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By JAMES PENTLAND

HADLEY — Hampshire Mall, a major commercial property on Route 9 since its opening in 1978, was sold at a foreclosure auction Thursday for $7 million.The buyer was Deutsche Bank Trust Co. Americas and Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc.,...

By Staff Report

SOUTH HADLEY — Gov. Maura Healey will give the commencement speech to Mount Holyoke College’s Class of 2025 at the 188th graduation ceremonies in May.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL,EMILEE KLEIN and SCOTT MERZBACH

In a state that prides itself on its educational prowess, Massachusetts school districts across the commonwealth are facing a crisis of ability to adequately fund their schools. Hampshire County has proved to be no exception.

By ALEXA LEWIS

Paul Zononi was shocked to find that when he started tapping trees for the 2025 sugaring season at Paul’s Sugar House in Williamsburg, the sap came at a trickle — and with only half of its typical sugar content.

By ALEXA LEWIS

A plan by Gov. Maura Healey aimed at helping municipal governments reduce fiscal pressures and better serve communities at the local level is winning praise from mayors and town administrators in Hampshire County — athough like last year, the legislation is likely to face an uphill climb in the Legislature.

By ALEXA LEWIS

School districts in Hampshire County, including Amherst-Pelham Regional and Hadley, and across the country are taking steps to secure their data after a security breach at the widely-used, California-based software company PowerSchool meant unauthorized access to information stored in school systems was gained by a malevolent party, who held the information for ransom.

By ALEXA LEWIS

SOUTH HADLEY — Next school year, Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Public Charter School (PVPA) hopes to offer free bus transportation to students within a newly revised region, and alter bus routes so that no student lives more than two miles away from...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — Easthampton City Council President Homar Gomez is ready to make the leap to Beacon Hill after concluding his uncontested bid to represent the 2nd Hampshire District in the State House.Once he is sworn into office in the new year, Gomez...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — Community members are rallying to celebrate the life of Elise Ollmann-Kahle, a Williston Northampton School student and South Hadley resident who died earlier this month at the age of 17 of complications from cancer. Friends and family...

By ALEXA LEWIS

As students file out of Hampshire Regional High School at the end of the day, they have to make a quick stop at one of the many magnets mounted near the exits. These magnets serve as the “keys” to the Yondr pouches their cellphones remain locked in...

By SAMUEL GELINAS

HADLEY — Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is known to dodge parties and fanfare, favoring projects and family time.However, she got on the Massachusetts Turnpike on Monday and headed west to Hadley with a singular mission in mind — to highlight an ongoing,...

By Staff Report

HADLEY — All U.S. military veterans, their family members or caregivers or survivors are invited to a free event being planned for their benefit by the Central Hampshire Veterans Services’ District on Monday at the Hadley Senior Center, 46 Middle...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL and CHRIS LARABEE

From extreme weather related to climate change to stronger crop insurance protections and an increase on a cap on lending, area farmers paused their work briefly Tuesday to share their concerns with U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern when he swung by as part of...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

FLORENCE — Bob Cellucci had a problem. The chair of the homeowners association for houses on Cardinal Way in Florence, Cellucci realized one of the street’s detention ponds, used to collect stormwater runoff following heavy rains to prevent flooding...

By ALEXA LEWIS

HADLEY — Towering structures dominate the interior of Central Rock Gym in Hadley, where climbers of all ages cling to colorful grips and swing themselves continuously upward in a display of fearlessness and strength.For eight of the gym’s young...

By SAMUEL GELINAS

SOUTH HADLEY — “No greater love.”That phrase stands out prominently at the grave of the Rev. Capt. Ignatius Maternowski, a Holyoke native who died 80 years ago on D-Day, June 6, 1944. The Purple Heart recipient and candidate for sainthood was the only...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — Gratitude for families for their support in making a difference in students’ lives, appreciation for staff and administration who impacted education and plaudits for the larger community were expressed throughout the Hopkins Academy...

By ALEXA LEWIS

SOUTH HADLEY — Sunlight beamed into the basin of Gettell Ampitheater at Mount Holyoke College on Friday evening as South Hadley High School’s class of 2024 exchanged handshakes and marched, two by two, into the next phase of their lives. Gathered...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection is investigating the legality of a makeshift riverbank and retaining wall using dozens of carefully arranged shopping carts alongside the Connecticut River behind a home on Honey Pot...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — In 1968, a young Susan Opalenik stared out of the window of her intermediate junior high school classroom at the American flag, realizing its position at half-mast was for her cousin.Robert J. Sowinski was a corporal in the U.S. Army...