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By CAROLYN BROWN

Jazz bassist George Kaye, longtime member of the Valley’s Green Street Trio, died on Monday, Feb. 10, at the age of 73 after a period of failing health.

By GARRETT COTE

Saturday was one of the those games that the UMass men’s basketball team had to win – regardless of by how much or how pretty it looked.The biggest Mullins Center crowd (7,016) since 2015 was on hand as were a ton of alumni sitting courtside. The...

CONNOR PIGNATELLO

 UMass basketball great George “Trigger” Burke died at his home in Quincy on Feb. 14. He was 91. The namesake for the UMass Athletics Hall of Fame, Burke played point guard for the Minutemen from 1954-1956 and shares a No. 32 with Julius Erving in the...

By BERA DUNAU

CUMMINGTON — When Steve Magargal was 12-years-old, he caddied for George Shultz for the first time at the Worthington Golf Club, now The Links At Worthington. The pair would become good friends and years later Magargal, the owner and operator of...

By Steve Pfarrer 

In 1968, America appeared to be coming apart at the seams.Assassins had taken the lives of charismatic leaders Martin Luther King, Jr. and Bobby Kennedy. The Vietnam War had bitterly divided the country, with antiwar protests increasingly pitting...

By LUIS FIELDMAN and M.J. TIDWELL

NORTHAMPTON — Retired Maj. Gen. George W. Keefe, 79, of Northampton, died Thursday at Massachusetts General Hospital after a life brimming with close-knit Northampton family and friends and dedication to serving his country. After 49 years of service,...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

SOUTH HADLEY — The Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Public Charter School is looking for a new director after trustees voted Monday to fire head of school George Simpson. The board’s decision comes a month after Reading police arrested Simpson on...