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A host of Hampshire County athletes represented western Massachusetts in Massachusetts Baseball Coaches Association All-Star games last week.In the West Central Senior All-Star Game, Hampshire Regional’s Edward Przybyla had a hit, stole two bases and...
By HANNAH BEVIS
AMHERST — No. 1 Joseph Case and No. 2 Hampshire got through just an inning and a half of play before the skies opened up during Friday's MIAA Division 4 championship game. Midway through Hailey Berube’s at-bat in the bottom of the second, the umpires...
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
WORCESTER – CC Thayer never saw the ball drop. With how Clinton’s Ella Repole pitched against Hampshire Regional, it wouldn’t have surprised if it found a glove instead of grass. But the neon yellow ball fell just beyond the center fielder’s...
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
Saddle up.After coach Brian McGan’s “yeehaw” punctuated the last out of the Hampshire Regional softball team’s MIAA Division 4 quarterfinal win over defending champion Amesbury, the No. 2 Raiders will hit the road for the first time all tournament...
By EMILY THURLOW
WESTHAMPTON — Susan Bronstein defeated Jonathan Albitz by four votes in the town’s Select Board race on Saturday, according to Town Clerk Katrin Kaminsky’s unofficial results.Bronstein, the chairperson of the Westhampton Planning Board, said Monday...
By EMILY THURLOW
WESTHAMPTON — As a longtime member of the chief executive body in town, Phillip Dowling has seen a lot of matters come before the Select Board.From disputes over dog bites and financial obstacles to procurement and hiring, Dowling has worn several...
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
WESTHAMPTON – Jocelyn Mettey gathered her Hampshire Regional teammates after a muted celebration.The top-seeded Raiders had just defeated No. 4 Wahconah 9-2 in Thursday’s Western Massachusetts Class B semifinal to reach their fourth straight sectional...
Spring is springing, and its many harbingers are making their appearances everywhere we look. Some of them are joyous and beautiful. Others, well …Flowers are blooming, birds are singing, daylight is increasing, and we can hear the crack of the bat...
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
WESTHAMPTON – Hampshire Regional catcher Reagan Dubay trotted over to Raiders coach Brian McGan.He called timeout and waved her over. “If Joss strikes this next girl out throw me the ball,” McGan said. He knew his pitcher Jocelyn Mettey sat at 499...
By JONATHAN KLATE
There are more guns than humans in the U.S., about 120 per 100 people. The next highest percentage in any country, the Falkland Islands, is about half of ours. You probably already know this.But did you know that 3% of American gun owners possess...
You may have seen the signs at their stores: Tandem Bagel is celebrating 10 years of business! What you may not know is that as part of their celebration, they sent unsolicited checks to local non-profits, as a way of giving back in appreciation of...
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
Even in Hampshire Regional’s illustrious softball history, no one’s ever had quite a day at the ballpark like the one senior pitcher Jocelyn Mettey authored Thursday.She threw a perfect game against Northampton in a 17-0 victory, striking out all 15...
Another mass killing with an assault weapon. We grow numb, but we must address these attacks as the Greatest Generation did it during World War II. Fortunately, there are stirrings of action throughout our country to do just that. The following...
By HANNAH BEVIS
WESTHAMPTON – Trailing 3-0 in the bottom of the seventh inning Thursday, the Hampshire Regional softball team wasn’t panicking against opponent Wachusett. Teaghan Charles calmly led off the inning, knocking a grounder into left field to get on first...
By JONATHAN KAHANE
I have been rather surprised about the paucity of columns and letters on the opinion page from Gazette readers concerning the latest banking crisis, which has affected the neighborhood and the world at large, for that matter. My assumption is that...
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
HADLEY – Hampshire Regional capitalized on two big spots in the first inning to power past the Hopkins Academy baseball team 8-0 Monday.With two batters on and two outs, Jack Boyle laced a double to center field that brought around both runners.“You...
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
AMHERST – Max Weir juggles a lot for the UMass baseball program.The Southampton native primarily works with the catchers as a volunteer assistant coach, but he also holds players’ elbow protectors while coaching first base and coordinates the teams’...
I am writing to express my gratitude to the Northampton firefighter/medical personnel who showed up at my husband’s car accident off Loudville Road on March 6. They took him into the ambulance and looked him over well. Miraculously, he emerged...
By JACOB NELSON
The Parsons family of Mayval Farm have stewarded their land in Westhampton for a long time.“It was actually a grant from the king to Noah Parsons III,” says Margie Parsons. That would be King George III of England, back in 1778.Currently Mayval Farm...
By JONATHAN KAHANE
The Gazette opinion page is my second favorite section of the newspaper. I prefer to begin my day’s journey by reading the comics. All too often they provide me with the only good laughs of the day. I procrastinate reading the news as it generally...
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