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By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Throughout the 125 year history of Amherst Golf Club, a member of the Twohig family has been the head golf professional for 65 percent of the time.After Ed Twohig Sr., who began his tenure in 1944, stepped down following 35 years, Dave...

By STEVE PFARRER

In the early 1990s, I answered an ad for a reporting job at the Gazette. I had editorial experience — I’d worked as a copywriter, a copy editor, and a proofreader — and I liked writing, but I’d never worked for a newspaper, unless you counted a few...

By GARRETT COTE

EASTHAMPTON — Mark Conroy hasn’t been to a Middlebury College football game since the last time he played in one in the 1980s. That’s one of the many stops he plans to make this year now that he finally has time for it.Having the weekends off will be...

By EMILY THURLOW

SOUTHAMPTON — After five and a half years at the helm of the town’s Council on Aging, Joan Linnehan has announced she will retire in June.“It’s time another person takes the reins” and to see the success of a future new senior center, she wrote in a...

By EMILY THURLOW

SOUTHAMPTON — Sometime this summer, John Workman will finally get a full night’s sleep.But until then, the longtime firefighter and Southampton fire chief for the last decade will continue to keep one ear open to the radio for calls, just like he’s...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — The City Council on Wednesday approved increasing a cost-of-living-adjustment for the Easthampton Contributory Retirement System by an additional 2% in the current fiscal year, bringing the cost-of-living-adjustment to 5%.Mayor Nicole...

BY EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — The city’s schools superintendent, Allison LeClair, announced Wednesday her intention to retire at the end of the school year.LeClair, who has been in the education field for 35 years, said in a letter addressed to members of the School...

By MICHAEL CONNORS

NORTHAMPTON — For John F. Heaps Jr., president and CEO of Florence Bank, giving back to the community and providing good customer service isn’t just an expectation.“It’s our responsibility,” he said.Since he started in his position in 1995, Heaps, 71,...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

NORTHAMPTON — Health care, Donald Trump and war were some of the topics of conversation when U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Worcester, visited 19 residents of Rockridge Retirement Community for an intimate conversation on Friday.Earlier in the day,...