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By STEVE PFARRER

Kelly Link has piled up quite a few accolades and honors over the years: a MacArthur “genius grant,” a Pulitzer Prize nomination, several awards for fantasy fiction — a Hugo, a World Fantasy, and three Nebulas — and the kind of praise writers dream...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GREENFIELD — The Connecticut River Conservancy is receiving $32,366 from the state Department of Environmental Protection as part of a larger $200,000 statewide grant to nonprofits for water quality monitoring of rivers, lakes, ponds and coastal resources.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

GOSHEN — As rehabilitation of the town’s historic Town Hall enters a key stage thanks to a new grant, an unrelated project nearby, “Re-imagine Goshen Center” — which supporters believe will transform Goshen from a “drive-through” community to a...

By STEVE PFARRER

As part of a funding program for municipal and nonprofit performing arts centers, the Massachusetts Cultural Council is awarding over $150,000 to 10 arts organizations and centers in the Valley.The awards — part of $3.66 million in funding the MCC is...

By STEVE PFARRER

On the U.S.-Mexican border, a desperate mother sends her young daughter alone across a bridge over the Rio Grande to try make it into Texas. In New York City, a Jewish woman confronts the hole in her heart when she thinks of her former Muslim husband,...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — One of South Hadley’s most popular parks will undergo a second round of renovations later this year thanks to a $500,000 state grant the town received last month. The town intends to use the money to expand and upgrade Buttery Brook...

By REBECA PEREIRA

Four generations of Deerfield fruit farmers have stewarded the land at Clarkdale Fruit Farms for more than a century, harvesting an heirloom apple variety that measures just around 1 inch in diameter, a bite-sized Lady apple most popular among the...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

NORTHAMPTON — Since immigrating to the Pioneer Valley from Venezuela last year, Biani Salas has faced many of the obstacles that so many in her situation find in the United States: racism, workplace discrimination, language barriers and difficulty...