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By SAMUEL GELINAS

NORTHAMPTON — As Smithies made their way around campus at lunch hour on Thursday, 20 or so protesters stood in numbingly cold rain, lining the sidewalk along Elm Street to decry what they allege is the school’s “complicity with genocide,” and voiced three demands.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

CUMMINGTON — Last week Nancy Cole found herself in “crisis mode.” But she entered this week “crying and laughing,” in awe of what she called the “magic” of her community that rallied to buy the Cummington resident a boiler — raising $21,555 in less than 24 hours.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

SPRINGFIELD — The Jewish Federation of Western Massachusetts committed this month to a three-year, $200,000-a-year partnership with the Secure Community Network (SCN) to strengthen and enhance security measures at congregations, schools and organizations throughout the region.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

CHESTERFIELD — Kate Reid, formerly the assistant director of the town’s Council on Aging (COA), will be stepping in as interim leader and says she will use the time to “hold place.”

By SAMUEL GELINAS

AMHERST — Researchers at the University of Massachusetts flagship campus are anxiously awaiting a courtroom showdown in Boston on Friday that may determine whether the Trump administration can follow through on its plan to slice National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

BOSTON — According to Lt. John Girvalakis of the Massachusetts Environmental Police, all that has been required to legally take a boat out on a ride are two things: “money and a boat,” with few exceptions.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

NORTHAMPTON — A grenade found by contractors in an attic crawl space at a residence at 12 Lawn Ave. was safely removed by the State Police bomb squad early Wednesday afternoon.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

PLAINFIELD — Prospect Street, Hallockville Road and Gloyd Street all remain closed in Plainfield as cleanup continues following a devastating wind storm that swept the hilltowns Monday on the heels of a snow and ice storm, but roads in Cummington have been opened. At least 101 customers in Plainfield remained without power, as well as 71 in Cummington, as of 4 p.m. Tuesday.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

NORTHAMPTON — It wasn’t the coffee that had the people inside the First Churches of Northampton energetic and on edge Saturday morning. Some 500 crowded into the church shoulder to shoulder, mutually distressed about the state of national politics — and they voiced those concerns in a coffee hour town hall with U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern that lasted close to two hours.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

CUMMINGTON — Power lines are down, at least 85% of residents and businesses are without power, and a one-mile stretch of Route 9 is closed between Packard and West Cummington roads after wind gusts of over 60 mph swept through the town on Monday.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

HOLYOKE — Five small businesses in the High Street corridor have received a financial boost from MassDevelopment through a program designed to restoring downtowns.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

NORTHAMPTON — Frozen lakes and ponds invite enchanted winter sports enthusiasts outside for classic wintertime festivities. But despite the fun, a fact remains: ice is a potential danger.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

HOLYOKE — The city’s director of planning and economic development believes the time is right to invest in new wayfinding signage downtown, as part of a broader “refresh” reflecting a changing part of the city.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

NORTHAMPTON — “It’s back. It’s back in a big way,” says Jamie Fleming, enthusing over the swelling popularity of pinball at Progression Brewery’s monthly pinball tournament — a competition that started underground in Fleming’s basement and has found a new home above ground as the vintage arcade games trend toward a revival.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

NORTHAMPTON — Emergency personnel were unable to save a 4-year-old Goldendoodle that fell into the Mill River behind Federal Street shortly after noon on Tuesday, despite rescue efforts that lasted more than an hour.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

CUMMINGTON — The Rev. Stephen Philbrick’s congregation knows him as a man of stories. But the story they came to hear at a recent Sunday service was that of Philbrick himself.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

HOLYOKE — Holyoke Country Club is facing $19,000 in state fines for air pollution control and storage tank violations at its property at 2 Country Club Road.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

HOLYOKE — For the first time in the city’s 175-year history, the mayor and City Council will have power over the city’s treasurer after voters at a special election on Tuesday agreed to change the position to appointed from elected.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

CUMMINGTON — J.S. Bryant School will welcome its first student body next September in the former Cummington Inn — offering a private school setting specifically aimed at welcoming LGBTQIA+ high schoolers struggling in their current academic environment.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

PLAINFIELD — After 33 years, the town’s International-brand fire engine is being retired, making way for a 2024 Spartan.