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By CAITLIN ASHWORTH

GRANBY — After six years at Granby Junior Senior High School, the 79 graduates who walked across the stage Saturday are looking toward the larger world — while staying thankful for their community.Saturday marked the next chapter and the start of...

By MIKE MORAN

Michelle Walden, a grade school teacher at Ryan Road Elementary in Northampton, was looking for a way to get involved with youth running.Walden is a lifelong runner who has completed multiple marathons. She wanted to combine teaching and running, so...

By IAN PHILLIPS and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — President Vladimir Putin acknowledged that some “patriotic” individuals may have engaged in hacking but insisted Russia as a country has never done it, and he pledged Thursday to wait out U.S. political battles to forge...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Grace Episcopal Church is concluding its year-long sesquicentennial events with a “salute to founders” procession, a world music performance and a visit by Bishop Doug Fisher on Sunday.The marking of the 150th anniversary of the founding of...

By GILLIAN FLACCUS and STEVEN DUBOIS

PORTLAND, Ore. — Unease about white supremacist activity in Portland deepened after the fatal stabbings of two men who tried to shield young women from an anti-Muslim tirade, and some people worry that the famously tolerant community could see a...

By STEVE PFARRER

Jim Lumley learned to appreciate nature’s beauty at an early age.His parents, the late Mabel and Al Lumley, planted extensive lilac bushes on the family’s Pelham property, which for decades has been a popular visiting site for lilac lovers, picnickers...

By MATT VAUTOUR

There was a time that needing a break from softball would have been unfathomable for Emma Mendoker.But the former Amherst Regional star and current Williams College pitching coach needed to step away last year. She gave up her remaining eligibility at...

A sense of urgency reflecting the nation’s political climate fuels a call to service delivered by college commencement speakers here this month.Graduates of the local private colleges and University of Massachusetts Amherst were urged to engage in...

By JACK SUNTRUP

NORTHAMPTON — Oprah Winfrey walked her cocker spaniel Sadie downtown Sunday morning, early enough to see the sunrise “extend and expand its warming glow over an already beautiful Northampton.”Winfrey used the allegory to describe how her...

By CHANCE VILES

AMHERST — Families filled white tents at Hampshire College Saturday to watch the 306 graduating students finish a four-year trek to getting a degree.Mild warmth and a light breeze kept the shaded tent temperate, raising spirits of students, faculty...

By Lynn Underwood

Leo Kuhl sat on the edge of a yellow tube. Then he disappeared. The 6-year-old twisted and turned down the curved, enclosed slide, then landed in the basement below. “It’s fun,” said Leo. “But a little scary when it turns.” “It is...

By STEVE PFARRER

It’s a modest range, made up of hills rather than mountains, even if the peaks are labeled as such. Perhaps its most interesting feature is that it runs east to west, rather than north to south as most mountain ranges are configured.But the Holyoke...

By KYLE HIGHTOWER

BOSTON (AP) — Isaiah Thomas scored 29 points and had 12 assists, Kelly Olynyk scored a career-playoff high 26 points and the Boston Celtics used a big fourth quarter to outlast the Washington Wizards 115-105 in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference...

NEW YORK — A watercolor painting by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, the former first lady’s Cartier watch, and a hand-annotated speech by John F. Kennedy that he later incorporated into his “Profiles in Courage” are being auctioned.The then-first lady,...

By STEVE PFARRER

SPRINGFIELD — He’s arguably Springfield’s most famous citizen, one of the world’s best-loved children’s authors and illustrators, whose books have sold in the millions and been translated into some 25 languages.But the creative force behind “The Cat...

By Naila Moreira

The very schools we depend on to educate our children could be making them less smart.Drinking water in schools across Massachusetts, including here in the Pioneer Valley, has been found to contain lead significantly exceeding safety standards. Lead...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Walking through downtown Amherst several times a week, Town Manager Paul Bockelman has noticed the damage to the two-sided circular sign depicting the logo for Starbucks, exposing an empty interior where lights would normally illuminate the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — An author best known for her books for young adults featuring characters with disabilities, and the founder of an institution that focuses on the Renaissance era, will both be honored for their contributions to the Amherst literary...

By STEPHANIE MURRAY

AMHERST — For a longtime Amherst resident, it is not unusual to wander through a daylong festival dedicated to sustainability, or to watch a protest head down the street with banners waving. But for those who haven’t lived in the Valley as long, like...

By Maureen Gilmer

The color purple has evolved well beyond links to Barney the dinosaur to become a favorite color for politics, hair and flowers. It’s little understood as a hue because royal purple is not the only shade offered. In fact, purple has two faces. It...