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Amherst school budget best-case scenario: 17 positions gone
Amherst schools’ rank-and-file elementary union members break with leaders over support of superintendent
Hadley boards settle on parcel for pickleball next to Hopkins Academy
Deerfield officials eye federal grant program for flooding mitigation
Photo: Smith Voc’s horticultural building rises from the ashes
Area briefs: Reparations commission to present ‘The Power of Truths’; Big Love Little Performances back for third year; 400 high schoolers to attend UMass Honor Band Concert
UMass basketball: Rahsool Diggins posts fourth 30-plus point outing of the season in Minutemen’s dominant 78-55 win over La Salle
Praise, criticism for proposed tobacco changes in Amherst; some want town to adopt nicotine-free generation
Hadley nixes all-way stop at Bay Road-South Maple intersection
Layoffs loom at Cooley Dickinson as parent Mass General Brigham seeks to close large budget gap
NORTHAMPTON — Mass General Brigham announced large-scale layoffs across its entire hospital system on Monday, a move that is likely to affect Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton.
Coffee pros: Price squeeze a grind
Don’t talk to the American people until they’ve had their coffee.
A Look Back, Feb. 11
‘If you can hit one note and hit it hard’: Western Mass Sacred Harp singers ready for biggest annual event
Around and About with Richard McCarthy: Asking AI about itself: Will artificial intelligence ever surpass humankind?Sports
High schools: Four Northampton girls basketball players finish in double figures in road win over Holyoke
Four Northampton players in finished in double figures, as the Blue Devils notched a 59-25 victory over Holyoke in girls basketball action Monday night at John “Jinx” O’Connor Gymnasium in Holyoke.
Victory Lap with Jessica Lapachinski: Celebrating National Girls and Women in Sport season
Eagles embarrass Mahomes, Chiefs in 40-22 Super Bowl rout
Swimming: Northampton’s Amalia Guerra wins 2 more titles at Central/West Sectional Championships
‘I can be them one day’: Mount Holyoke hosts second annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day clinicOpinion
Guest columnist Darcy Dumont: A year of climate wake-up calls
Kurt Heidinger: Trump, Netanyahu and mental health
Judson Brown: Musk and his ‘criminal enterprise’
Norbert Salz: Trump-Musk blitzkrieg
Mattea Kramer: Small actions are powerful
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Business
New digs: Innovintage Place moves to old Kelly’s restaurant in Amherst after six years in Greenfield
AMHERST — As a teenager, Skye Wellington frequented Kelly’s restaurant, a nearly 30-year mainstay of a College Street business plaza until closing near the end of 2022.
Area Property Deed Transfers, Feb. 7
Making News in Business, Feb. 7
New Deerfield yoga practice seeks to ‘tend to the soul’
The joy of creating: Peacock’s Nest in Easthampton moves store to prominent Cottage Street location e-Edition
Arts & Life
Inside Wemelco, a Wonka works for weed: The manufacturing process of a thriving local cannabis company
The Easthampton-based cannabis manufacturer Wemelco Industries has seen notable growth in its first few years of operation — which is ironic, considering one of the only things it doesn’t do with cannabis is grow it.
‘Your body is really the only thing you have’: Young local artist yearns to build a life beyond nightmarish pain
Planting hope in the garden: Artist Carrie Mae Weems, who named a peony for W.E.B. Du Bois, dreamed of a memorial garden
Arts Briefs: Ska in Easthampton, stories about food in Northampton, and more
Speaking of Nature: A rare visit from our largest woodpecker: At long last, a Pileated Woodpecker came to explore my dead pinesObituaries
Ann Laurania Martin
San Antonio, TX - It is with great sadness that we announce that Ann Laurania Martin, 91, passed away on January 11th, 2025. She was widowed by her husband, John Hubert Martin, to whom she was married to for 64 years, in Amherst, Massac... remainder of obit for Ann Laurania Martin
Donald Keith Carew
Leverett, MA - Donald Keith Carew Donald Keith Carew, 90, died January 28, 2025, at his home in Leverett with his life partner, Donna Mellen, by his side. During his last weeks, Don was surrounded by loving family and friends. ... remainder of obit for Donald Keith Carew
Deborah J. Tomasi
Gill, MA - On Tuesday, January 28, 2025, Deborah J. (McIntyre) Tomasi passed away peacefully at her residence, where her family was by her side and provided devoted care, ensuring she could remain at home. Debbie was born in Bethel-Gile... remainder of obit for Deborah J. Tomasi
Francine Resler
Northampton, MA - Francine Resler, 87, passed away on Wednesday February 5th 2025. Francine was born in New York on February 20, 1937. She was the daughter of James Mucci and Sylvia (Rosenthal) Mucci. Raised in Brooklyn New York, she w... remainder of obit for Francine Resler
