DIAL/SELF Youth and Community Services faces nearly 40% funding cut
Cummington Town Meeting on Friday will take up $3.3M budget
Teen voting petition falls short for second year at Deerfield Town Meeting
Pelham poised to become 2nd in Hampshire County to adopt nicotine-free generation policy
Baseball/Softball Notebook: MIAA releases first state power rankings of spring, Hampshire softball No. 2 in Division 4
Belchertown man guilty of murder in 2021 Springfield shooting
Northampton schools to get nearly 6% budget increase next year; amount short of demands by advocates
Northampton superintendent: No layoffs for schools next year, but service reductions coming
NORTHAMPTON — City schools will avoid layoffs next fiscal year under a budget proposal announced earlier this week by the mayor, though Superintendent Portia Bonner said Wednesday that other reductions in services are expected.
High winds send Westhampton canoer into Oxbow, where he nearly drowned swimming to shore
NORTHAMPTON — As he fought to swim to the shore along the Oxbow of the Connecticut River Tuesday afternoon, his lungs taking in heavy amounts of water, thoughts of his own mortality began to enter the mind of James Roberts.
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High winds send Westhampton canoer into Oxbow, where he nearly drowned swimming to shore
Planners OK five-story housing development for St. Mary’s Church site, concerns aired over Hawley Street apartment building
Couple displaced in Leverett house fire
Hampshire Pride going bolder: Saturday’s event will feature rally led by LGBTQ+ activists, in addition to traditional parade, entertainment
Northampton superintendent: No layoffs for schools next year, but service reductions coming
Springfield man who allegedly sexually assaulted minors arrested at Hadley hotel
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A Look Back, May 1
Photos: Playground face-life at Buttery Brook
Arts Briefs: Western New England Music Festival in Holyoke, Mojofest in Hadley, and more
Holyoke career fair a ‘one-stop shop’ for young job seekers
Sports
HS Roundup: Juliana Albo wins three events as Amherst girls track defeats Minnechaug, 96-49
Claire Fortin and Juliana Albo each had huge days to help the Amherst Regional girls track and field team to a 96-49 victory over Minnechaug on Wednesday afternoon in Wilbraham.
HS Baseball: Colin Hogan, timely hitting steer Hampshire baseball past Easthampton 3-1 (PHOTOS)
Northampton Post 28 Senior Legion baseball tryouts
HS Roundup: Smith Academy baseball rallies for extra-inning win over Mahar
HS Roundup: Cassandra Dion, Hopkins softball fend off improving Northampton for ninth straight victoryOpinion
Guest columnist Anthony Fyden: A new voice on the Hadley Planning Board
What will Hadley look like in five years, or ten? What kind of town will we leave our families and the next generation? I believe that Hadley is at a crossroads, and I’m running for Planning Board to help chart a path forward. Like other western Massachusetts towns, Hadley is facing immense pressure — much of it generated from Boston — to reshape our communities, to conform to a vision driven largely by state politicians. We’re being forced to bear the brunt of economic, housing, and energy crises that we did not create and that we’re not in a position to fix. I believe that the residents of Hadley should drive decisions about our future, not state politicians who rarely, if ever, set foot in town.
Reed Schimmelfing: Why I’m OK with getting the finger
Sanjay Arwade: UMass Minutemen baseball continues to up game
Faye Wolfe: It's just too big
Steve and Bonnie Dodson: More quiet and fumeless lawn care
Your Daily Puzzles
An approachable redesign to a classic. Explore our "hints."
A quick daily flip. Finally, someone cracked the code on digital jigsaw puzzles.
Chess but with chaos: Every day is a unique, wacky board.
Word search but as a strategy game. Clearing the board feels really good.
Align the letters in just the right way to spell a word. And then more words.
Business
A cleaner, quieter cut: Eco Valley Lawn Care embraces all-electric maintenance from mowing to landscaping
NORTHAMPTON — As the weather warms up and the outdoors become lush with greenery again, Cyrus Copen is looking forward to tidying up overgrown spaces.
Next Sunderland ZBA meeting on proposed Dollar General planned for May 28
Making News in Business, April 25
Area property deed transfers, April 25
A true-to-the-plant approach: Easthampton natives finding success manufacturing hemp products in hilltownse-Edition
Arts & Life
Book Review: Meeting her where she is: ‘Aperture’ by Wally Swist details the realities of Alzheimer’s caregiving
I wrote only one poem during my stint as an Alzheimer’s caregiver. Most of my writings were either straightforward recountings of my days with my mother as she unlearned things (finding her way home, tying her shoelaces) or analyses of lessons I learned from our time together.
Arts Briefs: ‘Bard in the Bar’ in Northampton, ‘Xanadu’ at UMass, and more
Speaking of Nature: Climbing out on a limb: The Hartford fern is not your typical fern
Her time in the spotlight: Amherst artist turns 90 and has first-ever public exhibit
Baking the world a better place: Local gay-owned baking company to give out free breadsticks at Hampshire PrideObituaries
Norman R. Routhier
Easthampton, MA - Norman R. Routhier, 84 of Easthampton, MA passed away on April 25th at Care One in Northampton. Norman was born in Holyoke on June 6,1940 to Edmond and Alma (Brisson) Routhier. He was a lifelong resident of Easthampton... remainder of obit for Norman R. Routhier
Carmen S. Acevedo
Florence, MA - Carmen S, Acevedo, 68, of Florence, passed away on Saturday April 26, 2025, at Baystate Medical Center surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Manhattan, NY on July 3, 1956, to the late Pablo and Marcelina (Alice... remainder of obit for Carmen S. Acevedo
Robert W. Holden
Ashfield, MA - Robert W. Holden died on April 24, 2025, at his home in Ashfield, Mass. He was 69. It would have been to his taste to start this obituary thus: Robert's dead. If you knew him, you can make up your own obit. If you didn't... remainder of obit for Robert W. Holden
Joan Devine Nolan
Meriden, CT - Joan Devine Nolan, born in Erie, Pennsylvania on June 8, 1921, died peacefully of natural causes in Meriden, Connecticut on April 23, 2025, weeks short of her 104th birthday. She was predeceased by her parents, Grace and ... remainder of obit for Joan Devine Nolan
