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By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — An Amherst inventor’s latest creation could mean more independence for senior citizens and others who use wheelchairs, while at the same time cutting down on medical bills and caregiver costs.“This is a plush piece of furniture,” Marvin...

By HANNAH BEVIS

DEVENS – Northampton head coach Linda Rowbotham and junior Maeve O’Neil hovered over Rowbotham’s phone, checking the live results of the MIAA Division 2 Girls Cross Country Championship race that had just concluded minutes before. As far as the Blue...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Holyoke’s Dante Whitley was one of six Massachusetts seniors that received a college scholarship from Boston Celtics forward Grant Williams.Williams partnered with the organization MENTOR and formed a group mentoring program with young men of color...

By HANNAH BEVIS

AGAWAM — While she wouldn’t call it a dynasty, Northampton head girls track and field coach Linda Rowbotham was thrilled with her team’s three-peat at the Division 1 PVIAC meet on Sunday afternoon.The Northampton girls won in convincing fashion,...

By HANNAH BEVIS

It seemed like the UMass women’s basketball team had managed to move past shaky starts that had plagued them off and on over the years.The top-seeded Minutewomen have struggled with a couple of things over the years – namely slow starts and playing...

By STEVE PFARRER

In late 2020, Valley music fans were disheartened to hear that Gateway City Arts, the multi-arts venue in Holyoke, was shutting it doors because of lost business during the first year of the pandemic.But the outlook brightened in April 2021, when...

By Dusty Christensen

Conservationists in the state studying possible breeding sites for the endangered timber rattlesnake have added Mount Tom into the mix.The popular hiking and recreation area located in Holyoke and Easthampton joins an island on the Quabbin Reservoir...