
Northampton superintendent: No layoffs for schools next year, but service reductions coming
NORTHAMPTON — City schools will avoid layoffs next fiscal year under a budget proposal announced earlier this week by the mayor, though Superintendent Portia Bonner said Wednesday that other reductions in services are expected.

High winds send Westhampton canoer into Oxbow, where he nearly drowned swimming to shore
NORTHAMPTON — As he fought to swim to the shore along the Oxbow of the Connecticut River Tuesday afternoon, his lungs taking in heavy amounts of water, thoughts of his own mortality began to enter the mind of James Roberts.
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HS Baseball: Colin Hogan, timely hitting steer Hampshire baseball past Easthampton 3-1 (PHOTOS)
EASTHAMPTON — Hampshire Regional head baseball coach Mark Baldwin said matching up with Easthampton is “kind of like playing ourselves,” and added that his Raiders squad and the Eagles are very similarly constructed. The two teams played three weeks ago and Hampshire came from behind to win 5-3, and on Wednesday, it was yet another rock fight between the two Hampshire County programs.


Opinion

Guest columnist Anthony Fyden: A new voice on the Hadley Planning Board
What will Hadley look like in five years, or ten? What kind of town will we leave our families and the next generation? I believe that Hadley is at a crossroads, and I’m running for Planning Board to help chart a path forward. Like other western Massachusetts towns, Hadley is facing immense pressure — much of it generated from Boston — to reshape our communities, to conform to a vision driven largely by state politicians. We’re being forced to bear the brunt of economic, housing, and energy crises that we did not create and that we’re not in a position to fix. I believe that the residents of Hadley should drive decisions about our future, not state politicians who rarely, if ever, set foot in town.





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

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

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Business

A cleaner, quieter cut: Eco Valley Lawn Care embraces all-electric maintenance from mowing to landscaping
NORTHAMPTON — As the weather warms up and the outdoors become lush with greenery again, Cyrus Copen is looking forward to tidying up overgrown spaces.



Arts & Life

Book Review: Meeting her where she is: ‘Aperture’ by Wally Swist details the realities of Alzheimer’s caregiving
I wrote only one poem during my stint as an Alzheimer’s caregiver. Most of my writings were either straightforward recountings of my days with my mother as she unlearned things (finding her way home, tying her shoelaces) or analyses of lessons I learned from our time together.

Obituaries

Ashfield, MA - Robert W. Holden died on April 24, 2025, at his home in Ashfield, Mass. He was 69. It would have been to his taste to start this obituary thus: Robert's dead. If you knew him, you can make up your own obit. If you didn't... remainder of obit for Robert W. Holden

Meriden, CT - Joan Devine Nolan, born in Erie, Pennsylvania on June 8, 1921, died peacefully of natural causes in Meriden, Connecticut on April 23, 2025, weeks short of her 104th birthday. She was predeceased by her parents, Grace and ... remainder of obit for Joan Devine Nolan

Huntington , MA - Grace M. Wheeler, 92, previously of Huntington, passed away on April 24, just 4 weeks after losing Neil, her beloved husband of 73 years. Grace was born in Chester on July 26, 1932 to Guy and Cora (Daniels) Barr. S... remainder of obit for Grace M. Wheeler

Annette Y. (Gosselin) Andrzejczyk Easthampton, MA - Annette Y. (Gosselin) Andrzejczyk, 76, of Easthampton passed away April 20, 2025 peacefully at her home. She was born in Northampton, November 3, 1948, the daughter of the late Raymond ... remainder of obit for Annette Y. Andrzejczyk