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By GARRETT COTE

We are about one-third of the way through the high school basketball season, so it’s time to begin rolling out our weekly high school basketball notebook. This series will run in print every Thursday through the rest of the winter, highlighting streaking teams, standout individual performances, important games and more. (Do you have any tips for notebook items that should be featured? Email me at gcote@gazettenet.com).

Deliveries of the Thursday edition of the Gazette made through the USPS only will be delayed until Friday due to the national day of observance and suspension of regular mail delivery.Home delivery by an independent carrier will arrive as usual on...

By GARRETT COTE

SOUTH HADLEY — All signs are pointing to yet another dominant regular season from the reigning Division 5 state finalists.The South Hadley girls basketball team put its versatility on full display in front of its home fans during Monday night’s 58-40...

Annual holiday tree collection eventNORTHAMPTON — The Department of Public Works will collect holiday trees for recylcing on Saturday, Jan. 11, from 9 a.m. to noon. Trees should be brought to the front, right parking lot of Smith Vocational and...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■The Northampton National Bank became the first in the city to sell gold bullion to the public, following new regulations that allow United States citizens to own gold bullion for the first time in more than 30 years.■Ryback’s Pastry...

By RYAN AMES

GRANBY – The Smith Vocational wrestling team narrowly beat host Granby, 31-30, Thursday night for its second dual-meet victory of the season.Just one of the six matches the Vikings claimed came via forfeit, including Robert Slysz pinning Granby’s...

50 Years Ago■W. T. Grant Co., the giant retail chain, plans to close 66 unprofitable stores between February and July as a cost-cutting measure, the company said Friday. The Grant stores in Northampton and Easthampton will not be among those closed, a...

50 Years Ago■For Mr. and Mrs. G. Scott Gay of 472 North King St., their new daughter Jill was not just another bundle of joy. Her birth as the first baby in the New Year locally will mean that the Gays will receive hundreds of dollars of gifts donated...

50 Years Ago■Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary is offering an alternative to sending used Christmas trees to the landfill where they take up needed disposal space. Instead, the sanctuary requests that residents recycle their trees by bringing them to Arcadia...

Both sides of the court were clicking for the Holyoke boys basketball team, which has been the case so far early on this season. The Purple Knights improved to 4-0 following their 59-48 home victory over Greater Lawrence Tech on Monday afternoon, and...

By GREG VINE

Local officials and members of the area’s congressional delegation say Jimmy Carter, the nation’s 39th president, left a legacy of public service that will live on.In a statement issued Sunday night, U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern said, “Jimmy Carter, both...

By GARRETT COTE

What a year it has been across the Hampshire County sports world. From January to December, the Pioneer Valley witnessed one of its very own capture a trio of gold medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics, a local college team capture an NCAA national...

50 Years Ago ■Officials at Northampton State Hospital are still in the dark today as to whether seven foreign-trained physicians who have not passed the Educational Council for Foreign Medical Graduates test will continue to be allowed to work here...

The Smith Vocational boys basketball team edged PVCICS, 68-60, in overtime on Monday night at the Hampshire College Gymnasium in Amherst.The score was knotted up 54-54 after 32 minutes of regulation, but it was the Vikings who outscored the Dragons,...

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — The second PVIAC indoor track meet of the season took place on Sunday at Smith College, with Amherst, Frontier, Northampton, South Hadley, Hampshire and Holyoke participating throughout the day.The Purple Knights and Raiders opened the...

By SUSAN WOZNIAK

Presents have been on my mind. Of course they are. It is the end of the year, the turning to the deepest dark. It is the time of Advent and the time of Hanukkah.When I was very young, all of the descendants of my mother’s mother gathered at her home...

50 Years Ago■By 8:30 this morning more than 100 people were lined up, stretching around Pleasant and Armory Streets, waiting to sign up for unemployment checks. These were some of the 2,000 Hampshire County workers who have been temporarily or...

Makayla Tatro’s 17 points led the Smith Vocational girls basketball team past Hampden Charter, 50-19, on Friday night.Tatro drilled seven field goals and also hit three free-throws as the Vikings improved to 2-1 on the season.Nyia-Marie Forbes (six...