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By MICKEY RATHBUN

In 1966, an American archaeologist named Wilhelmina Feemster Jashemski was working on a dig at Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried under ash and pumice during the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. She noticed something unusual going on...

By Bob Dunn

CLARKSBURG — The husband of a missing Clarksburg woman with ties to Easthampton was found dead Friday in what investigators are calling an apparent suicide.A family member of 42-year-old Charles “Chad” Reidy had asked police to conduct a well-being...

By ANDY CASTILLO and JOSHUA SOLOMON

SOUTH DEERFIELD — One person has died after a blue Toyota SUV crashed into a large tree in front of 50 Sugarloaf St. near the village center.The deadly accident happened at 5:44 p.m. at the intersection of Thayer and Sugarloaf Streets. A Deerfield...

By Nicole DeFeudis

For some, opening day at Fenway might mean watching Dustin Pedroia hit one out of the park, or eating peanuts and Cracker Jack. But for three area residents, the game on Monday marks a 50-year tradition of attending home openers as best friends. It...

By Fran Ryan

Three hilltown communities were among the 36 towns in western Massachusetts that received grants from the state’s Municipal Small Bridge Program this week.Chesterfield received $250,000 to rehabilitate a bridge on Ireland Street over the Jackson...

By RICHIE DAVIS

MONTAGUE CENTER — A new farm store and bakery is growing where a bar once stood.Red Fire Farm is readying its latest venture — Red Fire North: A Farm Store and Bakery on Route 63 — on the site of the former Montague Inn.The new venture is seen as an...

By JEFF LAJOIE

It’s 39 minutes, door to door, from Dave Wissman’s home in Guilford, Vermont, to McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Amherst. Since taking a coaching job with the UMass football team earlier this month however, Wissman could just as easily float back and forth...

By Mina Corpuz

BOSTON — Conflicting proposals from state lawmakers to implement the recreational marijuana law voters passed last fall has left Massachusetts cities and towns struggling to cope with confusion, and calls into question whether the regulated industry...

By JASON BUTYNSKI

The Turners Falls High School hockey team will not be lacing up its skates next year.Turners Falls officially ended its four-school cooperative hockey team following this season.“We officially filed to not continue our cooperative,” Turners Falls...

By SUZANNE WILSON

On an October afternoon in 1955, a 12-year-old boy named Donald Vitkus took the first step in a long search for the mother he never knew. With a mop and bucket in hand, he’d been left unsupervised for a few minutes in an office at Belchertown State...

By NICOLE DeFEUDIS

BELCHERTOWN — For the second year in a row, a Belchertown native Navy SEAL has taken top honors at his Virginia Naval unit.Petty Officer 1st Class James Mason, a special warfare operator, was named 2016 Sailor of the Year for the Naval Safety Center...

By FRAN RYAN

In early January unsuspecting residents of West Springfield and Agawam were shocked and frightened when they discovered dozens of dead or dying birds near their homes, some falling from trees on to lawns homes and cars.The unusual incident...

By FRAN RYAN

NORTHAMPTON — Joseph Bartolomeo’s two-day winning streak on the TV game show “Jeopardy!” came to an end Monday evening when the University of Massachusetts Amherst English professor lost to a Virginia social worker. The two-time champion had won a...

By Peter Vancini

To say that Sevenstrong serves local food would be a serious understatement. The recipes designed by executive chef Jonathan Adler are local to the point of obsessiveness. Adler and his general manager Sébastien Piekutowski, who co-own the...

By James Mattone

BOSTON — Although Massachusetts’ opioid deaths are still on the rise, with the powerful drug fentanyl adding to the toll, facets of the Legislature’s anti-drug act are beginning to have an impact.Prescribers have doubled their use of a new online tool...

By ANDY CASTILLO

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Frontier Regional School ninth-grader Nick Jarvis breezed through 22 straight pushups, then stood up as the school’s gymnasium erupted into cheers from fellow students.Around Jarvis, more than a hundred other students also counted...

By Marlene Quinlan, LICSW

It’s that special time of year, and for many people who are managing to live their lives with a cancer diagnosis, the holidays may bring additional challenges. Yes, the season can be stressful, and, yes, cancer brings its own unique stressors.An...

By KAITLIN JUNOD

BOSTON — Area legislators predict a busy new session beginning in January, with issues including the opioid epidemic, clean energy and educational reform on the priority list.Topping the list is the state’s new law legalizing marijuana, with the Dec....

By SHELBY ASHLINE

GILL — The Northfield Mount Hermon School has fired longtime teacher Gary Partenheimer over allegations of misconduct with a female student from more than 30 years ago.The news was reported this week to members of the school community in a letter from...

By SHELBY ASHLINE

WARWICK — Fire Chief Ron Gates turned the key to one of Warwick Fire Department’s four fire engines. The deep red truck struggled to start before roaring to life, pulling slowly out of the station and into the blazing sun.But Warwick Engine One is not...