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By SAMUEL GELINAS

WORTHINGTON — To say that Officer John Scobie was appointed police chief last week may imply that he oversees a department. But that’s not exactly the case.

By CHRIS LISINSKI and COLIN A. YOUNG

BOSTON — The top Republican in the Massachusetts House is still parsing the so-called “big, beautiful bill” that became law Friday to figure out where he lands.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

WILLIAMSBURG — Beaver Brook Golf Course is officially going wild.

A year ago, Mass Audubon began a fundraising campaign to accelerate land conservation in the commonwealth. The 30 X 30 Catalyst Fund hoped to find $75 million to protect 30 % of Massachusetts by 2030. To date, $40 million has been raised. Working with other state, regional, and local conservation groups, the fund has jump-started over 20 projects, totaling 18,000 acres. The conservation team has also been able to purchase land from owners who cannot wait for current uncertain federal funding to materialize. Eligible properties are judged by their ability to help clean air and water, provide biodiversity and wildlife corridors, and capture carbon for climate resilience. Intact forests in western Massachusetts and coastal properties are especially crucial to safeguarding these cost-effective solutions of Nature.

As a Northampton woman living with ovarian cancer, I wasn’t fortunate enough to benefit from early detection. Years ago, my primary care doctor in Brooklyn dismissed my bloated belly as “visceral fat.” I could diet away. In truth, the swelling was ascites — fluid caused by two growing tumors. Had my doctor ordered a simple ultrasound or blood test, she might have caught what a young doctor at Cooley Dickinson finally diagnosed two years later: ovarian cancer, by then at Stage III.

As a 14-year resident I am astonished that we have the highest property taxes and the worst roads. Plus our library fell into such disrepair it had to close. School buildings are in bad shape. The town manager doesn't have a clue what to do.

By GENE STAMELL

I should have known they’d get it all wrong. Oh, I’ve heard the woke socialists moaning and whining: “He doesn’t listen to people around him.” Listen? I listen. I’m the best listener who ever lived; my hearing is off the charts. But nobody listens to me! I never said I wanted a big beautiful bill, in the singularity tense. I said bills, in the plurality tense.

By CHRIS LISINSKI

Senators are moving closer toward a vote on legislation that would prohibit public K-12 students from using cellphones during the school day.

By GRACE CHAI

NORTHAMPTON — After 15 years directing harm reduction at Tapestry, Liz Whynott recently accepted a new post as senior program officer at RIZE Massachusetts Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to funding and collaborating on solutions to end the overdose crisis in Massachusetts.

By BILL DANIELSON

My school year stretched into late June and then I had several social engagements that I had to attend to during the rest of the month. As a result, my first week of vacation was actually busier than a regular week of work. It was fun, but it required enough energy that I declared a moratorium on any and all social entanglements for the first week of July and I managed things so that I only had to get into the car once to run a small errand. That was a real treat.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Exactly two months after closing the 43 Amity St. location to the public to make way for an expansion and renovation project, the Jones Library reopens at a temporary site at 101 University Drive on Monday.

By DOMENIC POLI

NORTHAMPTON — The end of the fiscal year coincided with the conclusion of a 39-year career at the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office, as Donna Dudkiewicz retired as the organization’s chief financial officer on June 30.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Running a business downtown can come with its fair share of risks and challenges, but a car crashing into the store is generally not among them.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — More than two years after a woman died of an allergic reaction, allegedly from eating a pizza at a downtown restaurant, her estate is now seeking a court order to test the pizza, according to a civil lawsuit filed in Hampden Superior Court.

By GARRETT COTE

Only one run was scored on Monday evening, but that’s because Northampton Post 28 ace James Lavallee and Monson Post 241’s Brayden Mega traded punches on the mound at Legion Field in Palmer.

By GARRETT COTE

HAMPDEN — Fans and followers of annual Mass Golf events have almost certainly heard of Joey Lenane by now after last summer’s dominant 10-shot win in the Mass. Amateur Public Links Championship at Ledges Golf Club. And after just one round at the 117th Mass. Am Championship, Lenane’s name was right back at the top of the leaderboard.

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

BERNARDSTON — The 92nd Massachusetts Girls Junior Amateur Championship got underway Monday at Crumpin-Fox Club, with Granby’s Ryley Regan, representing Orchards Golf Club, putting herself in a good position heading into the second day of the tournament.

By GARRETT COTE

HAMPDEN — Prior to this summer, it had been a handful of years since Cody Booska teed the ball up competitively. The Turners Falls native who now lives in Boston but represents Country Club of Greenfield, earned medalist honors with a 3-under 69 at a qualifier for the Massachusetts Amateur Championship on June 18 to welcome himself back to the competitive golf scene.