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By SAMUEL GELINAS

Fatherhood in jail is limited to letters, phone calls, and inch-thick plexiglass that bars intimacy. But that plexiglass was shattered, and the concrete mass that is the Hampshire County House of Corrections became a home for a few hours Wednesday night.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

Those attending a recent ribbon-cutting for the new UMass Downtown retail store and event space in Amherst center were invited to an afterparty at the Uptown Tap & Grille, which despite having a seemingly different geographical designation, is a neighboring business in the same building.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Accusing his Republican colleagues in Congress of being “too scared to stand up to their leadership,” namely, President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern is co-sponsoring a new bill designed to block “backdoor” cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP.)

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — An elected member of the Hatfield Housing Authority is being removed from the five-member panel for alleged behavior that undermined the functioning of the board and its leadership, refusing to attend meetings and failing to stay up to date on required state certifications.

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — The School Committee will interview two finalists for Granby’s superintendent position on Monday after an hour-long meet and greet with the public, according to the district. 

By DOMENIC POLI

AMHERST — A renowned expert on the Middle East will visit western Massachusetts on Monday and Tuesday to discuss the situation in Palestine and her new book.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — A smaller, 15,000-square-foot building that could still meet most of the long-term needs for the Department of Public Works, including wash and maintenance bays for vehicles and equipment and new office space for employees, will be considered by residents at annual Town Meeting on May 1.

By CAROLYN BROWN

It’s not uncommon for a small nonprofit not to have a physical space. It is, however, ironic when that nonprofit itself is called Human Scale Art Space.

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — The transfer portal news keeps on coming for the UMass men’s basketball team, as four more players made their decisions on whether or not they’ll be playing in Amherst next season.

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — Residents will vote on a $10 million Proposition 2½ debt exclusion override to renovate half of the old West Street School into municipal offices for every department and a new senior center at a special Town Meeting on Tuesday.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

SHUTESBURY — While no ban on motorboats on Lake Wyola is being contemplated, a serious accident that injured a boater last June has prompted a review of the current bylaw governing use of the 128-acre body of water, which some residents say should be modified to enhance safety, while others say safety is largely a matter of personal responsibility.

By RYAN AMES

The departures keep on coming for the UMass hockey team as juniors Cole O’Hara and Kenny Connors and sophomore Aydar Suniev decided to turn pro and sign NHL contracts this week.

By CAROLYN BROWN

Leverett artist Rhoda Juels died recently, leaving behind a substantial collection of her works. Now, her daughter Dara is inviting members of the public to take the art – entirely free.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

BOSTON — For a condition that affects 11%, or approximately one in 10 of reproductive age-women, endometriosis is on hardly anyone’s radar, including medical professionals.

By ALEXA LEWIS

A bill allowing for medical aid in dying once again made it to a hearing before the state Legislature’s Joint Committee on Public Health on Wednesday morning. While versions of this bill have reached this stage before, local proponents of the measure are feeling hopeful as this is the earliest in a legislative session it has been brought to this committee’s hearing. 

By CAROLYN BROWN

The total impact that humans have had on the environment may be hard to measure, but a new exhibition at the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s University Museum of Contemporary Art, running through Friday, May 9, aims to show some of that impact and create conversations about how artists respond to it with their work.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A memorandum of agreement reached between the town, Jones Library trustees and the Massachusetts Historical Commission is among the final steps for accessing $2.1 million in federal grants that will go toward the $46.14 million expansion and renovation of the library at 43 Amity St.

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — The city is moving along in its search for a new police chief. Four candidates, both internal and external, have advanced into the next stage of assessment.

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — For more than eight-and-a-half decades, generations of families have come and gone through the Whately Grange 414.

By RYAN AMES

Amherst native and former Boston College hockey star Ryan Leonard helped the Washington Capitals defeat the lowly Boston Bruins, 4-3, during his NHL debut Tuesday night at the TD Garden.