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Caitlin Graves probably ran out of goal celebrations midway through the second half of the Smith Academy girls soccer team’s 8-1 beat down of Mount Everett in Hatfield on Monday afternoon.The Falcons senior netted a whopping seven goals in the win,...

Amherst, Hadley to mark 23rd anniversary of 9/11AMHERST/HADLEY — The towns of Amherst and Hadley will hold Sept. 11 commemorations on Wednesday to mark the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks.Amherst’s ceremony hosted by the Fire Department...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

At last fall’s Western Mass. Division I championships, Amherst girls cross country barely edged Northampton by three points to win the sectional title. Three weeks later at the MIAA Division 2 championships, the Northampton girls blazed past Amherst...

Amherst Volunteer Fair coming upAMHERST – The town invites students and community members to join its annual Amherst Volunteer Fair on Saturday, Sept. 21, to explore the many volunteer opportunities available in town.The event connects community...

By GARRETT COTE

EASTHAMPTON — The South Hadley boys soccer team wasted no time jumping on Easthampton during Friday afternoon’s game at Nonotuck Park, and the Tigers sustained their high level of play throughout.Following a down year in 2023 after winning the state...

By GARRETT COTE

WESTHAMPTON — During Brad Miller’s 16 seasons as head coach of the Longmeadow boys soccer team, he won three Western Mass. championships and led the Lancers to an undefeated season and Division I state title in 2019.So considering Hampshire Regional...

By ELISE LINSCOTT

A public art project by Puerto Rican artist Yanira Castro aims to undo the disconnection that happens as a result of colonization, and to think collectively about the future we, as a community, want to conjure.The project, titled Exorcism =...

The Northampton boys golf team edged Belchertown by one stroke, 175-176, in a Suburban East showdown between top Hampshire County squads on Thursday at Cold Spring Country Club in Belchertown.Belchertown’s Michael Murray put up the low score with a 40...

By GARRETT COTE

BELCHERTOWN — Playing field hockey for Dina Brunetti may seem like a lot of work, but the second year Belchertown head coach has a method to the self-proclaimed madness she puts her players through.It isn’t just about the sport itself. Brunetti wants...

By RICHARD MCCARTHY

Sometimes life teaches you things you never wanted to know.As I alluded to in a previous column, I broke my femur, or thigh bone, this past March 25th, when I went down on a patch of ice while bicycling. For those of you who do not know, the femur is...

Heidymar Diaz Lopez had seven aces, two blocks and eight kills for the Smith Vocational girls volleyball team in a dominant sweep over Duggan Academy on Wednesday.Set scores were 25-18, 25-11, 25-17. Katelyn Fedora (three aces, one block, one assist,...

By ROB OKUN

 Since the presidential campaign shake-up in July, the national conversation about manhood is abuzz with talk of a “new” masculinity, embodied by good, decent men like Tim Walz and Doug Emhoff. What’s actually new, though, is what’s now coming into...

The Northampton girls soccer team came out of the gate hot in their opening match of the season, putting eight goals past Granby Tuesday evening to snag an 8-1 Central Division victory at David Wright Stadium in Northampton.The Blue Devils (1-0) led...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago ■Today is children’s day at the Three County Fair but they’ll have a hard time equaling the number of children and adults who attended the fair Labor Day weekend. A total of 35,706 paid their way into the 157th annual Three County Fair...

By GARRETT COTE

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY — Come the Western Mass. Division 1 Golf Championships at Westover Golf Course last fall, the Belchertown golf team felt it was more than ready to show out on the big stage and punch one of two team tickets to states.The Orioles fell...

By GARRETT COTE

WORTHINGTON — All black government helicopters swirling above, members of the United States Secret Service, back-to-back holes-in-one, breathtaking views and concerts filled with fun. You name it, The Links at Worthington has probably seen...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — The 2024 golf season began with the classic Battle of the Bridge on Thursday afternoon at Amherst Golf Club. Following a flawless 16-0 regular season in 2023, Northampton High School picked up right where it left off – behind the smooth...

By CHRIS LARABEE and DOMENIC POLI

With a $165,000 grant, 18 formerly incarcerated individuals in Franklin and Hampshire counties can participate in a training program with their respective sheriffs’ offices and Community Action Pioneer Valley to prepare them to re-enter the...

By PHILIP KORMAN

 As I am poised to leave my job after 16 years as executive director of CISA (Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture), naturally, I’ve started to reflect. My takeaways so far are: Local farms are still challenged to keep farming, maybe even more...

Grants to reduce use of exclusionary time-out roomsSouth Hadley and Holyoke public schools and an Easthampton educational nonprofit recently landed grants from the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to reduce or eliminate the use...