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By EMILY THURLOW

NORTHAMPTON — Valley Recycling has seen an influx of mattresses and box springs that people are tossing out over the past month.On Saturday, the Northampton recycling center is only open for four hours, but managed to take in 100 mattresses from area...

By BRIAN STEELE

NORTHAMPTON — With the start of classes slated for Thursday, the public school district’s interim leader is negotiating with a candidate for the role of interim principal at Northampton High School, but officials said it is still possible for...

By CHRIS LARABEE

Editor’s note: This is a story in a continuing series examining the Special Commission on Rural School Districts’ report. As rural school districts continue to work within tight budget constraints that often threaten or outright cut extracurricular...

By BERA DUNAU

GOSHEN — There is a place where women rule, across multiple levels of government. But this place isn’t the fictional island of Themyscira, famously home to the superhero Wonder Woman; it’s the small hilltown of Goshen.“Perhaps other people have that...

By DOMENIC POLI

BUCKLAND — A former U.S. Marine is apologizing to his fellow veterans and the community at large after it was discovered he has embellished his military service and received medals and money he had not earned.Investigations by the Upper Pioneer Valley...

By BERA DUNAU

BELCHERTOWN — A Belchertown man was arrested on a murder charge Monday in relation to the 2021 shooting death of Charleen Figueroa in Springfield. According to a release from the Springfield Police Department, Victor Oquendo, 25, was arrested in...

By BERA DUNAU

Huff Templeton, a Williamstown resident with a passion for issues of social justice and a record of involvement in town politics, is running for the Democratic nomination for a four-county Senate district.“I’m running for state Senate to make a...

By BRIAN STEELE

NORTHAMPTON — The School Committee is “entertaining applications for an interim superintendent for the Northampton Public Schools,” vice chair Gwen Agna said during a special meeting held virtually on Tuesday night.The committee drafted a job posting...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

HOLYOKE — The state has reached a settlement with the company that owns the Mount Tom quarry, which it proposed filling with soils unearthed during regional construction projects.For over a year, the state Department of Conservation and Recreation has...

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — After the death of James Pasiecnik in January, his three daughters banded together to ensure the family business, 5J Creamee and Pasiecnik Farmstand, is operating in full force this summer.Justine Pasiecnik, the oldest of the three sisters,...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Sayhan Islam arrived in Amherst from Bangladesh in 2020 never having played sports. Even so, he became a member of the Amherst-Pelham Regional High School boys lacrosse team.“Sayhan didn’t even know what lacrosse was two years ago,” said...

By BRIAN STEELE

NORTHAMPTON — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern met with city officials on Wednesday to celebrate an injection of federal funding for the Manhan Rail Trail and brainstorm ways that lawmakers can help with establishing the Community...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — The University of Massachusetts is pushing back its commencement ceremony to late May beginning next year, the result of a revised academic calendar that features a new six-week winter session.But the decision by the Faculty Senate, causing...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — Seven student-athletes and one team will be recognized at the inaugural induction ceremony for Easthampton’s first high school athletic hall of fame this June.The ceremony will take place on Saturday, June 11, from 2 to 5 p.m. at...

By BRIAN STEELE

“Every child is entitled to be loved, cared for, secure, and protected from verbal, sexual, emotional and physical abuse, exploitation and neglect.” So begins Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle’s proclamation recognizing April as National Child Abuse...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — An in-depth study of traffic on the University of Massachusetts campus is underway after recent crashes that killed one pedestrian and seriously injured another.Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., with a local office in Springfield, was recently...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A 150-acre parcel featuring more than a mile of frontage on the Fort River, including mostly greenspace used as a golf course since 1969, is now owned by the town.Amherst officials announced this week that the West Pomeroy Lane site,...

By BERA DUNAU

WESTHAMPTON — Town Democrats will hold a party caucus Thursday, giving them a voice in the selection of candidates for governor and other statewide offices. However, eight other Hampshire County communities will not be sending caucus delegates to the...

By BERA DUNAU

NORTHAMPTON — Luma Mufleh, who was shaped by her experience at her beloved alma mater, Smith College, and went on to found the refugee and immigrant education nonprofit Fugees Family, will be Smith’s commencement speaker this year.“I thought it was...

By BERA DUNAU

WORTHINGTON — Taking over a farm during a global pandemic may not be for everyone, but that’s exactly what spouses Kelly Auer and Deb Rocque did, alongside their friend Kim Trust, when they purchased Justamere Tree Farm in 2020. Since then, the three...