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Saluting their service: South Hadley celebrates Vietnam Veterans Day with a tribute to those who served
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...
Protesters to UMass: Drop disciplinary action against students in 2023’s Gaza sit-in
AMHERST — Several UMass professors joined more than 50 demonstrators in front of the Whitmore Administration Building on Thursday, demanding an end to university-imposed probation placed against students and faculty that were arrested for occupying...
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Baseball: Big first inning powers Granby past Smith Academy in season opener (PHOTOS)
GRANBY — After inclement weather caused every outdoor game on Thursday’s opening day of the spring season to be postponed, Hampshire County teams finally started spring regular season play Friday on a sunny, 50-degree afternoon.And the Granby baseball...
Opinion
Guest columnist Daniel Lyons: World’s energy systems will not change in the short-term
I’d like to offer some comments on Russ Vernon-Jones’s recent column “Solving humanity’s shared climate crisis,” [Gazette, March 15].He writes that public opinion polls show that U.S. adults want “more government action on climate.” The fundamental...
UMass
UMass hockey: 9-time national champion Denver awaits Minutemen in NCAA Springfield Regional opener
SPRINGFIELD — Greg Carvel had his house to himself last Saturday, the date of the University of Denver’s NCHC title game with Omaha. If Denver won, the UMass ice hockey head coach and his team would be back in the NCAA tournament. A loss would mark...
Arts & Life
Tropical paradise? Not so much: Spring exhibits at Mead Art Museum examine the effect of tourism in the Caribbean, Native American art, and more
What could be better in winter than a trip to the Caribbean? Warm but not overly hot temperatures, beautiful sandy beaches, crystalline waters — sounds like paradise.But as a current exhibit at the Mead Art Museum in Amherst shows, paradise for some...
Obituaries
Hadley, MA - Derek "Wookie" Robert Rheaume Woofenden, 43, passed into the spiritual world suddenly in Hadley, Massachusetts, on March 19, 2024. He is predeceased by his maternal grandparent... remainder of obit for Derek Robert Rheaume Woofenden
Northampton, MA - Ellen O'Keefe Holch, born and raised in Northampton, MA, died in her sleep at her home in Greenwich, CT on March 15. The first of six children born to Irish immigrants Mar... remainder of obit for Ellen Holch - 101 Yrs.
Amherst, MA - Peter Albert Ward, fondly known as PAW, died on March 3, 2024 at the Hospice of the Fisher Home in Amherst, MA, at the age of 79. He was born on December 28, 1944, in Quincy, ... remainder of obit for Peter Albert Ward
Adams, MA - Mr. Alan Joseph Yagmin, 76, of Adams, passed away on Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was born in Northampton on December 13, 1947, a son of... remainder of obit for Alan J. Yagmin