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Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter set for expansion after close vote on Tuesday
HADLEY — Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School’s enrollment can increase by 100 students after the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education Tuesday narrowly supported acting Commissioner Russell D. Johnston’s recommendation allowing the K-12 school to have up to 684 students.

Feds pull $20M in grants from Holyoke for infrastructure, urban forestation program
HOLYOKE — The city of Holyoke is set to lose out on $20 million in previously anticipated federal grants, as the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump continues to halt federal funding and grants that stand in contrast to his own political agenda.
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MIAA tourneys: Frontier boys’ late rally falls short in 58-55 prelim loss to Assabet Valley (PHOTOS)
Trailing by three points with five seconds to go in its MIAA Division 4 preliminary round game against No. 33 Assabet Valley Tuesday night, the No. 32 Frontier boys basketball team had one last chance to prolong its season.


Opinion

Charles Miller: Careening downhill
We must once again come to the aid of our country, now threatened by chaos. Past leaders have led our country from some of its deepest and darkest times to grow and flourish. Now we are burdened with the arrogance of a man who thinks he knows more than all who have come before him.





Your Daily Puzzles

An approachable redesign to a classic. Explore our "hints."

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

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

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

Align the letters in just the right way to spell a word. And then more words.
Business

Going green: Window World of Western Massachusetts branches out with new insulation service
BELCHERTOWN — Window World of Western Massachusetts has a long history of providing quality windows and doors, but the business only provides one piece in the whole picture of home improvement — until now.




Arts & Life

Speaking of Nature: The hawks are not happy: The snow and ice are creating a big problem for the big birds
If there has been any theme to this winter it has been the cold. For the first time in years the temperatures have dropped below freezing and generally remained there for weeks on end. Back when I was a kid, my father used to make a skating rink in the back of our house where we would spend endless hours playing hockey. My father even put spotlights in the bedroom windows so that we could play outside at night. On particularly cold nights, my mother would insist that the faces of her children were slathered with copious amounts of Johnson’s baby cream so that we didn’t freeze solid. Those were the days.


Obituaries

Belchertown, MA - Shirley Ann (Carlson) Duga, 89 years old of Belchertown, passed into eternal life at home with her family on February 20, 2025. Born on May 17, 1935, to Gustav and Isabele (Nelson) Carlson, Shirley was raised in Hardwi... remainder of obit for Shirley Duga

Easthampton, MA - Logan K. McFadden, age 44, passed away suddenly on November 27, 2024, after a courageous battle with Crohn's disease. Logan was deeply loved and will be missed by friends, family, and their sweet dog, Murphy. Born ... remainder of obit for Logan Mcfadden

Leeds, MA - On February 22, 2025, Kim Gare Bierwert, beloved husband, father, friend, and swimming and diving coach passed away suddenly at Cooley Dickinson Hospital. Kim was born in Northampton, MA to Donald Vincent Bierwert and Jessie... remainder of obit for Kim Bierwert

Pelham, MA - George S. Greenstein, 84, of Pelham, Massachusetts, passed away peacefully after a brief illness on February 20, 2025. A distinguished astrophysicist and retired professor of astronomy at Amherst College, he was also a belo... remainder of obit for George S. Greenstein