Saying goodbye to Vox: Hilltown Sleddogs lose Alaskan husky to cancer
Granby Select Board appoints new town administrator
Columnist Rev. Andrea Ayvazian: Decency: A resolution of resistance
Amherst council not ready to back new fire station, DPW projects
Guest columnist Musbah Shaheen: Loving a country that doesn’t love you back — My story from Syria
Supreme Court upholds law banning TikTok if it’s not sold by its Chinese parent company
Around Amherst: Forum will explore affordable housing needs, initiatives
Photo: Out with the old
Beacon Hill Roll Call, Jan. 6-10
Healey targets primary care reforms, new graduation requirements in annual speech
BOSTON — Drawing from Massachusetts history while also peeking into the future, Gov. Maura Healey on Thursday night took stock of the state’s strengths and challenges in a speech that focused more on following through on past work than on announcing new initiatives.
A home with Strong character: 1768 Southampton house for sale was built by historic mill owner Ichabod Strong
One of the most prosperous individuals in early Southampton was Ichabod Strong, who dammed the Manhan River and established a sawmill there in the early 1730s; that mill complex, once known as the Strong’s Mills complex, now part of the Lockville Historic District. Strong, who was described in a genealogy book as “a man of stirring business qualities of character” and “best of all, a remarkably godly man,” also built four farmhouses in the area, which his sons and grandsons inherited. One of those farmhouses, part of the National Register of Historic Places, is on the market right now.
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Dozens of Amherst homes snapped up by LLC’s over past 5 years
Guest column: Privilege and loss in LA’s Palisades
UMass men’s basketball: Minutemen defeat Fordham in triple-overtime thriller, 120-118
Area property deed transfers, Jan. 17
Planner pitches lifting big box retail size cap in Hadley
Amherst Regional school board warned that schools face 2026 deficit, job cuts
Editors Picks
Marigold adds cafe: Easthampton theater’s new eatery offers snacks for hungry concertgoers
Looking into the depth: Works by the late artist Daniel Feldman to be exhibited at Gallery A3 in Amherst
Arts Briefs: Crafts and cinema in Northampton, new exhibition at the Carle museum, and more
Photos: Musical petting zoo swings through Chesterfield
Sports
High Schools: Smith Vocational boys basketball defeats Smith Academy, 49-46 (PHOTOS)
NORTHAMPTON — Three free throws decided Thursday night's Smith Voc-Smith Academy boys basketball game.
UMass hockey: Minutemen ready for home-and-home series against Merrimack
High school notebook: Amherst girls swimming nearing state qualification in 4x400 free relay
The Real Score: Where sports and climate change meet
UMass men’s basketball: Minutemen defeat Fordham in triple-overtime thriller, 120-118Opinion
King Sang Boos: Yes, Picture Main Street!
It’s too early in the new year to read another doomsday plaint from letter writer Rutherford Platt about Picture Main Street [“The last First Night Northampton?” Jan. 6]. There are many of us in Northampton who welcome a downtown that will meet the future, despite the implementation challenges ahead.
Veronica Darmon: Politically correct antisemitism in the Valley
Jay Killough: Opinions and general knowledge
Columnist Russ Vernon-Jones: No tax cuts for billionaires
Guest column: DCR should abandon Shutesbury cutting plans
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Business
Area property deed transfers, Jan. 17
Amherst
Making News in Business, Jan. 17
Ten Thousand Villages in downtown Northampton to close at end of March
Making news in business, Jan. 10
Area property deed transfers, Jan. 10
e-Edition
Arts & Life
Get Growing with Mickey Rathbun: How Emily’s flowers grew year-round: A brief history of indoor gardens
Although Emily Dickinson is now considered one of America’s greatest poets, during her lifetime she was better known for her horticultural skills, as Dickinson scholar Judith Farr has observed. From a young age Dickinson was fascinated by the natural world. She enjoyed helping her mother in the gardens that she kept both at the Dickinson Homestead and the house the Dickinson family lived in for several years on North Pleasant Street where Ren’s Mobil Station now stands. During her year at Mary Lyon’s Female Seminary (1847-48), now Mount Holyoke College, she studied botany and made an extensive herbarium, a collection of pressed flowers and plants from the local area, that eventually contained more than 400 specimens. A family friend is said to have commented, “Emily had an uncanny knack of making even the frailest growing things flourish.”
Valley Bounty: A local spot that’s easy to love: Familiars Coffee & Tea in Northampton sources local for their seasonal flavors
Speaking of Nature: The bird that changes outfits in the winter: The adult male American goldfinch opts for a less showy plumage
Making space for trans voices: Monthly women and nonbinary singer-songwriter series expands mission to include trans community
Valley Bounty: This CSA farm sets the standard: Mountain View Farm in Easthampton heads into 20th season with over 2,000 membersObituaries
Dianne M. Rogers
"Bedard" Northampton, MA - Dianne Marie Rogers (née Bedard) 76, of Northampton, MA passed away after a long illness on January 13, 2025. Dianne was born in North Adams on June 18, 1948, she grew up in North Adams and then moved to Nort... remainder of obit for Dianne M. Rogers
David G. DeNucce
Easthampton, MA - David G. DeNucce, age 72, passed away on Jan. 7, 2025. He was born in Everett MA, on Jan 14,1952, the son of Anthony and Concetta (Liotta) DeNucce. David was a graduate of Malden High School in 1971. He was employed a... remainder of obit for David G. DeNucce
Cynthia Ann Grala
Bangor, ME - Cynthia Ann Grala passed away in Bangor, Maine from complications due to a stroke on December 24, 2024. She was born on November 18, 1963 in Northampton and raised in Florence, MA. and graduated from Smith Vocational High S... remainder of obit for Cynthia Ann Grala
Bonnie Jill Robbins
Easthampton, MA - Bonnie Jill (Rusterholz) Robbins passed away on January 5, 2025, at the age of 82. Bonnie was born to Jack Rusterholz and Norma (Greiner) Dunker in Connersville, Indiana, where Bonnie was lovingly raised by her materna... remainder of obit for Bonnie Jill Robbins
