Daily Hampshire Gazette - Key source of news and information. - Daily Hampshire Gazette

From Hawaiian royalty to CIA spy, Plainfield homes reveal hidden history

From Hawaiian royalty to CIA spy, Plainfield homes reveal hidden history

by Samuel Gelinas May 25, 2026

Shutesbury residents demand rural post office stays open

News

Shutesbury residents demand rural post office stays open

by Scott Merzbach

News

State grants support Jones Library, Simeon Strong House projects

News

Zoning board to decide fate of North Hadley Village Hall redevelopment

Education

Amherst School Committee delays decision on Wildwood School building transfer

Columns

Columnist Richard Fein: Iranian nuclear weapon — Would it really matter?

News

Five Pioneer Valley educators honored with prestigious Guggenheim fellowships

Sports

WMass softball: Hampshire Regional claims back-to-back Class B championships with win over Frontier

News

Easthampton track team to hold 24-hour fundraiser in honor of teammate’s father killed in Holyoke shooting

Most Read

Hampshire College initiates sale of land and assets

Hampshire College initiates sale of land and assets

David Rogers Ulen

David Rogers Ulen

Easthampton track team to hold 24-hour fundraiser in honor of teammate’s father killed in Holyoke shooting

Easthampton track team to hold 24-hour fundraiser in honor of teammate’s father killed in Holyoke shooting

Sports

WMass baseball: Hopkins takes down Ware for first Class D title since 2021

Sports

WMass baseball: Hopkins takes down Ware for first Class D title since 2021

HOLYOKE — The Hopkins Academy baseball team won its seventh Western Mass Championship in program history on Saturday, earning the 2026 Class D title with a 3-1 victory over Ware…

by Mike Maynard

WMass outdoor track and field: Northampton girls get upper hand over Amherst, reclaim Large School title

WMass boys lacrosse: Late Pope Francis goal dashes Amherst’s hopes for back-to-back Class B titles

H.S. Roundup: Belchertown boys volleyball blanked in Class B final

Class C boys volleyball: Granby clinches second WMass title with 3-1 victory over Veritas Prep

H.S. Roundup: Hampshire softball squeaks by Chicopee, to face Frontier for Class B crown

Business

Sounds like longevity: Downtown Sounds celebrates 50 years in business in Northampton

Sounds like longevity: Downtown Sounds celebrates 50 years in business in Northampton

News

Easthampton app founder warns Congress about privacy bill

Arts & Life

Reenactment group showcases family life in 18th-century Belchertown

Reenactment group showcases family life in 18th-century Belchertown

by Elise Linscott

Food

There is a Season with Molly Parr: A tasty twist on leftovers

Valley Bounty: Preserving a family legacy: Sunderland’s historic Laurenitis Farm rebrands as Starview Gardens under fifth-generation ownership

Get Growing with Mickey Rathbun: The woods lend us trilliums: Spotting Emily Dickinson’s favorite spring wildflower

More Arts & Life

Opinion

Guest columnist William Lambers: The Memorial Day before D-Day

Columns

Guest columnist William Lambers: The Memorial Day before D-Day

by William Lambers

Columns

Columnist Sara Weinberger: Trump’s anti-trans agenda and the many patterns of genocide

Columns

Guest columnist Liz Kocan: A ‘no’ vote in Easthampton will still have its cost

Columns

New England: The ‘Tailpipe of America’

Local Government

Northampton City Council passes two-family home construction ordinance

News

Northampton City Council passes two-family home construction ordinance

by Anthony Cammalleri

Town-City-Government

Deerfield rejects two overrides, elects School Committee write-in candidate

News

Four candidates vie to lead troubled Northampton Housing Authority

News

Building inspector uncovers widespread safety issues in Amherst rentals

More Local Government

Local Ads

Join your neighbors and subscribe!

Award-winning coverage on breaking news and today’s top stories in and around Hampshire County. Whether it’s arts, sports, news, opinion, or our archives and e-editions, you’ll have unlimited access to the Daily Hampshire Gazette’s content.

Subscribe Today!

Puzzles

Cross|Word

An approachable redesign to a classic. Explore our “hints.”

Really Bad Chess

Chess but with chaos; Every day is a unique, wacky board.

Flipart

A quick daily flip. Finally, someone cracked the code on digital jigsaw puzzles.

SpellTower

Word search but as a strategy game. Clearing the board feels really good.

More News

Labor of love on wheels: Father-son duo restore PVTA bus for Florence VFW

Labor of love on wheels: Father-son duo restore PVTA bus for Florence VFW

by Samuel Gelinas

Education

Generations in focus: Amherst Regional students use photography, painting, personal interviews to build connections with seniors

by Scott Merzbach

Jones Library weighs selling portrait of English nobleman

Jones Library weighs selling portrait of English nobleman

by Scott Merzbach

Education

‘He really is heroic’: Smith Academy student hailed as hero after saving choking classmate at Six Flags

by Scott Merzbach

Did we miss something we should have covered?

Tell us about it – click here to send us a note.

e-Edition

Jane Danforth Fisher Thurber

Jane Danforth Fisher Thurber

Laird Summerlin

Laird Summerlin

James Shea

James Shea

William D. Harrop

William D. Harrop

Elizabeth Porada

Elizabeth Porada

Constance Ellen Kruger

Constance Ellen Kruger

David Rogers Ulen

David Rogers Ulen

Dr. Jane Marie Zapka

Dr. Jane Marie Zapka

Matt Kristek

Matt Kristek

Janet R. Cleary

Janet R. Cleary

Ronald E. Bell

Ronald E. Bell

Laura Meyer

Laura Meyer

Edna Olive Johnson

Edna Olive Johnson

Norma Ritter

Norma Ritter

Lisa Reznikiewicz

Lisa Reznikiewicz

Robert Pinkos

Robert Pinkos

Events

Have a news tip?

Send a letter to the editor

Connect with a reporter

Advertise on this site