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By SAMUEL GELINASand CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHAMPTON — The bags for many customers checking out at Northampton’s Winter Market on Saturday were lighter than they used to be — something increasingly common since December.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL,EMILEE KLEIN and SCOTT MERZBACH

In a state that prides itself on its educational prowess, Massachusetts school districts across the commonwealth are facing a crisis of ability to adequately fund their schools. Hampshire County has proved to be no exception.

By SCOTT MERZBACH and SAMUEL GELINAS

The ever-shifting tariff landscape took a turn late Monday, as the U.S. agreed to pause tariffs on Canada for 30 days, several hours after agreeing to do the same with Mexico. China, meanwhile, was also preparing to talk trade with President Donald J. Trump about impending tariffs on its goods.

By EMILEE KLEIN

SPRINGFIELD — Most Massachusetts farmworkers whose hard work puts food on the dinner tables for Massachusetts families have difficulty affording the produce they pick and process.

By SCOTT MERZBACH, EMILEE KLEIN and ALEXA LEWIS

On the final day of voting in the presidential election between Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and former Republican President Donald Trump, a steady stream of voters made their ways to polling locations throughout the area Tuesday, both...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL and ALEXA LEWIS

NORTHAMPTON — It’s believed that only one Leeds resident has ever given his life in a world war, but he now rests somewhere deep in the ocean, his name largely unknown in the community he hailed from. Now, another Leeds veteran hopes to celebrate and...

By CHRIS LARABEE and DOMENIC POLI

With a $165,000 grant, 18 formerly incarcerated individuals in Franklin and Hampshire counties can participate in a training program with their respective sheriffs’ offices and Community Action Pioneer Valley to prepare them to re-enter the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH and ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

AMHERST — More than 130 people were arrested on the University of Massachusetts campus Tuesday night after those who set up a pro-Palestinian encampment on the South Lawn of the Student Union refused to dismantle tents and other parts of the site and...

By SCOTT MERZBACHand CHRIS LARRABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Yankee Candle is closing one of its three distribution sites in South Deerfield by the end of this year as Newell Brands, the candle maker’s parent company, moves ahead with consolidation plans.The company said an auxiliary warehouse...

By EMILEE KLEINand BELLA LEVAVI

Like many communities throughout Hampshire County, Amherst routinely faces a double whammy that hinders its ability to fix roads in many of its neighborhoods in a timely fashion — the costs to make such repairs steadily escalate while the money sent...

By DOMENIC POLI and BELLA LEVAVI

GREENFIELD — Greenfield Savings Bank has announced the appointment of Thomas Meshako as the new president and CEO after the board of directors accepted John Howland’s resignation.“I have been here for seven and half years. That’s longer than I had...

By BERA DUNAU and REBECA PEREIRA

NORTHAMPTON — City officials are cautioning people against using an unofficial swimming area at Connecticut River Greenway Park, a posted no swimming site that, despite deep water and strong currents, has gained popularity this summer among swimmers...