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By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A record-setting enrollment of Black students in Amherst College’s first-year class is garnering attention from a publication that focuses on the status of African-Americans in higher education.For college officials, topping The Journal of...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

NORTHAMPTON — After 64 years on Masonic Street, one of downtown’s longest-running stores has closed.Open since 1958, The Old Book Store turned its final page last month. In a phone interview Tuesday, owner Henry Walz confirmed that he is looking to...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A man who allegedly broke into a downtown apartment and then reportedly assaulted a police dog by barking at it was arrested early Sunday morning, according to Amherst police.Patrick C. Kelly, 21, of Weymouth, was arrested at 1:02 a.m. on...

By BRIAN STEELE

NORTHAMPTON — The public got its first look Monday evening at a proposed overhaul of the vacant Northampton Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, a $25.3 million project that would create 60 units of affordable housing.The 6.2-acre property at 737 Bridge...

By BRIAN STEELE

NORTHAMPTON — Tributes are pouring in to celebrate the life and work of Dr. Marty Nathan, a retired physician and trailblazing social justice activist who died Monday at the age of 70.Nathan’s daughter Leah Nathan said her mother died after a...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A 17-unit townhouse development in the shadow of the tower dormitories in the Southwest Area of the University of Massachusetts campus is being proposed for a 2.2-acre parcel at the corner of Sunset Avenue and Fearing Street.The process of...

By BRIAN STEELE

AMHERST — The former head coach of the Amherst College men’s lacrosse team has filed a federal lawsuit claiming that school officials discriminated against him, and ultimately fired him, “on the basis of his race.” Rashad Devoe, a Black man who says...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Ryan Leonard wanted to start his own legacy, not follow his family’s.The Amherst native and former Pope Francis forward announced his commitment to play hockey for Boston College on Sunday in an Instagram post.“It’s nothing against other schools, but...

By CHRIS LARABEE

Hamshaw Lumber Inc. has acquired Leader Home Centers’ five retail locations and will be transitioning those stores over the next month.The Keene, N.H.-based lumber company, which already has a location in Orange, has purchased Leader Home Centers,...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

SPRINGFIELD — As Bunny Croteau drove home one day in the early 1970s, she noticed a vehicle drive by in the other direction, the driver looking an awful lot like her 11-year-old son, Danny.So, when Bunny got home, she looked around for Danny, but he...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

SPRINGFIELD — Almost 50 years after police discovered the body of 13-year-old Danny Croteau floating in the Chicopee River, Hampden County’s top prosecutor said his office concluded Croteau’s killer was former Catholic priest Richard Lavigne, a...

By GRETA JOCHEM

NORTHAMPTON —About 200 people gathered outside JFK Middle School on Wednesday, some holding signs in support of Principal Desmond Caldwell or with messages like “Hate has no home in our school,” and “yes there is racism here.” Several high school...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

HOLYOKE — City residents are mourning a 15-year-old boy who was shot to death during a spate of four shootings Saturday.On Monday, police arrested city resident Angel Gonzalez, 22, on a murder charge in connection with the shooting death of the boy,...

BY CHRIS GOUDREAU

NORTHAMPTON — No longer will the click-clack of tap dancing, nor the graceful movements of ballet or the lyrical melodies of musical theater fill Northampton School of Dance’s studio. The school recently announced its closure due the ongoing COVID-19...

By MARY BYRNE

DEERFIELD — The Bement School has named Michael Schloat as its new head of school.A Deerfield resident, Schloat has held the role of interim head of school since June, following the departure of Christopher Wilson. He is the coed day and boarding...

By CHRIS GOUDREAU

NORTHAMPTON — After close to three decades of bringing live summer theater productions to the Pioneer Valley, New Century Theatre announced Monday that it’s curtain call for good because of the persistent COVID-19 pandemic. In a written notice posted...

By Chris Goudreau

‘At the age of 59, I’m beginning to live.’ That’s how Teresa Lavigne describes herself today, nearly three decades into an on-again, off-again battle with weight loss.That wasn’t the case in 1992 when, at the age of 31, the Holyoke resident joined a...

By MICHAEL CONNORS

PLAINFIELD — A defunct dairy farm owned by the family of the late fire chief Dennis Thatcher is about to get a jolt of new life after a Plainfield couple and business owners bought the well-known property earlier this month.The property’s new owners,...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Tim Jacques, Simon LeClair, Tobias L’Esperance and Ben Howe huddled around a table at the McDonald’s on King Street in Northampton.They heard on Wednesday that New Balance Indoor Nationals was canceled and met Thursday to formulate a plan. The...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

NORTHAMPTON — Caroline Tanner could only watch.The Northampton senior hunched over at the right block with her hands on her knees as Pittsfield senior Jordyn Lummus held the basketball at the free-throw line.The top-seeded Blue Devils and No. 8...