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By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — A jury has found a former University of Massachusetts graduate student guilty of manslaughter in the overdose death of a fellow student.Jesse Carrillo, 28, of Derry, New Hampshire, was found guilty Tuesday morning in Hampshire Superior...

Hampshire County this month lost Tom McClung and Paul Bixby, two men from different walks of life who shared an empathy they brought to their pursuits and a commitment to their roots.McClung, a jazz musician who grew up in Amherst before taking his...

BY MORGAN HUGHES

LEEDS — Local veterans and their families stepped away from Memorial Day celebrations to solemnly remember fallen veterans near and far at Leeds Veterans Memorial Park on Sunday.During the service, a new stone memorial and plaque were dedicated to...

The death of a bicyclist at the intersection of Hinckley and Nonotuck streets in Florence is a tragic reminder that all of us must take care when sharing the roads.Bicyclist Alan Porter, 78, of Florence, was killed about 3 p.m. May 15 when he...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — Jury deliberations have begun in the case of a former University of Massachusetts graduate student charged in the death of a fellow student.Testimony in the case against Jesse Carrillo, 28, concluded Friday morning in Hampshire Superior...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — For over two hours Thursday, a former University of Massachusetts graduate student took the stand detailing his heroin addiction and the role he played in the overdose death of an undergraduate in 2013.Day two of the trial of Jesse...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — Testimony began Wednesday in the trial of a former University of Massachusetts Amherst graduate student accused of supplying a fatal dose of heroin to a fellow student in 2013. J.W. Carney Jr., attorney for Jesse Carrillo, 28, of Derry,...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — A third person has denied involvement in an alleged murder-for-hire plot.Elinor Roberge, 47, of Holyoke, pleaded not guilty Tuesday morning in Northampton District Court to a charge of conspiracy in the first degree.Roberge allegedly...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — A Newbury man who had a charge of making a bomb threat dropped in a lower court has now been charged with threatening to commit a shooting.Geoffrey Small, 23, pleaded not guilty in Hampshire Superior Court Tuesday afternoon to two counts...

By JACK SUNTRUP

NORTHAMPTON — Local organizers have chosen a site for homeless youth and youth at risk of homelessness, and spent Sunday working to renovate the Hatfield Street property. Fundraising since January 2016, the two organizations — DIAL/SELF Youth &...

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The Northampton girl tennis team beat West Springfield, 5-0, on the road Friday.Caitlyn Richmond defeated Ally Fontaine in first singles 6-1, 6-0.In No. 2 singles, Jordan Kuhr bested Hailey MacDonald 6-2, 6-2.The Blue Devils (8-10, 1-5 Valley Wheel)...

By FRAN SYPEK

HOLYOKE — The Northampton girls track and field team was up against teams with much deeper numbers.Despite having only 14 athletes, the Blue Devils forged on and placed third Friday night in the District F & G Division 1 Championships at Holyoke High...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

At the Horace Kellogg Homestead Bed and Breakfast on South Pleasant Street in Amherst, visitors since its 2004 opening have had the opportunity to stay in two of the historic home’s bedrooms and enjoy a full morning meal prepared by innkeeper Susan...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — Voices of worship and community were replaced by a completely different sound last week as the storied Tiffany “River of Life” window was removed from First Churches.The sound of falling putty, akin to rain falling on a tin roof,...

By EMILY CUTTS

BELCHERTOWN — Two more people have been charged in connection with a violent Amherst home invasion last October.Tivon LaValley, 26, of Hadley, has been charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, three counts of armed robbery while...

By AMANDA DRANE

NORTHAMPTON — The city is well on its way to becoming the first “blue community” in the country. And no, that doesn’t mean residents are down in the dumps.Blue communities are scattered across Canada, and those with the title vow to protect water as a...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — A former South Hadley funeral director who admitted to embezzling more than $400,000 in prepaid funeral arrangements must pay nearly $500,000 in restitution.William W. Ryder, 55, has been ordered to pay $471,446 in consumer restitution,...

By JACK SUNTRUP

NORTHAMPTON — For the second day in a row, the region saw record high temperatures as Mother Nature offered an early summer preview. According to the National Weather Service, it was 96 degrees in Hartford, Connecticut, at 4:30 p.m. Thursday,...

Not surprised cyclist killed on Nonotuck Street It comes as no surprise to me that a cyclist was finally killed on Nonotuck Street (“Man killed while biking,” May 17). I have lived on Hinckley Street for seven years and ride a bike and/or walk my dogs...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON – There will be no third trial for a former South Hadley man accused of child rape, prosecutors have decided.Two juries, including one in April, could not come to a unanimous decision in the case of Guy Bush Jr., 47, of Grand Island, New...