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By GARRETT COTE

GRANBY — Northampton’s Galen Fowles didn’t start his day how he had hoped. Although he felt he put two good driver swings on his ball the first two holes, both took unfortunate bounces and ended up out of bounds – forcing him to re-tee.

By GARRETT COTE

SOUTH HADLEY — When Westminster’s Lukas Schleyer arrived at Ledges Golf Club for Monday’s U.S. Junior Amateur qualifier, he didn’t necessarily expect to beat out the nearly 70 competitors to finish in the top three – which is the requirement for advancing to play in the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship at Trinity Forest Golf Club in Dallas, Texas, July 21-26.

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — As the 20th annual show for the Antique Truck Club of America’s western Massachusetts chapter is set to kick off this weekend, the event is nearly old enough to be considered “antique” itself.

By GARRETT COTE

Shawn Durocher spent her weekend mornings and afternoons wheeling a small gas grill behind the clubhouse at Amherst Golf Club, where she would cook hamburgers and hot dogs for those playing. She was in high school and needed a way to make some money, so Amherst’s head golf professional, Dave Twohig, hired Durocher – an Amherst native – to handle grilling duties.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

The Shelburne Falls Area Women’s Club is celebrating its 100th birthday this spring, and will kick off its centennial speaker series with a talk on the history of women’s clothing with Northampton author Kiki Smith on April 9 at the Shelburne-Buckland Community Center.

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — The Selectboard conditionally approved the renewal of Club Castaway’s licenses Tuesday evening, as the business has paid off the majority of money it owed to the town.

By GARRETT COTE

Come fall, which is perhaps the best time to get out and play a round of golf thanks to the combination of lovely weather and gorgeous foliage, every golfer in New England knows the inevitable winter weather is on the horizon. Yet despite being aware...

By ALEXA LEWIS

Sisters Katherine Taylor and Jessica Taylor-Mitchell were born to host, but they weren’t expecting to make a business out of it. Then, a sprawling 6,300-square-foot space with sweeping mountain views became available in Eastworks, and they saw the...

Belchertown High School junior Michael Murray erupted for a 5-under round of 67 on the final round of the two-day club championship at Westover Golf Course in Granby last weekendMurray’s total score of 142 was five shots better than any other...

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — Luka Azeuedo, who is just under 2 years old, squirms in the arms Alphabet Soup Childcare Center emplyee Casey Rougeau while she positions him to look into a small black machine playing bird sounds and flashing blue, green and red dots.“Can...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Throughout the 125 year history of Amherst Golf Club, a member of the Twohig family has been the head golf professional for 65 percent of the time.After Ed Twohig Sr., who began his tenure in 1944, stepped down following 35 years, Dave...

The Holyoke Hockey Club, a new community-based youth hockey program, announced overwhelming success for its first registration period. The initial goal was to enroll 40 children, but due to unprecedented interest, 54 young players registered, with an...

By EMILEE KLEIN

Spoke is a University of Massachusetts Amherst student treasure. One of the three college bars in town, Spoke offers the trifecta of a good college bar: space to dance, cheap drinks and a classic bar feel complete with a wall of fake IDs. The...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — A course record that stood for 41 years at Amherst Golf Club was bested last week, and it perhaps couldn’t have been done by a more fitting member with familial ties to the course.Belchertown’s Michelle Morgan, the course’s 2024 women’s club...

By GARRETT COTE

(NOTE: This is the sixth installment in a weekly series featuring some of the toughest golf holes across Hampshire County. The series will run each Saturday in print throughout the summer.)SOUTHAMPTON — From a tobacco barn to a charming clubhouse,...

By GARRETT COTE

(NOTE: This is the fifth installment in a weekly series featuring some of the toughest golf holes across Hampshire County. The series will run each Saturday in print throughout the summer.)SOUTH HADLEY — Donald Ross is generally regarded as one of the...

By GARRETT COTE

SOUTH HADLEY — Ledges Golf Club hosted a Mass Golf championship tournament event this week for the first time in its history. The course has hosted other qualifying events in the past, but never a championship proper until Tuesday and Wednesday’s 43rd...

By JEFF LAJOIE

Some of the best amateur golfers in the Commonwealth will test their skills at South Hadley’s Ledges Golf Club this week.The 43rd Massachusetts Amateur Public Links Championship will be played there Tuesday and Wednesday, as the 36-hole stroke play...

By GARRETT COTE

(NOTE: This is the fourth installment in a weekly series featuring some of the toughest golf holes across Hampshire County. The series will run each Saturday in print throughout the summer.)AMHERST — There perhaps isn’t a better word to describe...

By GARRETT COTE

BELCHERTOWN — One of the most common problems in an average golfer’s game is the inability to remain focused on every shot during an 18-hole round. Typically by the back nine they are checked out, or aren’t putting as much thought into every shot as...

By EMILEE KLEIN

HOLYOKE — All children deserve the best and nothing less. That’s the message LaTasha Monroe, a hip-hop artist from Springfield who performs under the name Mz. Tash, celebrates in the theme song she wrote for Parent Villages, a Springfield grassroots...