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Where it all beganMost artists host shows of their work in galleries, but one potter, a native of Hatfield, will soon host one at a different venue: her childhood home.Potter Amy Clark, who currently works in Maine but started her pottery career in a...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — Water and sewer rate changes for the second half of the fiscal year, if approved by the Select Board, could add about $15 to the monthly bill for the typical single-family household.A hearing on the proposed rate adjustments, and the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — A $100 million fund to support the health and resilience of the Connecticut River watershed, including money that would go toward improving aging flood controls and dikes and upgrading water and sewer systems, is being sought by area...

We were dismayed to read about the Hatfield family being harassed for their political views [“‘We do not want your kind here,’” Gazette, Oct. 14]. We moved to Hatfield in 2020 and wondered how we’d be accepted as a lesbian couple. We love living here...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — A Massachusetts native with extensive experience in finance and government, currently serving as the chief of staff for Newburyport’s mayor, will be Hatfield’s next town administrator.Select Board Chair Diana Szynal announced during...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — Sixth graders could shift to Smith Academy from Hatfield Elementary School beginning in fall 2025 if a plan proposed by administrators, in part aimed at stemming enrollment declines across the school district, is approved by the Hatfield...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — Since moving to Hatfield in summer 2021, Dr. Timothy Menz has made his views known on a variety of topics, speaking at a Board of Health meeting about the importance of masking as a means of reducing the spread of COVID that first year,...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — Repair and removal of existing dams in Hampshire and Franklin counties, along with improvements to Holyoke’s levee control system and repairs to the pump station, are being supported by more than $1.04 million from the state’s Executive...

By Scott Merzbach

HATFIELD — A final open day for the Farm Museum on Saturday will also serve as a way to honor longtime curator George Ashley, who has overseen the Hatfield Historical Society’s agricultural collection for more than 30 years.From noon to 2 p.m., Ashley...

One Fair Wage has lobbied and succeeded to bring Question 5 to vote in our state of Massachusetts. Please ask any tipped worker that you encounter before the Nov. 5 vote and listen carefully to their opinion regarding Question 5 and how it would...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

On the morning of Oct. 7, 2023, Ronny Almog awoke and checked Facebook and Israeli news on his computer and quickly realized something was wrong.“I called my mom in Israel, and I told her, it seems like there is a very intense war,” said Almog, who...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERIand SAMUEL GELINAS

Some squash, pumpkin and potato farmers in the Pioneer Valley are bearing the burden of a soil-based disease described by one farmer as being “like the plague” for these and potentially many more species.Walking through a barren pumpkin patch late...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — A Northampton native with municipal management experience in Pennsylvania, a chief of staff for the city of Newburyport, and two Hatfield residents, including one who is currently town coordinator in Westhampton and another who is a former...

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HATFIELD — New signalized crosswalks, part of a $2.16 million Massachusetts Department of Transportation project being undertaken in several area communities, are coming to Route 5 in Hatfield.The crosswalks are part of MassDOT’s Vulnerable Road User...

This should really be touted as the Year of the Woman.Just now, finally half of the Olympic contestants are women! Soooo cool, and they truly kicked it in differing races and cultures and countries!We have a woman (of color and race) running for...

Northampton’s Salsa in the Park 2024 season NORTHAMPTON — Salsa in the Park kicks off next week, featuring salsa, bachata, merengue and cumbia at Pulaski Park in downtown Northampton. Salsa in the Park features McCoy Jamison, a renowned dance...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — Assistance for military veterans and their families, to ensure they are getting the benefits to which they are entitled, will be handled by the Central Hampshire Veteran Services in Northampton through next June.With the recent resignation...

By Scott Merzbach

HATFIELD — Hatfield officials are beginning the process of finding a successor to Town Administrator Marlene Michonski, who is retiring at the end of the year after serving in the role for 18 of the past 22 years.With an advertisement recently posted...

I trust you are as outraged as I am — or hopefully, better informed than I, you are even more outraged — by the recent rulings by the judicial body formerly known as the Supreme Court.Short of organizing a massive mass water-ballooning of the court, I...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — A 19th century sleigh used by Dr. Charles A. Byrne to make house calls to Hatfield residents during the post-Civil War years sits in a century-old tobacco barn, covered in a bit of dust, with its paint fading and metal pieces broken...

By STEVE PFARRER

When folk rockers Eavesdrop and singer-songwriter Grayson Ty come to the Iron Horse on June 28, the fellow Valley artists won’t just be sharing the bill: They’ll be celebrating a reunion of sorts, looking back to the night a little over eight years...