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New name forFlorence Bankfinancial groupFLORENCE — Florence Bank has changed the name of its financial services division from Florence Savings Bank Financial Group to Florence Financial Group, effective Nov. 4.In addition to being shorter and less...

By RYAN AMES

SOUTH HADLEY — The Northampton girls basketball team powered past South Hadley, 60-47, in an independent tilt on Wednesday night.Bri Heafey had 19 points to pace the visitors, including a team-high three 3-pointers, while Liv Joensen (15 points) and...

The Frontier wrestling team won six of the eight matches contested, and ultimately held off Belchertown for a 42-36 independent dual meet decision on Tuesday night in Belchertown.Ber Calhoun notched a pin for the Redhawks at 113 pounds, get past...

By GARRETT COTE

SOUTH HADLEY — When a team reaches the state championship game, it’s typically led by a group of seniors – veteran players that have accumulated experience and played in pressure situations throughout their careers. They’re unfazed when playing in big...

By GARRETT COTE

BELCHERTOWN — After spending the last several years as head coach of the Hopkins Academy boys basketball team, Jim Hart is now in charge of a different Hampshire County program just up the road. Hart accepted the Belchertown job in the offseason, and...

By SAMUEL GELINAS

NORTHAMPTON — One man aspired to be a father who listens when listening is needed.Another rattled off the many traits that he wants to be as a father, ending with, “Most importantly, I will love her.”And a third father said he will fight for his...

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — Oscar Schiff had been at the front of the pack for much of the boys 2-mile race during the early session of the first PVIAC indoor track meet of the season on Thursday afternoon, but Longmeadow’s Henry Sacco passed Schiff, a Hampshire...

By GARRETT COTE

It’s not often the same group of high school best friends stays in touch nearly six decades after graduation, let alone still gets together to see each other, but this one group of five women from the Easthampton High School Class of 1967 gathers to...

50 Years Ago■State Department of Natural Resources officials today confirmed reports that DNR Commissioner Arthur W. Brownell has turned down all sites he has viewed in...

50 Years Ago■Donald Graham of Nonotuck Street, Florence, has been named Newspaper Boy of the Month. Don, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Graham, has been in the news delivering business for four years. He has 36 customers along Nonotuck, New Street and...

Hopkins Academyfundraiser to aidSudanese Civil War victimsHopkins Academy is hosting a community fundraiser to support those impacted in Sudan and South Sudan by the Sudanese Civil War who are in need of humanitarian aid, which is over 25 million...

By SAMUEL GELINAS

NORTHAMPTON — Capt. Eric Jacque’s philosophies as a corrections officer are seemingly simple and very precise: “Get them out on the street in better condition than they came in,” and “Care. Custody. Control.” These are quite literally award-winning...

By SAMUEL GELINAS

A week after warm weather led to warnings of fire danger statewide, homeowners are finally starting to turn their thermostats up as temperatures drop. But for many, the extra expense to heat their homes is a tough ask. That’s why state and local...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■The new 16-member Pleasant-River Urban Development Steering Committee will determine proposals and guidelines in the city’s urban renewal project which will shape for many years “the character and quality of life” of Northampton’s...

By EMILEE KLEIN

In a “People’s Town Hall” that attracted over 300 attendees from 25 cities and towns across the region, state Sen. Jo Comerford reminded her “bosses” — the people — that they are the force behind democracy and to make their voices heard as the country...

By ROB OKUN

Across the country, millions and millions of citizens who supported Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign are no longer walking around in a haze, moving toward the light.Still, there is emotional fallout that needs our attention. Our nerves are frayed;...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago ■Reports of a general rise in the amount of vandalism against businesses and public buildings in Hampshire County appear to be unfounded, according to a Gazette survey. With some notable exceptions, most of the law enforcement and town...

Symposium to discuss musical culture before and after BrailleSOUTH HADLEY — The Mount Holyoke College Music Department will host a bicentenary symposium, “Reframing the Gaze: Maria Theresia Paradis, Blind Musicians and Musical Culture Before and After...

Amy Driver of Holyoke made her pumpkin pie of the season. Driver tells the Gazette she changed things up a bit by making pistachio whipped cream, which she described as a “wonderful combination.”How to enter: Snap a pic of something delicious-looking...

By GARRETT COTE

LYNNFIELD — Staring a 3-0 deficit dead in the face, the No. 7 Hampshire Regional boys soccer team had two options as it gathered under its goal for a halftime speech. The Raiders could either mail it in against No. 2 Lynnfield, or they could buckle up...