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By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

Card-skimming devices that can steal credit and debit card information from customers continue to be found at numerous Cumberland Farms locations across western Massachusetts, including in several communities within Hampshire County.The gas station...

A walk into an old forest is a walk into a natural cathedral surrounded by majestic trees and an amazing diversity of life. I am embraced by the cool, dim quietness and filled with wonder and a great sense of peace. We need old forests, not just...

By ALEXA LEWIS

SOUTHAMPTON — Police recovered a card skimmer discovered by staff at a Cumberland Farms in Southampton on Thursday. The skimmer was affixed to the left register, or register two, while register one and all fuel pumps appeared to be free of...

By ALEXA LEWIS

SOUTHAMPTON — Walking through the historic doors of Southampton’s former Edwards Library, one will still find the walls lined with books, the smells of ink and paper thick in the air. But it’s been decades since the building, built in 1904, was used...

By JACOB NELSON

“I know people that won’t even touch yellow tomatoes,” says Kate Miller Carl, the matriarch of Roundhill Orchards in Southampton. “To me, if there’s something novel, I want to try it just to see what it’s like.”When Carl and her late husband, Alfred R...

Calls for campaign civility from both parties is nonsensical. For those politicians and media commentators who wish to appear above the fray by calling for civility from all parties during this election cycle are naive, ill-informed, or auditioning...

By Staff Report

SOUTHAMPTON — Firefighters responded to a car fire shortly after 5 p.m. on Wednesday at 167 Glendale Road. There were no injuries, according to a post on the Southampton Fire Department’s Facebook post. When they arrived, Southampton firefighters...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — The Easthampton Public Library reopened its doors this weekend after the discovery of dead bats in the building prompted its temporary closure. While library staff were still able to offer some services such as curbside hours, Katya...

By GARRETT COTE

(NOTE: This is the sixth installment in a weekly series featuring some of the toughest golf holes across Hampshire County. The series will run each Saturday in print throughout the summer.)SOUTHAMPTON — From a tobacco barn to a charming clubhouse,...

By ALEXA LEWIS

SOUTHAMPTON — An ongoing effort to preserve 1,000 acres for environmental protection in Southampton, Westhampton and Montgomery reached a major milestone this month by acquiring an initial 387 acres. The Mountain Waters Project is a collaboration...

Congratulations to Cooley Dickinson Hospital and Highland Valley Elder Services on their Hospital to Home partnership grant award. Having patients go back to the comforts of their own homes with prompt and necessary services will help them immensely....

I have been a Southampton resident for 16 years. Sunday was my 70th birthday. Saturday evening my wife and I realized that our jigsaw puzzle had kept us up past midnight. My wife wished me a happy birthday and we headed for bed. Suddenly, we heard...

The Southampton 10U softball team stormed out to a 6-0 first-inning lead in its third game (and second of the day) at the 10U Little League Northeast Regional tournament on Thursday afternoon, but it couldn’t generate enough offense to keep pace with...

By CYNTHIA LORING MACBAIN

Next month, we will be commemorating the day that the United States dropped the first nuclear bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. It is important to have some of the history.The scientists who worked on the secret Manhattan Project to produce the first nuclear...

By ALEXA LEWIS

SOUTHAMPTON — The Southampton Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying two individuals suspected of credit card fraud. The department posted photos from a store security camera to Facebook on Wednesday afternoon that depict...

No matter the continuing violent rhetoric, the criminal convictions, indictments, infidelities, racist comments, anti-abortion waffling, disdain and disregard of the Constitution and affinity for dictators, Donald Trump’s base remains loving and...

By GARRETT COTE

SOUTHAMPTON — It had never been done before in Southampton Little League softball history, but that all changed last weekend at Borgatti Park in Agawam.Facing the fastest pitcher it had seen throughout the season, the Southampton 10U softball team...

By ALEXA LEWIS

SOUTHAMPTON — Myrna West has been bringing music and movement into the lives of her line dancing students for decades. Now in her 35th year of teaching, she has a loyal group of “Dancing Queens” who attend her classes at the Southampton Senior Center,...

Thank you for covering the 4th Hampden District state representative race between incumbent Kelly Pease and challenger, City Councilor Bridget Matthews-Kane. Southampton was re-districted after the 2020 census to be represented along with most of...

After watching the presidential debate last week, it is very disheartening to hear political pundits and others call for Joe Biden to drop out of the race for president. Donald Trump spent the whole 90 minutes telling lie after lie, and not one pundit...

By ALEXA LEWIS

SOUTHAMPTON — A new Democratic candidate for state representative will challenge Republican Rep. Kelly Pease in this year’s election for a seat representing the 4th Hampden District on Beacon Hill. Currently serving in her third term as the Ward 3...