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By SCOTT MERZBACH

Amherst Democratic Sen. Stanley C. Rosenberg is pledging that the state Legislature will continue to make positive changes for residents of Massachusetts, addressing education funding, income inequality, energy needs and climate change, as well as the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — The union representing Amherst firefighters is using social media to raise concerns that the Amherst Fire Department is already overwhelmed by emergency calls three days into 2017. On New Year’s Day, Amherst Firefighters Local 1764 wrote on...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Break-ins at three homes, all reported Saturday afternoon, are being investigated by Amherst Police.Police are also investigating an armed robbery in which two men allegedly showed a knife, while stealing $10 in cash and a cellphone from a...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Promoting affordable housing, enhancing community services for low- and moderate-income residents and making public infrastructure more accessible are among the projects encouraged in the town’s 2017 community development strategy.This...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Representatives of the First Congregational Church are turning down $200,000 in Community Preservation Act money that would have paid more than half the cost of installing a fire sprinkler system in its building at 165 Main St.Instead, the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — The town’s ambitious school project shot down at Town Meeting in November is getting new life. More than 50 parents and children ascended the main staircase at Town Hall Tuesday afternoon to drop off petitions, with 420 signatures, asking...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — An Amherst native who has provided legal assistance to hundreds of undocumented immigrant youth in New York sets out on a nationwide journey next month in response to what she sees as growing fears and uncertainty for many about...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A divided Charter Commission is moving forward with pursuit of a new government structure that would replace the Select Board and Town Meeting with a mayor and town council.In what commission chairman Andy Churchill calls the first...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Amherst’s first spray park is still moving forward, even with the town losing out on a $450,000 state grant that would have paid for a portion of the improvements planned at Groff Park.Assistant Town Manager David Ziomek said Wednesday that...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — A city human service agency has agreed to reimburse the state for executive director salary payments and alcohol purchases following a state audit released this week. The audit on Nonotuck Resource Associates, Inc. for the period between...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Following on the heels of the presidents of four area colleges expressing support for immigrant students, the Select Board has issued a proclamation in advance of Saturday’s Human Rights Day reminding the community that Amherst is a safe...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Municipal review of a $40 million mixed-use development that would alter the landscape of North Amherst begins Thursday night. The North Square at the Mill District project would bring a large amount of housing to a portion of Cowls Road...

By JACK SUNTRUP

NORTHAMPTON — Charlotte “Bunny” Trudeau grew up in a big family on a farm outside of Salisbury, Vermont, and got her nickname from being born on Easter Sunday in 1930, her children said. Her family didn’t have a lot of money, but they were close.At...

By EMILY CUTTSNORTHAMPTON —  Former South Hadley funeral director William W. Ryder pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $400,000 in prepaid funeral arrangements in Hampshire Superior Court Friday morning and was sentenced to jail, two-and-half years...

By STEVE PFARRER

In an election season that included anti-immigrant rhetoric, misogyny, racism and a regular level of vulgarity, it seems a fitting exhibit.But “The Hate Project,” currently on view at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, speaks to a broader...

By EMILY CUTTS

For the second straight election, incumbent state Sen. Eric Lesser, D-Longmeadow, is facing a challenge from James “Chip” Harrington in the race for the 1st Hampden and Hampshire District seat.Unlike the first go-around, however, Harrington is now...

By EMILY CUTTS

BELCHERTOWN — A University of Massachusetts Amherst student pleaded not guilty Oct. 21 in Eastern Hampshire District Court to numerous assault charges.Dan Idhenga, 19, was charged with indecent assault and battery on a person over 14, three charges of...

By EMILY CUTTS

SOUTH HADLEY — Area businesses will be on display Thursday for the first Spotlight on South Hadley Businesses, a new event designed to showcase new and established companies in town.The event, hosted by Know Your Town and the South Hadley & Granby...

By MICHAEL MAJCHROWICZ

NORTHAMPTON — Moments before she was sentenced Wednesday to spend the rest of her life in prison for murdering her wife, Cara Rintala trudged to a seat beside her attorneys.The shackles around her ankles clanked and dragged along the wooden floor as...

By LISA SPEAR

Hard rock music is cranked up in the operating room and the lights are dimmed. The patient, Eileen Conway, 63, is not conscious. Only a square of her stomach is exposed. The rest of her is under a sterile, blue gauze-like fabric.This is the start of...