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By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — A May 2 vote by trustees for the Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School to add two new members is being temporarily nullified by the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A proposed demolition of a two-story commercial building in downtown Amherst, to allow for development of a new mixed-use project, will be considered by the Historical Commission on Monday.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

EASTHAMPTON — The City Council passed the $62 million fiscal year budget put forward by Mayor Nicole LaChapelle, although not without some controversy regarding reduced hours for several city employees.

By CHRIS LARABEE

WASHINGTON — The federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture and President Donald Trump filed by Red Fire Farm and other organizations over frozen government money will move forward, as a judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has laid out a schedule of further proceedings.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Concerns over possible cuts in federal financial support to the University of Massachusetts, and tax legislation being considered by Congress, is leading campus officials to call for various belt-tightening measures, including spending reductions of 3% and 5% in all academic and administrative departments.

By RYAN AMES

HOLYOKE – Sebastian Mexico has a simple approach once he steps inside the batter’s box: swing early and often.

By RYAN AMES

Logan Alfandari earned top billing among the Amherst Regional competitors at the second day of the Nike Outdoor Nationals in Eugene, Oregon with a first-place finish in the boys shot put.

By EMILEE KLEIN

AMHERST — Local scientists warn that the proposed federal cuts to the United States Geological Survey’s Ecosystem Mission Area — a federal research program that studies the country’s natural resources — outlined in the White House’s fiscal year 2026 budget could not only degrade national ecosystems, but the industries and people that rely on them.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

NORTHAMPTON — Safe Passage is just one of many organizations that rely on federal funding caught between a rock and a hard place — between going through a funding desert, or risking being penalized for misuse of federal funds.

By GARRETT COTE

School is officially over, and with that, summer is finally here. High school graduations have concluded, underclassmen enjoyed their final days of classes and spring state championships wrapped up last weekend.

By CAROLYN BROWN

Florence-based author and illustrator Grace Lin is known for books like “Where the Mountain Meets the Moon” (for which she received a Newbery Honor in 2010), “The Gate, the Girl, and the Dragon,” “The Ugly Vegetables,” and “A Big Mooncake for Little Star” (for which she received a Caldecott Honor in 2019). Now, the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst is celebrating Lin’s work with a career retrospective.

By GARRETT COTE

Last summer, Miranda Wingfield completed the “Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming” – finishing the English Channel, Catalina Channel and 20 Bridges Swim to accomplish the feat.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Outdoor swim season is underway in Amherst, with the full-size pool at Mill River Recreation Area opening in early June and both War Memorial Pool and the wading pool at Mill River scheduled to be ready for swimmers this week.

By RYAN AMES

Claire Fortin of Amherst Regional competed in the first day of events at this year’s Nike Outdoor Nationals meet in Eugene, Oregon on Thursday.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

NORTHAMPTON — What’s the difference between nostalgia and recycling the past? It’s probably a question best answered by college sweethearts Justin Landry and Haley Kean.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — In a repeat of last year’s outcome, the City Council on Wednesday failed to approve Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra’s budget for next fiscal year, owing in large part to the council president’s legal inability to cast the deciding vote.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

WORTHINGTON — In the words of Select Board Chair Charlie Rose, annual Town Meeting this month went “surprisingly well,” despite a looming deficit that may require a Proposition 2½ override request in the near future.

By EMILEE KLEIN

BELCHERTOWN — Dwight Day returns on Saturday for a second year to celebrate Belchertown’s historic village with conservation and wildlife activities, a cemetery tour and a portrayal of Emily Dickinson’s friendship with famous Dwight author Josiah Gilbert Holland.

By GARRETT COTE

Bats came alive in the third inning for the Belchertown Post 239 Senior American Legion baseball team, as a five-run frame brought it from down a run to ahead 5-1 in the blink of an eye. After Jake Waller held Monson Post 241 scoreless in the fourth, Post 239 added two more runs to give themselves a six-run cushion.

By RYAN AMES

HADLEY – Members of the UMass men’s basketball team were anything but couch potatoes when they toured Barnwood Valley Farms on Wednesday afternoon.

By DOMENIC POLI

SPRINGFIELD — A U.S. Marine Corps veteran was sentenced on Tuesday to 24 months of supervised release for stealing benefit payments from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and submitting a false Purple Heart application through his congressional representative.