sugarhouses for Massachusetts Maple Month

by Lisa Goodrich

Roots and resilience: Grow Food Northampton’s new farmers look ahead to spring

‘Cornrows and Conversation’: Amherst hairstylist explores the trends, history of Black hairstyles at Hampshire College event

The ‘C-SPAN’ of Franklin County: FCAT reflects on 20 years of transparency, education and art

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Opinion

Guest columnist Joseph Blumenthal: Speaking truth to power imperative

Columns

Guest columnist Joseph Blumenthal: Speaking truth to power imperative

by Joseph Blumenthal

Columns

Guest columnist Sarena Neyman: An invitation to dance — What Bad Bunny teaches us about belonging

Columns

Guest columnists Douglas Raybeck and Joel Savishinsky: Of emperors and eunuchs

Columns

Guest columnist Barbara A. Rouillard: Aging: A dual perspective

Local Government

AG’s office preps schools for ICE raids

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AG’s office preps schools for ICE raids

by Anthony Cammalleri

Education

Campuses in line for upgrades as Senate approves major borrowing

Town-City-Government

Whately officials talk big-ticket budget items for FY27

News

Hatfield considers closing North Fire Station

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Buttigieg talks life, politics at Amherst College

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Truth be told: Florence center keeps abolitionist’s story alive

Truth be told: Florence center keeps abolitionist’s story alive

by Sam Ferland

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FCCPR endorses Jeromie Whalen in race to unseat U.S. Rep. Richie Neal

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