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By GARRETT COTE

SOUTH HADLEY — With South Hadley’s Jack Loughrey sidelined tending to a lower leg injury in the fourth quarter, the Frontier boys basketball team clawed its way back into the game after trailing by 17 points entering the frame. The Redhawks went on a 12-3 run – Max Millette scoring 10 of those points – to make it 59-51 midway through.

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — It took a leap of faith for Mount Holyoke student Diamond Abiakalam-Chinagorom to commit to a historically women’s college in bucolic Massachusetts an ocean away from her home in bustling Lagos, Nigeria.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — By Jan. 1, 2026, Hadley firefighters could be running both a primary Advanced Life Support ambulance and a back-up Basic Life Support ambulance, if a plan proposed by Fire Chief Michael Spanknebel for staffing up the department gets support from town officials and voters this spring.

Staff Report

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — As the town faces a combined $90 million or more in spending needed to rebuild, improve and extend the dike and levee system that provides protection from Connecticut River flooding, state and federal officials are pledging to support the town in identifying the best approach to take in the face of a changing climate.

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — A preliminary report on shared services between Fire District 1 and Fire District 2 outline several possibilities for collaboration on purchasing new equipment and standardizing technological systems between the two governing bodies.

Even though we are in the winter season, work is continuing on the Route 9/Norwottuck corridor. With this project, MassDOT is making it evident that safety is a paramount concern. Safety of pedestrians, bicyclists and autos is being addressed in all aspects of this project. The design of “separate” paths” for bicyclists and pedestrians and autos represents a new level of safety.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — A former farm stand and ice cream parlor at 10 Rocky Hill Road, with 1.4 acres of farmland and a parking lot to accommodate 15 vehicles, was sold for $179,000 at a foreclosure auction Thursday morning.

Jack Tulloss’ letter, “Violence as wallpaper” [Jan. 17], makes many good points. But the author is wrong to suggest that “domestic transformation is out of the question.”

By SCOTT MERZBACH

Both Shutesbury and Hadley are being recognized as Digital Inclusion Trailblazers by the National Digital Inclusion Alliance for their efforts to close the digital divide for residents by providing access to affordable, high-speed internet and digital skills training.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

SOUTH HADLEY — As they head toward finalizing proposed rezoning regulations along the Route 202/33 corridor, town officials invited residents to weigh in on the plans at a public forum late last week, and weigh in they did, citing concerns about traffic, affordable housing, pedestrian safety and housing density.

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — Residents worried about drivers speeding through their neighborhoods now have a new way to request traffic calming measures from the town.

By DOMENIC POLI

NEW SALEM — The new year means a new town coordinator for New Salem.

By JOSHUA ROSE

Once upon a time, it was called Bri-Mar Stables and described as “a quaint equestrian facility nestled in the heart of Hadley … providing a welcoming environment for those passionate about all things equine.” The property had a barn at the top of a hill on Moody Bridge Road and a track for riding out back near the Fort River.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — While Hadley has several shopping centers and malls on its commercial corridor, for nearly 20 years the town has prohibited construction of any new retail store exceeding 75,000 square feet.

Brainstorm! What if we employed Harry and Meghan as a U.S. cut-rate version of the royals! For some annual stipend they could do the kind of things royals do in Britain! Visit new factories and sewage treatment plants, cut the ribbon for new municipal parking garages. Elevate the tone a bit and give them something to do.

Well, we’re going to have an inauguration, sort of. We’ll see how this works out, but optimism is not my long suit. Our challenges include:

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY/SOUTH HADLEY — Police are warning residents to keep their cars locked after three unlocked vehicles were stolen on Saturday night in neighborhoods off Route 116 that runs through Granby and South Hadley.

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY/SOUTH HADLEY — Whenever 16-year-old Thomas DeWitt passed through West Street Cemetery in Granby, he noticed gravestones sunk or slumped over, each murky with grime, among fallen limbs and a decrepit shed.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — Bringing broadband to 32 homes without it in Hadley, many in the Honey Pot section, is a priority for a municipal digital equity plan being put together for the town.