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Belchertown voters to decide on $3.3M override for schools, town, capital projects
Columnist J.M. Sorrell: The official language
Amherst Regional school board reaffirms job-saving budget
Deerfield to pilot child care program at April’s Town Meeting
Progressives in Massachusetts demand legislative response to Trump
Four Red Fire Farm workers arrested as part of ICE operation in Springfield
Area briefs: St. Philip’s consignment sale; Velis receives award for suicide prevention work; Cancer Connection’s April programs; Mount Holyoke’s Trailblazers of Color conference
UMass basketball: Minutemen land Florida Tech transfer Donovan Brown
Dash to the dealership?: Local consumers, car sellers brace for auto tariffs to kick in Wednesday
NORTHAMPTON — Car buyers who have been prolonging the need for a car suddenly have a very good reason to act — cold hard cash.
Lifetime achievement: Nurse Catherine Giasson, who works at VA in Leeds, first in Mass. to receive national honor
LEEDS — Catherine Giasson, a nurse executive at the VA of Central Western Massachusetts, has been awarded the Daisy Lifetime Achievement Award for her leadership in caring for local veterans.
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Northampton schools probe staff response to student’s unfulfilled IEP
Nearly all of South Hadley High’s student body holds ‘walkout to walk-in’ rally to oppose cuts, call for funding reform
UMass Chancellor Reyes outlines changes amid financial uncertainty under Trump administration
Northampton Housing Authority boss placed on leave
Hopeful buyers emerge for Magic Wings butterfly conservatory in South Deerfield
‘For the love of music’: Florence Community Band set to hold first-ever multigenerational concert
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A Look Back, April 1
Photo: Hickory Ridge clubhouse a thing of the past
Arts Briefs: Opportunities for local creatives, All Hamptons Read, Jewish Film Fest, and more
Historic speech echoes two centuries later: ‘A Light Under the Dome’ recalls the first American woman to speak to a legislative body
Sports
UMass basketball coach Frank Martin reflects on disappointing season: ‘I obviously didn’t do a very good job doing my job’
AMHERST — There are times when a head coach does everything they can to put their team in the best possible position to win throughout a season and for whatever reason things still don’t work out. It can be recruiting prior to the year, preparation, in-game adjustments, tweaking substitution patterns based on matchups and anything in between.
HS Roundup: Kaleb Jorritsma tosses complete-game shutout, Smith Voc baseball beats Gateway 7-0
Amherst’s Ryan Leonard signs entry-level contract with Capitals, expected to make NHL debut Tuesday in Boston against the Bruins
Fit to Play with Jim Johnson: Too late to turn back
NCAA Div. 1 Men’s Ice Hockey: Western Michigan’s special teams sink UMass’ Frozen Four bidOpinion
Guest columnist Kristin DeBoer: Let’s stand together for the valley you love
Michael Sullivan: We are better than this
George W. Kriebel Jr.: Cruelty in the name of efficiency
Janet Kaplan-Bucciarelli: Good news for a change
Robert Cabral: A bus safety proposal
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Business
Hopeful buyers emerge for Magic Wings butterfly conservatory in South Deerfield
SOUTH DEERFIELD — One of the prospective owners of Magic Wings often thinks back to fond memories of celebrating a life milestone at the nearly quarter-century-old butterfly conservatory and gardens on Routes 5 and 10.
Consumer Corner with Anita Wilson: Spam texts a growing threat to consumers
Spreading the Mexican spice: After five years in Florence, Masa Mexicano spreads its wings with second location in Belchertown 
Area property deed transfers, March 28
Making News in Business, March 28
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Arts & Life
Speaking of Nature: Stinky signs of spring: Skunk cabbage is eye candy after months of winter landscape
March Madness is a term that has been assigned to the sport of college basketball. The idea is that a huge tournament creates a frenzied “madness” of athletic exuberance as different teams from across the country compete in a clash of collegiate contenders to see who will be crowned as champion. There are brackets, debates and wagers involved and everyone seems to have a good time.
‘His notes will linger forever’: Remembering Young@Heart accordionist and Springfield College professor Chris Haynes
Valley Bounty: And on that farm she had a bit of everything: Little Brook Farm in Sunderland is a labor of love for farmer Kristen Whittle
Women’s history told through clothing: Shelburne Falls Area Women’s Club to host ‘Real Clothes, Real Lives: 200 Years of What Women Wore’ author, April 9
‘A woman who should be remembered’: New play about the life of Frances Perkins, the brains behind FDR’s New Deal, April 5 and 11Obituaries
Margaret L. Tudryn
Hadley, MA - Margaret (Peg) L. Tudryn, 88 of Hadley, passed away on March 29, 2025. She was born on August 1, 1936, the daughter of the late Edward W. and Josephine A. (Toole) Tudryn. Peg graduated from Hopkins Academy in 1954 and Smith... remainder of obit for Margaret L. Tudryn
Deborah Ann Banas
Easthampton, MA - Deborah Ann Banas, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend, passed away peacefully in her home on March 8, 2025, at the age of 71 in Easthampton, MA. Born on October 24, 1953, in Holyoke, MA. D... remainder of obit for Deborah Ann Banas
Nancy Anson
Nancy (Otte) Anson NORTHAMPTON, MA - Nancy Otte Anson of Northampton, Massachusetts, left the world on Monday, March 24, 2025. She was born March 22, 1955, in Cherokee, Iowa, to Norita (Sholly) and Evan Otte. Nancy and her sister, Susan,... remainder of obit for Nancy Anson
Dawn Susanne Gavin
Brewster, MA - Susanne (McPeck) Gavin, also known as "Auntie Sue," to those who knew her, passed away in Hospice care in Brewster, Massachusetts, at the age of 89. A native of Boston, she was born to John and Thelma (Shaw) McPeck. Susan... remainder of obit for Dawn Susanne Gavin
