Daily Hampshire Gazette - Key source of news and information. - Daily Hampshire Gazette

Dyeing to remember: Belchertown fiber artist hand-weaves a 13-star Revolutionary War flag to honor forgotten history

Dyeing to remember: Belchertown fiber artist hand-weaves a 13-star Revolutionary War flag to honor forgotten history

by Emilee Klein June 5, 2026June 5, 2026

Belchertown High’s Class of 2026 reaches the finish line of ‘educational marathon’

News

Belchertown High’s Class of 2026 reaches the finish line of ‘educational marathon’

By PEARL DAVIS

For the Gazette

Sports

Local results from Day 1 of MIAA Meet of Champions

Columns

Columnist Bill Newman: Confessions of a Crossplayer

News

Concerns over health risks and property values spark opposition to Southampton cell tower

News

Amherst Fire’s new comfort dog Wilson ready for duty

Columns

Guest columnist Josh Silver: What Easthampton can teach Northampton about responsible budgeting

Championing a quarter-century of craft: Winning Writers celebrates 25 years of supporting authors through challenges

Get Growing with Mickey Rathbun: Cultivating ‘beautiful rooms’: Step inside the artfully naturalistic Florence gardens of Linda and Geoff Post

Most Read

Kittredge estate sold, ending prospect of major housing development in Leverett

Kittredge estate sold, ending prospect of major housing development in Leverett

End of an era: Volunteer-run Cooley Dickinson Hospital coffee shop closing to make way for grab-and-go cafe

End of an era: Volunteer-run Cooley Dickinson Hospital coffee shop closing to make way for grab-and-go cafe

Downtown Northampton to get new performance venue

Downtown Northampton to get new performance venue

Mystery trees keep popping up at Hatfield intersection

Mystery trees keep popping up at Hatfield intersection

Sports

NECBL: Blue Sox squander lead in ninth, start 2026 season with tie

Sports

NECBL: Blue Sox squander lead in ninth, start 2026 season with tie

The Valley Blue Sox opened the 2026 NECBL season with a 2-2 tie against the Newport Gulls at Mackenzie Stadium on Thursday. Ahead 2-0 in the ninth inning, the Blue…

by Ryan Ames

MIAA softball: Hampshire Regional’s bats come alive in 9-3 victory over Sandwich in Div. 4 Round of 16

MIAA baseball: Hopkins Academy’s Tucker Russell shines in 6-1 victory over Lenox in Div. 5 Round of 16

MIAA softball: Frontier Regional falls to West Bridgewater in Div. 4 Round of 16

MIAA boys tennis: Dominant performance from PVCICS secures Div. 4 Round of 16 sweep over Bourne

IRONMAN 70.3 Western Massachusetts triathlon set for Sunday

Business

Stakeholders cautious over impact of pending FirstLight sale

Stakeholders cautious over impact of pending FirstLight sale

Business

Digging out: One man’s recovery and the business it inspired

Arts & Life

Harnessing the ‘power of theater’: Easthampton Theater Company’s upcoming production highlights the significance of school programming

Harnessing the ‘power of theater’: Easthampton Theater Company’s upcoming production highlights the significance of school programming

by Carolyn Brown

Amherst native Will Matthews celebrates release of new Netflix show ‘The Boroughs’

Arts Briefs: Exhibit celebrating aquatic life in Easthampton, free concert in Northampton, and more

Outdoors

Speaking of Nature: Finding echoes of ecstasy: The non-native ragged robin wildflower thrives in New England meadows

More Arts & Life

Opinion

Columns

Guest columnist Joe Gannon: Space aliens return, like cicadas of the mind

by Joe Gannon

Columns

Guest columnist John P. DiBartolo Jr.: Picture Main Street at any cost?

Columns

Columnist J.M. Sorrell: By any means necessary?

Columns

Columnist Joanna Buoniconti: My wish for my 27th year

Local Government

Public safety takes center stage in Northampton budget hearings

News

Public safety takes center stage in Northampton budget hearings

by Anthony Cammalleri

Town-City-Government

Goshen voters to decide between two write-in candidates for Select Board seat

Town-City-Government

Williamsburg residents approve $10.4M budget, adopt clean energy code

News

Northampton City Council hears concerns over unfunded school positions

More Local Government

Local Ads

Join your neighbors and subscribe!

Award-winning coverage on breaking news and today’s top stories in and around Hampshire County. Whether it’s arts, sports, news, opinion, or our archives and e-editions, you’ll have unlimited access to the Daily Hampshire Gazette’s content.

Subscribe Today!

Puzzles

Cross|Word

An approachable redesign to a classic. Explore our “hints.”

Really Bad Chess

Chess but with chaos; Every day is a unique, wacky board.

Flipart

A quick daily flip. Finally, someone cracked the code on digital jigsaw puzzles.

SpellTower

Word search but as a strategy game. Clearing the board feels really good.

More News

Photos: Best of May

Photos: Best of May

by Carol Lollis and Daniel Jacobi II

News

A city divided: Override battle heads to ballot box in Easthampton

by Sam Ferland

Historic North Amherst church to mark 200 years with community celebration

Historic North Amherst church to mark 200 years with community celebration

by Scott Merzbach

News

Cooley Dickinson Hospital workers turn up heat in contract fight

by Samuel Gelinas

Did we miss something we should have covered?

Tell us about it – click here to send us a note.

e-Edition

Michèle Anastasia Smith

Michèle Anastasia Smith

Richard John Niedbala

Richard John Niedbala

Sandra Ann Hart

Sandra Ann Hart

Audrey T. Pendergast

Audrey T. Pendergast

Jin-Chen Su

Jin-Chen Su

Elodie L. Fagnand

Elodie L. Fagnand

Irma Virginia Liquet Croteau

Irma Virginia Liquet Croteau

Robert Watson

Robert Watson

Elizabeth Poudrier

Elizabeth Poudrier

Loy H. Harris

Loy H. Harris

Elizabeth Tabaka

Elizabeth Tabaka

John Wright

John Wright

Lillie May Rigali

Lillie May Rigali

Judith Mary Pappas

Judith Mary Pappas

Alexander C. Mokrzecki

Alexander C. Mokrzecki

Edward T. Mann Jr.

Edward T. Mann Jr.

Events

Have a news tip?

Send a letter to the editor

Connect with a reporter

Advertise on this site