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SOUTH HADLEY — Massachusetts State Police apprehended a South Hadley man on Monday night after he fled from police in a vehicle and crashed into another vehicle on the Joseph E. Muller Bridge.

By EMILEE KLEIN

BELCHERTOWN — As part of the town’s rebranding and marketing efforts, engineer consultant Stantec has identified around 80 signs to install around town for its wayfinding project designed to help residents and tourists navigate Hampshire County’s largest town in terms of landmass.

By EMILEE KLEIN

BELCHERTOWN — At the start of the 64th season of New England Public Media’s “As Schools Match Wits,” a high school academic trivia game show, Belchertown High School’s team came in as a bit of an underdog.

By EMILEE KLEIN

NORTHAMPTON — When he arrived to the United States from the Dominican Republic in 2019, Juan Luis said he felt “reborn.”

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SOUTH HADLEY — As part of an initiative to improve mental health and quality of life for police officers, South Hadley Police Department offers a “wellness room” for officers to decompress from the stresses of law enforcement and crisis response.

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The Trump administration rescinded a $25 million grant awarded to Mass Audubon — the largest federal grant the nonprofit had received in its 123-year history — to protect 10,000 acres of land along the Connecticut River and restore 100 acres of damaged habitat.

By EMILEE KLEIN

HOLYOKE — Monica Samano, Carrie Berthiaume and Mary Beth Janocha mount their horses while their mothers Marie Berthiaume and Linda Samano take their usual seat by the window in the Therapeutic Equestrian Center office, venting about their week’s victories and frustrations as they have for the past 30 years.

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — Since July 2015, the Rev. James Nolte has led the St. Patrick’s parish as a “gentle giant,” according to Deacon David Bergeron.

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — In an effort to slow down cars speeding along thickly settled residential roads, South Hadley joins other Hampshire County cities and towns in lowering the statutory speed limit on roads from 30 mph to 25 mph.

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EASTHAMPTON — It’s not often that a City Council decision draws a standing ovation, but that’s exactly what happened last week when Easthampton’s legislative body approved a resolution to protect the transgender, nonbinary, gender-diverse and intersex community from any attempts to remove their access to health care or community services.

By EMILEE KLEIN

NORTHAMPTON — Heat intensifies Evan Rudzik’s traffic enforcement shifts: his muscles get fatigued faster, his breath feels heavier and his sweat causes his florescent uniform to stick to his back and legs.

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AMHERST — Local scientists warn that the proposed federal cuts to the United States Geological Survey’s Ecosystem Mission Area — a federal research program that studies the country’s natural resources — outlined in the White House’s fiscal year 2026 budget could not only degrade national ecosystems, but the industries and people that rely on them.

By EMILEE KLEIN

AMHERST — Graduate student Josie Pilchik’s career plans dissolved with just one email.

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NORTHAMPTON — In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision on Wednesday to uphold Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming health care for minors, locally-based Transhealth is sending a clear message to its patients and the community: health and community services for trans individuals in the commonwealth will persist as long as trans people exist.

By EMILEE KLEIN

BELCHERTOWN — Dwight Day returns on Saturday for a second year to celebrate Belchertown’s historic village with conservation and wildlife activities, a cemetery tour and a portrayal of Emily Dickinson’s friendship with famous Dwight author Josiah Gilbert Holland.

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CHICOPEE — Inside Berchmans Hall at the College of Our Lady of the Elms on Tuesday, 90 Westover Job Corps Center graduates celebrated securing their driver’s licenses, high school diplomas and vocational certificates. But outside the ceremony in the rainy weather, three members of the western Massachusetts political delegation rebuked the Trump administration’s recent attempts to shut down the Job Corps programs that made these graduates’ achievements possible.

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — Mount Holyoke College will indefinitely pause construction of its geothermal pump hub — the heart of its $180 million effort to build a carbon-neutral heating and cooling system — due to uncertainties with potential tariffs and economic downturn.

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BELCHERTOWN — Kaia Couture had not even considered entering the 44th annual Congressional Art Competition until Belchertown art teacher Elizabeth Teixeira suggested her realistic painting of marbles had enough intricate detail in its reflections, light and shadow to contend with the thousands of submissions from the First Congressional District.

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GRANBY — After five months of weighing more expensive and expansive options to turn the West Street Building into town offices and a new Council on Aging, residents at Monday’s special Town Meeting returned to a $5.6 million project to move all town offices under one roof in part of the old elementary school building.

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SOUTH HADLEY — Smack in between the lush pathway along the Hadley Falls Dam and the stately Old Firehouse Museum — in the town’s newly designated historical district — sits a heaping pile of bricks, metal and trash loosely enclosed by a wire fence.

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GRANBY — A second phase of the Dufresne Park forest management plan will remove more trees than the first — 2,300 dead, fallen or infested trees — after the Select Board previously said the additional round of management would remove fewer trees compared to two years ago.