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By Scott Merzbach, Maddie Fabian and Alexander MacDougall

Voters in three Hampshire County towns face key decisions for the future of their legislative branches on Tuesday, when Amherst, Northampton and Easthampton hold municipal elections to select new councilors, school committee members, library trustees...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — With a budget override looming for Northampton, spending and money dominated a significant portion of the conversation at a Wednesday forum featuring the four candidates running for two at-large positions on the City Council.Candidates...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Elimination of MCAS testing, declining enrollment and the school budget were some of the topics discussed by candidates for the Northampton School Committee’s at-large seats during a forum held Wednesday night at John F. Kennedy Middle...

By MADDIE FABIAN

NORTHAMPTON — Tova Reznicek, an Israeli-American living in Israel, has spent the last three weeks worried that a rocket will fall on her neighbors, friends, colleagues and herself.Her street has already been bombed, and on a morning call with the...

By EDEN MOR

BOSTON — New Village, a nonprofit early education community in Northampton, has long faced the brutal reality of the early child care crisis. The school, which offers progressive and social justice-minded education for families across western...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — When Sarah Willie-LeBreton first received word that she would be the new president of Smith College, she recalled bursting into tears of joy.At her inauguration ceremony Saturday, Willie-LeBreton showcased similar joyful emotion,...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The City Council on Thursday unveiled a resolution in support of the city’s Picture Main Street redesign, aiming to assure residents of the benefits the project will bring to the city despite anxieties over the three-year, $21 million...

By Sophie Hauck

NORTHAMPTON — Discussion over the Russia-Ukraine war turned testy at a forum this week in which foreign policy experts advocating for and against current United States policy in the 19-month conflict sparred over who was right.“You sound like people...

By JAMES PENTLAND

NORTHAMPTON — Weighing emotional stories of loss from the victim’s family members and a tearful plea for leniency from the defendant’s daughter, Hampshire Superior Court Judge Francis Flannery sentenced Cara Rintala to 12 to 14 years in prison for...

By SOPHIE HAUCK

HOLYOKE — Mel Hearne sustained a spinal cord injury in 2004 that left her paralyzed and unable to speak. For 17 years, she answered yes or no questions by raising her eyebrows for “yes,” and rolling her eyes back and forth for “no.”Today she “speaks”...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

CONCORD, N.H. — In the center of New Hampshire’s capital city of Concord lies its Main Street, overlooked by the city’s historic gold-domed State House building and its accompanying plaza featuring statues of the Granite State’s most notable political...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — After hearings on the matter stretched across three consecutive meetings, the Planning Board has approved a special permit for a proposed 109-room hotel and a 31-unit residential building at 115 Conz St., formerly the site of the Daily...

By JAMES PENTLAND

NORTHAMPTON — Jurors in Hampshire Superior Court heard from the first two witnesses Thursday as prosecutors once more began laying out their case that Cara Rintala killed her wife at their Granby home in 2010.The two officers first on the scene,...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Cases of COVID-19 have been on the rise throughout the Pioneer Valley over the past month, although not to the extent that they were a year ago, according to health officials. Data from Northampton Wastewater Treatment Plant shows a...

By Sophie Hauck

NORTHAMPTON — Foodies and picky eaters alike delighted in the return of Taste of Northampton on Saturday, an all-day food festival that gave thousands an appetite for supporting local businesses.Dozens of vendors lined Main Street, serving fried...

By SOPHIE HAUCK

HADLEY — Radio personality Christopher “Monte” Belmonte may have passed the torch of running the annual Cancer Connection Bed-In, but he couldn’t resist making a splash during Tara Brewster’s first turn anchoring the fundraiser on Friday.While...

By Emily Thurlow

NORTHAMPTON — Like the name of her new business suggests, Alaina Bavelas hopes that Bam Nail Studio will have an impact on the city.But unlike the heavy sound that resonates from a falling object, Bavelas intends the sound that accompanies her “Bam”...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Over 30 local restaurants and breweries will descend upon Northampton’s Main Street on Saturday, as the city hopes to attract people from across the Pioneer Valley region and beyond to its Taste of Northampton festival. Once an annual...

NORTHAMPTON — The city will open cooling centers at several locations Wednesday and Thursday for people looking for a break from temperatures expected in the low 90s. On Wednesday, the centers will be located in the following locations:

By MADDIE FABIAN

NORTHAMPTON — The smells of fried food, ketchup and hamburgers filled the air as thousands of sweaty and smiling fairgoers explored the many activities at this year’s Three County Fair over a four-day stretch that ended on Labor Day.With every whoosh...