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By ELLIOT WELD

HALDEY — Lane Hall-Witt, a rising freshman, scored his first two goals of the season, as Hadley beat South Hadley 3-0 in Pioneer Vlaley Summer Soccer League action on Monday.“I just got good balls from my teammates and I finished them,” Hall-Witt...

By SHELBY ASHLINEand MIRANDA DAVIS

GREENFIELD — Sixty-eight-year-old Roberta Hurtig of Oak Bluffs had her usual seat at the Green River Festival — perched underneath an umbrella in a folding lawn chair.“We’ve learned over the years the tricks to get in line to be in the first row of...

By DANIELLE DUSEAU

NORTHAMPTON — Amherst defeated Northampton, 7-6, in the second round of the double-elimination Sandy Koufax playoffs on Friday afternoon. Amherst trailed all game but rallied in the top of the fifth inning to score four runs and pull ahead....

By FRAN RYAN

HUNTINGTON — A 136-year-old church will be sold at auction later this month in a first for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield.The diocese, which covers Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire counties, plans to place St. Thomas Catholic...

By FRAN RYAN

HOLYOKE — As the American shad migration upstream comes to a close, the numbers of fish passing over the Holyoke dam this year has been encouraging to fish biologist and those from who operate the Robert E. Barrett Fishway.On July 2, the total number...

 By LAUREL DEMKOVICH

NORTHAMPTON — Massachusetts needs a governor for the entire state, Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz said Tuesday, and Newton Mayor Setti Warren can be that person.“Don’t forget about western Massachusetts,” Narkewicz said. “One size doesn’t always...

By DANIELLE DUSEAU

EASTHAMPTON — The Easthampton Little League Intermediate baseball team defeated Auburn 15-5 at Sheehan Field Monday to advance to the state championship.Easthampton walked off with the win following a nine-run sixth inning that invoked the mercy...

By JOSHUA SOLOMON

ORANGE — A Wendell man who authorities say shot and killed the woman he lived with in front of her son was ordered held without bail Monday on multiple charges Lewis H. Starkey III, 53, of Wendell was arraigned Monday on charges of murder, armed...

By SHELBY ASHLINE

COLRAIN — The driver of a 10-wheel dump truck was transported to Baystate Franklin Medical Center following a crash on Jacksonville Road Friday afternoon that left the road temporarily closed.According to Deputy Fire Chief Kevin Worden, the accident...

By FRAN RYAN

CHESTERFIELD — The sun shone brightly Tuesday morning as throngs of people, including Congressman Richard Neal, lined South Street and Main Road in Chesterfield. They wove American flags, and cheered when the blare of a police siren signaled the start...

By Nyssa Kruse

EASTHAMPTON — When Melanie Salvaggio and Katie MacCallum moved to Easthampton last year, they were disappointed to learn the city was no longer accepting bids to operate a boat rental business on Nashawannuck Pond.Then, in 2017, the couple got a...

By ELLIOT WELD

EASTHAMPTON — Easthampton won the District 2 Little League Intermediate championship on Thursday, beating Belchertown, 14-1, at Sheehan Field at Nonotuck Park.Nick Jolicoeur started for Easthampton. In his four innings pitched, Jolicoeur allowed one...

By MIRANDA DAVIS

GREENFIELD — Nurses, union members and other supporters gathered around the two main entrances to Baystate Franklin Medical Center to cheer on the nurses who had to leave their shift because a three-day lockout began Sunday night in response to their...

By RICHIE DAVIS

DEERFIELD — For the first time in years, the state may not have a budget in place for the fiscal year that begins July 1, because revenue projections are a “moving target,” legislators told Franklin County business leaders Friday.In addition, even...

By JOSHUA SOLOMON

GREENFIELD — Here’s a prime example of how to turn a marketing class project into a job.This spring, Sierra Myers, a Northampton native, created a new Instagram account for Thornes Marketplace as part of a group project for a Greenfield Community...

By ELLIOT WELD

AMHERST — In past years, when Amherst’s Babe Ruth baseball season ended at the end of May, most of the players were done playing for the summer.Not this year.The Pioneer Valley Youth Baseball League organized a Sandy Koufax Division for the first time...

By NYSSA KRUSE

State officials are advising consumers to use cash instead of debit and credit cards when buying gas after a state investigation found skimmers attached to pumps at two Hampshire County gas stations last month. The state’s consumer watchdog agency...

By FRAN RYAN

WILLIAMSBURG — Staff and faculty at the Anne T. Dunphy School threw a surprise celebration Friday for six longtime teachers who are retiring this month.The retirees, thinking they were attending a simple retirement ceremony at the school, were taken...

By AVIVA LUTTRELL

SOUTH DEERFIELD — A driver from Easthampton escaped serious injury after police say he went off the road on Interstate 91, hit another vehicle and rolled his car over onto the median Tuesday afternoon.Clinton Dawley, 24, of Easthampton, was traveling...

By SHAWN MEDOW

EUGENE, Oregon — Harvard sophomore Gabby Thomas was in fourth place with 50 meters to go in the 200-meter final at the NCAA outdoor track and field championships.With about 15 meters to go, Oregon’s Deajah Stevens, one of the favorites to win the...