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By JOHN OSBORNE

SOUTH HADLEY — South Hadley native Edward Thomas is serving in the U.S. Navy assigned to Training Squadron (VT) 27 where naval aviators learn the skills they need to fly missions around the world.Thomas, a 2018 graduate of Pope Francis High School,...

By MITCH FINK

BOSTON — As they researched women’s health care for a civic action project at Frontier Regional High School in 2022, three eighth grade students were appalled to learn that menstrual products — such as tampons and pads — can contain potentially harmful chemicals and toxins.

By ZICHANG LIU

BOSTON — Not long after state Sen. Jo Comerford took office in 2019, a constituent reached out for help after they received a bill from MassHealth in the wake of a family member’s death.The state was seeking to recover expenses associated with caring...

By NAILA MOREIRA

UMass does not have a natural history museum, something of a quirk of history.Specimens from the university’s collection were once stored and displayed in large glass cases in South College, which burned down in the late 1800s. The collection was...

By LAURIE LOISEL

Editor’s note: This story is part of a Hampshire HOPE series about local efforts addressing the opioid epidemic.Sitting in a rocking chair holding 3-month-old Avaree, Kellyann Kaiser participated in a Zoom interview earlier this month, disappearing...

By AIDAN POOLE

AMHERST — Junior Williams, a Jamaican immigrant and restaurater, plans to bring a taste of the Caribbean to downtown Amherst this month when he opens a new restaurant and nightclub, Hazel’s Blue Lagoon.“We’re trying to bring a different type of...

By JOSHUA SOLOMON

GREENFIELD — Five people who police allege operated an illicit painkiller pipeline from China to Franklin County have been indicted by the Franklin County Grand Jury.Police allege the five people were involved in importing as much as half a kilogram...

By DIANE BRONCACCIO

DEERFIELD — Vincent van Gogh’s life story is perhaps best told in the 2,000 artworks he left behind before dying at age 37, plagued by mental illness and poverty.A new, groundbreaking feature film, “Loving Vincent,” looks at van Gogh’s life through...

By RICHIE DAVIS

GREENFIELD — The Pioneer Valley Symphony has begun its search for a new music director and conductor to replace Paul Phillips, who has led the community symphony for 23 years. He has been named to a new position at Stanford University in...

By ANDY CASTILLO

SOUTH DEERFIELD — “I’m not getting up until I find something good,” announced one youngster earlier this month while sifting through sand at The Rock, Fossil and Dinosaur Shop on Greenfield Road.Six students used shovels and screens to search for...

By JOSHUA SOLOMON

GREENFIELD — Baystate Franklin nurses head back to the bargaining table Friday, the first time since before a strike and lockout that Baystate Health announced Thursday cost the organization about $1 million.Nearly a month since the nurses went to...

By ANDY CASTILLO

GREENFIELD — A lost diamond in the rough is what one Greenfield woman got returned from the bottom of a two-cubic-foot dumpster — found after a lengthy search by the owner of West Hatfield’s Alternative Recycling Systems.“There is no way I, my husband...

By ANDY CASTILLO

DEERFIELD — An Interstate 91 traffic stop Monday of a Jeep Cherokee for loud exhaust noise subsequently led to a substantial cocaine bust.The driver, Amanda Dodge, 31, of Winchester, New Hampshire, was arrested for driving illegally and passengers...

By JOSHUA SOLOMON

GREENFIELD — State legislators weighed in on the ongoing negotiations between Baystate Franklin Medical Center and the nurses’ union as a one-day strike looms for Monday and the hospital plans a three-day lockout of its nurses.“We urge continued...

By SHELBY ASHLINEand AVIVA LUTTRELL

GREENFIELD — With goals of promoting unity and togetherness, volunteers have organized Franklin County Pride, a burgeoning gay pride event to be held downtown on Saturday.The event will begin at 1 p.m. with a march from Greenfield Middle School on...

By JOSHUA SOLOMON

GREENFIELD — In response to the one-day strike by nurses planned for Monday, Baystate Franklin Medical Center has decided to lock out nurses from the hospital starting Sunday evening and lasting until Wednesday evening, according to a letter sent by...

By ANDY CASTILLO

CONWAY — Miracles come in small packages. And, as River Street resident Amanda Kantor discovered early Tuesday morning, sometimes at the bottom of a muddy well.The evening before, while out for a walk along the South River with her mother-in-law,...

By ANDY CASTILLO

SUNDERLAND — Officials have big recreation plans for the town’s riverfront property at the end of School Street.“We have spent the past year working with a landscape architect to develop a long-range master plan for the entire 9.5 acres of town-owned...

By ANDY CASTILLO

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Eve-Cowles Tree Farm will host a free public walk with a naturalist and forester to discuss forest management.The event will be put on with help from the Massachusetts Woodlands Institute Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon.“This walk and...

By ANDY CASTILLO

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Parents of Elementary School students feel disenfranchised and unheard by the administration — that was the consensus among the roughly two dozen parents who publicly voiced their concerns at Wednesday night’s School Committee...

By ANDY CASTILLO

AMHERST — Much effort is made to honor the sacrifices of “The Greatest Generation,” but often overlooked are the double hardships faced by black World War II veterans who struggled against racism while fighting in foreign countries alongside fellow...