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AMHERST — In 2013, Canadian police estimated that there were 1,181 unresolved cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada. The number today is closer to 4,000.

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — South Haldey Police are investigating a vandalism incident that occurred at South Hadley High School over the weekend.

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — With Superintendent Mark McLaughlin poised to leave the district at the end of the school year, the School Committee has identified a front-runner to take his place in Jennifer Voyik, current assistant superintendent of finance and business operations.

By EMILEE KLEIN

AMHERST — University of Massachusetts researchers have uncovered rabbit ticks in Maine that harbor a new strain of bacteria related to pathogens known to cause spotted fever in humans.

By EMILEE KLEIN

NORTHAMPTON — Some people are led by answers, but Catherine Kay’s life has unfolded around a guiding question: What can I do, with my current passions and capabilities, to support myself and my community?

By EMILEE KLEIN

BELCHERTOWN — Tightly-packed rows of soil-filled plastic bags hang by clothespin to a laundry drying rack by a window at Renate Robinson’s home. Each bag holds what appears as a long, narrow potato, a few of which have a light purple or green eye peaking out.

By EMILEE KLEIN

NORTHAMPTON — Whether it’s injecting more whimsy in festivities or rallying to preserve civil protections for queer communities, Hampshire Pride promises to be bigger and bolder for its third year under new leadership.

By EMILEE KLEIN

BELCHERTOWN — Lucky drivers on the Mass Pike may look out their windshield to see an industrial-sized recycling container with brightly-colored murals of people gardening in upcycled tire planters, critters playing on the Jabish Brook or even the beloved buildings of Belchertown rather than the typical blue, green and brown neutrals.

By EMILEE KLEIN

AMHERST — When UMass Permaculture organizes its weekly student farmers markets in spring and fall, vendors interested in selling their wares must act fast to scoop up the limited number of spots.

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — After five years of little to no progress redeveloping the former Bardwell Library property into condominiums, the Select Board decided to investigate legal options against the developer for breach of contract.

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — On any given night, Ted Hathaway plays board games with his two daughters, but he struggles getting his youngest to pick up a book long enough to get past the cover.

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — April showers bring May flowers, but foliage isn’t the only thing blooming in South Hadley after a windy winter and early spring rain.

By EMILEE KLEIN

NORTHAMPTON — When Kara McElhone, executive director of child welfare nonprofit Children’s Advocacy Center of Hampshire County, searched in vain for a satellite office in Belchertown, Police Chief Kevin Pacunas personally helped her locate a place to rent.

By EMILEE KLEIN

BELCHERTOWN — Demolition and abatement of the environmentally-contaminated old power plant on the Belchertown State School property is underway as part of the redevelopment of the sprawling site.

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — The School Committee has selected interim Superintendent Mary Jane Rickson to take over the role on a permanent basis based on her extensive experience and focus on providing the best environment and education of students.

By EMILEE KLEIN

For the last two years, the Hitchcock Center for the Environment has aimed to help more than 1,000 third graders in Springfield Public Schools envision themselves as scientists and engineers.

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY— The town will officially welcome Tammy Martin as its new town administrator on June 2 after a long wait and search for Christopher Martin’s replacement.

By EMILEE KLEIN

BELCHERTOWN — In response to resident concerns and pleas from an April 1 listening session, the Select Board on Thursday voted to lower the Proposition 2½ override request from $3.3 million to $2.9 million in hopes that a more palatable number will pass at the ballot box.

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — The future of the West Street Building, once an elementary school for the town’s youngest students, remains unclear after residents voted against appropriating $10 million to renovate the building into municipal offices and a new Council on Aging.

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — Incumbents captured most of the votes in Tuesday’s annual town elections, which featured few contested races and drew only 1,552, or 5.79%, of registered voters to the polls.