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By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — The Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee violated the state’s Open Meeting Law several times last summer during negotiations with former Superintendent Maria Geryk prior to her departure, the attorney general’s office said this week.In a...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Town Meeting on Wednesday set in motion a process that could lead to eventual improvements to the 1970s-era Wildwood and Fort River elementary schools.Following three unsuccessful votes to authorize borrowing for a $66.37 million project...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

AMHERST — As a first-generation college student, 22-year-old Kalsang Nangpa was thrilled to take part in the University of Massachusetts commencement ceremony next week.As part of the ceremony, there is a parade of flags from the different nations...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A University of Massachusetts sophomore from Springfield died at an off-campus home in North Amherst Friday evening.Dillinger Perez, 19, was majoring in history in the College of Humanities and Fine Arts, and was also an active member of the...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

NORTHAMPTON — Not all rebellions succeed.The Northampton boys ultimate team has framed its clashes with Amherst Regional as battling an evil empire for the past few years. The Blue Devils felt they were close to achieving that goal after leading the...

By MATT VAUTOUR

For the UMass tennis team to continue its magical run in the NCAA Tournament, the Minutewomen are going to have to pull a monumental upset. UMass’ reward for winning the Atlantic 10 championship in Orlando, Florida, Sunday, was a trip back to the...

By JACK SUNTRUP

AMHERST — Apryl Sabadosa was the first woman to finish a 5-kilometer race in Amherst Sunday — and she did it barefoot.Well, not technically. She wore two socks on each foot. Sabadosa, 33, of Westfield, crossed the finish line in 18 minutes and 2...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSENand NICOLE DEFEUDIS

AMHERST — Mishka Murad, a doctoral candidate at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, often wonders whether the groceries she is buying are going to prevent her from making it to her next paycheck. So she collects coupons, doesn’t own a car and...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

A battery testing facility in western Massachusetts that supports clean energy technology and combats climate change would help both grow the economy and protect the environment. At least that’s what state Rep. Solomon Goldstein-Rose, D-Amherst,...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — On a Friday morning in September 2015, an announcement of $1 million in federal funding ensured that a community health center, in the heart of Amherst, would one day serve residents’ medical, dental and behavioral health needs, no matter...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Social service agencies could be in line for $60,000 in municipal aid following a decision by Town Meeting to reinsert the funding into the town budget.By voice vote at the second session of annual Town Meeting Thursday, members added the...

Honoring a friend while testing his own endurance motivates Jim Brassord to row 1,400 miles along the eastern seaboard to support the new John P. Musante Health Center in Amherst.Brassord’s quest is particularly impressive because — except for the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Walking through downtown Amherst several times a week, Town Manager Paul Bockelman has noticed the damage to the two-sided circular sign depicting the logo for Starbucks, exposing an empty interior where lights would normally illuminate the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A Fire Department staffing study that is not yet complete raised concerns from Town Meeting members about whether medical and fire calls can be adequately handled.David Clooney, a firefighter who represents Precinct 3, told the first session...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — An effort to make Amherst a sanctuary community for undocumented immigrants, an appeal to launch an investigation into possible impeachment of President Trump and a resolution seeking to limit the influence of money on political campaigns...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST —  A project to expand and renovate the Jones Library, which comes before annual Town Meeting that begins Wednesday, is being endorsed by the Select Board.The board Monday voted unanimously that the elected trustees for the library should be...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Classrooms in Boston’s public schools will soon be using world maps that show land masses of correct size, supplementing what school officials view as traditional, Eurocentric centuries-old maps that depict Africa and Greenland as equals,...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — Authorities have attributed the start of a bevy of recent fires to smoking materials, but almost all cigarettes are designed to self-extinguish, as per a long-standing state law.It doesn’t always work.A fire that heavily damaged a...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — An author best known for her books for young adults featuring characters with disabilities, and the founder of an institution that focuses on the Renaissance era, will both be honored for their contributions to the Amherst literary...

By STEPHANIE MURRAY

AMHERST — For a longtime Amherst resident, it is not unusual to wander through a daylong festival dedicated to sustainability, or to watch a protest head down the street with banners waving. But for those who haven’t lived in the Valley as long, like...