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By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A 20-member search committee, whose members represent a range of backgrounds and identities, hometowns and work experience, will be responsible for identifying the candidates to become the next superintendent for the Amherst, Pelham and...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Celebrations and recognitions for Black History Month, being held throughout February, begin with the Pan-African flag raising on the evening of Feb. 1.The ceremonial event is set for 6 p.m. on the steps of Town Hall, with a reading of...

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — After scoring 70 points in each of its last two games, the 9-1 Northampton girls basketball team couldn’t have been playing better entering Thursday night’s heavyweight matchup with 9-2 Central.The Blue Devils’ two best players, Ava...

By GARRETT COTE

The first thing folks like to do when judging a team’s talent is look at its record. Most coaches agree that that’s the worst scale to use.Such is the case with the Northampton boys basketball team this season.Although the Blue Devils sit at 6-7...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

BOSTON — On her 26th birthday on Nov. 30, 2018, Eliza Harper died from an accidental opioid overdose on the living room couch in her South Deerfield home, despite being in recovery for 10 months.Her then 14-year-old brother, Jackson, was the first to...

By PAT JAMES

Community gardens grow on all kinds of land. Many gardens start as derelict lots, long abandoned by owners who sometimes reclaim the property after community gardeners reveal its beauty and productivity.Schools and parks are common sites for community...

By STEVE PFARRER

Dr. Khama Ennis had come a long way in her medical career.Until 2022, the Amherst resident had spent about two decades in emergency medicine, including a number of years as chief of emergency medicine at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, as...

By STEVE PFARRER

Looking for some talented older actors who can play a wide range of roles? Who have decades of experience in theater, film and television?Raye Birk and Candace Barrett Birk are at your service.The Florence couple, relatively new transplants to the...

By STEVE PFARRER

In my last column, I mentioned that The Parlor Room in Northampton and the Marigold Theater are maintaining busy schedules right through these early, dead-of-winter days.Another area venue that keeps pumping up the music is The Drake in Amherst, and...

By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON — Seven years after entering the political spotlight as a member of the Easthampton City Council, Homar Gomez on Thursday officially launched a bid for state representative for the 2nd Hampshire District.“My family, the community, my...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Reorienting and expanding the high school track and rebuilding its interior playing field is in some question after the Amherst Regional School Committee this week narrowly rescinded a $1.5 million borrowing authorization. Committee members...

Staff Report

NORTHAMPTON — Mark S. Ames has been appointed temporary register of probate for Hampshire County’s Probate and Family Court, following Michael Carey’s retirement from the position.Ames, of Northampton, was sworn in Jan. 16 by First Justice Diana Velez...

By CHRIS LISINSKI

BOSTON — The Healey administration wants to tap new revenue sources and keep spending growth somewhat constrained in a $58.15 billion state budget that officials pitched as putting Massachusetts on a “glide path” toward potentially better financial...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Sebastian Garro has been playing golf since he was 5 years old. He never could have imagined when all that practice would pay off. Garro — an eighth grader at Bement School in Deerfield — attended the UMass men’s basketball game against South Florida...

By GARRETT COTE

A couple weeks ago, I sat inside Smith Academy’s Sherry Webb Gymnasium in Hatfield to cover a girls basketball game between the Falcons and Duggan Academy of Springfield. As the game progressed, the displeasure from supporters only grew louder – and...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — State legislation to provide free public higher education tuition to all in-state residents is being endorsed by student activists as providing benefits to Amherst, including through stabilizing a housing market where students, families and...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — On Saturday afternoons, patients at Cooley Dickinson Hospital’s behavioral health unit are treated to the sounds of soothing piano music, hearing tunes such as “You Got a Friend and Me,” and “Hallelujah.”And it’s all thanks to a chance...

By SAM DRYSDALE

Last month’s Boston Tea Party anniversary celebration was “just the tip of the iceberg” as Massachusetts prepares to leverage a series of upcoming historical anniversaries to market the state and draw in millions of tourists, the state’s top tourism...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — To stave off a portion of what could be nearly $1.9 million in reductions and efficiencies to balance next year’s Amherst-Pelham Regional Schools budget, Amherst representatives to the regional committee intend to seek more financial support...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — When Aimee Salmon first moved to Northampton from the Democratic Republic of the Congo 10 years ago, she admits it was something of a culture shock.“The weather was the first snow in my life,” she said. “I didn’t speak English at the...