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By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — How does five in a row sound, Smith College?

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — The Smith College basketball team has its eyes set on a fifth consecutive NEWMAC tournament championship, and the Pioneers started their quest off on the right foot on Wednesday night at Ainsworth Gymnasium. Smith, the top seed in the NEWMAC following an unblemished 11-0 conference record, used 21 points and 11 rebounds from Ella Sylvester to get past a pesky No. 8 Coast Guard team, 70-62, in the quarterfinals.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

NORTHAMPTON — As Smithies made their way around campus at lunch hour on Thursday, 20 or so protesters stood in numbingly cold rain, lining the sidewalk along Elm Street to decry what they allege is the school’s “complicity with genocide,” and voiced three demands.

By RYAN AMES

NORTHAMPTON — Kim Bierwert was a savant.

By GARRETT COTE

HATFIELD — Nothing was going the No. 26 Smith Academy boys basketball team’s way through nearly three quarters of play in its MIAA Division 5 preliminary round matchup with No. 39 Community Charter School of Cambridge. And when a Cougars player banked in a 3-pointer from the top of they key to give the visitors their largest lead of the game at 45-31 late in the third frame, the mountain seemed almost too steep to climb.

By CAROLYN BROWN

Smith College alumna Nava Grunfeld recently opened a retrospective show of still lifes and figure paintings at the Smith Alumnae House Gallery.

By CAROLYN BROWN

It’s no small feat to celebrate a 150th birthday. In 2025, Smith College is commemorating the sesquicentennial anniversary of its founding with programming throughout the year to celebrate the legacy and history of the women’s college.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Flooding from Bloody and Blacksmith brooks has long been a problem, but town officials and residents are hoping a relatively unused federal grant program may be the key to unlocking enough money to fund projects that could mitigate future flooding.

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — The seventh meet of the PVIAC indoor track season took place at Smith College on Sunday, and five Hampshire County schools were in action across the two meets.

By JACOB NELSON

At Smith College, the power of local ingredients and diverse cuisine is on display.

Offense was clicking for the Smith Academy girls basketball team in the first half on Thursday night, and the Falcons’ defense took over from there. The hosts scored 30 points in the first half to take 30-11 advantage at the break, then surrendered only four points over the final two quarters en route to a dominant 41-15 triumph over Gateway Regional at Sherry Webb Gymnasium in Hatfield.

By RYAN AMES

HATFIELD — A fourth-quarter surge sent the Smith Academy girls basketball team past Hampden Charter, 64-46, on Monday night.

By RYAN AMES

SPRINGFIELD — Makayla Tatro needed one basket to surpass 1,000 career points after one quarter of the Smith Voc girls basketball team’s game against Pioneer Valley Christian Academy on Friday.

By RYAN AMES

NORTHAMPTON — Three free throws decided Thursday night's Smith Voc-Smith Academy boys basketball game.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

NORTHAMPTON — The Sidney F. Smith Toy Fund brought in a total of $52,923 in 2024, its 92nd year, falling short of its $60,000 goal.Gazette Publisher Shawn Palmer thanks those who contributed to this year’s annual drive, which raises money toward...

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — A college basketball team doesn’t wind up in Sweet 16, Final Four and national championship games in consecutive seasons coincidentally. And if you walk into Ainsworth Gymnasium at some point this winter, it’s evident why Smith College...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — Started in 1974 as Francis Englehardt crafted wreaths from hand-picked greens, often making them for headstones in local cemeteries, The Holly Shed on West Street has grown to become a one-stop site for wreaths, decorative log boxes and...

By ALEXA LEWIS

NORTHAMPTON — The Northampton Lions Club has long been a bastion of local philanthropy in the Pioneer Valley. And every holiday season for decades, the Lions have celebrated the spirit of community by donating to the Sidney F. Smith Toy Fund.Steve...

By EMILEE KLEIN

BELCHERTOWN — While students shower their elementary school teachers with small tokens of appreciation during the holiday season, those coffee shop gift cards, stationary and trendy tumblers peter out as students get to middle and high school.But the...

By GARRETT COTE

HATFIELD — Chace Earle was picking apart the Smith Academy boys basketball team’s zone defense in the first half. The Hopkins Academy junior had 16 of his team’s 20 points as the Golden Hawks held on to a 20-18 lead at the break.Falcons head coach...