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By PAUL FRANZ

DEERFIELD — A young bald eagle that injured its wing four months ago got a rocky and wet reintroduction to the wild outdoors last Monday morning in Deerfield.Tom Ricardi of the Birds of Prey Rehabilitation Center in Conway had been caring for the...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — Sitting on her father’s lap reading a book while her younger brother only half pays attention. The scene on a recent night at the Hampshire County Jail and House of Correction could be happening in living rooms across the country.But for...

Pregnant workers in Massachusetts finally have the legal protection against discrimination that they have long deserved, in large part due to the advocacy by MotherWoman in Hadley and former state representative Ellen Story of Amherst.Gov. Charlie...

By STEVE PFARRER

 Carol Neubert took piano lessons for several years when she was growing up, learned to read music and figured out how to play the instrument — to a degree.“My right hand can play the piano well, and my left hand plays well, but they do not play well...

The Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners’ ruling earlier this month on projects in Hadley and Amherst left each town facing a decision.The state awarded Hadley a $3.9 million construction grant to help pay for replacing the Goodwin Memorial...

By AMANDA DRANE

NORTHAMPTON — Months of vague threats by Donald Trump’s administration against sanctuary cities like Northampton and Amherst just evolved into something more specific.U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Tuesday that police departments would...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

NORTHAMPTON — When Smith College astronomy professor James Lowenthal got images back from the Hubble Space Telescope this year, his initial response was simple: “Wow!” What he was looking at were the brightest infrared galaxies in the universe —...

By ADAM HARGRAVES

MILFORD — It was a magical summer, even though it ended in a loss for Northampton Post 28.Northampton lost 9-4 to Milford Post 59 at Fino Field Tuesday afternoon to fall out of the American Legion state baseball tournament.“It was a magical season,”...

By LISA SPEAR

Millions of bacteria line the inside of our guts. We have more bacteria in our bodies than cells, and these little critters are working to help us break down and digest the food we eat —  without them we wouldn’t be able to survive — so it would seem...

The Legislature reached a reasonable compromise on the law regulating recreational marijuana in Massachusetts, and we urge Gov. Charlie Baker to sign the measure.The compromise bill approved by the Legislature this week leaves intact much of Question...

By JOSHUA SOLOMON

GREENFIELD — Baystate Franklin nurses head back to the bargaining table Friday, the first time since before a strike and lockout that Baystate Health announced Thursday cost the organization about $1 million.Nearly a month since the nurses went to...

By ANDY CASTILLO

GREENFIELD — A lost diamond in the rough is what one Greenfield woman got returned from the bottom of a two-cubic-foot dumpster — found after a lengthy search by the owner of West Hatfield’s Alternative Recycling Systems.“There is no way I, my husband...

Both hands on the wheel, with attention fully on the driving is a good idea. Distracted driving? Dangerous idea.Distracted driving resulted in some 3,500 deaths in 2015, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. That same year,...

The potential scaling back of Pioneer Valley Transit Authority bus routes serving the Five Colleges is troubling because hundreds of people would lose public transportation vital to their studies and livelihoods.We urge the PVTA advisory board, which...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Justin Colpack stared down an 0-2 count.The deciding game of Easthampton’s Intermediate Little League state championship series against Lincoln-Sudbury was tied Sunday in Auburn.Ryan O’OLeary stood on first base for Easthampton after opening the sixth...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — An aspiring composer, University of Massachusetts senior Christopher Fonte sees public relations skills and knowledge of social media as vital to pursuing a career in music.“Whenever I have free time, I make music for video games,” says...

By ADAM HARGRAVES

Two Northampton youth baseball teams, along with an Easthampton intermediate ballclub, are in the midst of deep playoff runs — and both teams are looking for more success.The Northampton 10-11 Little League All-Stars won the District 2 championship...

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Michael Hixon reached the finals in the first of three disciplines at the FINA World Championships Friday.Competing on 1-meter springboard, the Amherst native finished fifth after the preliminary round at the Dagaly Swimming Complex, in Budapest.The...

Learning to share with one another is one of the first hurdles siblings encounter in building their lifelong relationship. It can be a hard lesson, and some never really get it.But Ashli Stempel, a Town Council member in Greenfield, does. She allowed...

By Nyssa Kruse

NORTHAMPTON — The school district is moving ahead with new training, reporting and curriculum strategies to address concerns about sexual harassment in JFK Middle School following three recent student-led demonstrations on the issue.Superintendent...