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Leena’s Place in Belchertown faces state alcohol violation for allegedly serving 22 shots of liquor to underage employees
Amherst council adopts tougher nuisance property bylaw
Amherst Regional board backs ending MCAS requirement for graduation
Garden lessons: Hampshire Regional High students cultivate, tend to crops on plots near school
Administrator search begins in Hadley; sewer rates to rise
South Hadley High School named a School of Recognition by state
Deerfield Town Meeting voters OK $3.8M for 1888 Building while St. James Church draws discussion
54th annual Ashfield Fall Festival set for this weekend
PVTA to waive fares, launch new Amherst-to-Greenfield route
Question 5: Do tipped workers need a raise? Controversial measure heads to voters
Voters will decide on Election Day whether to raise the minimum wage for tipped workers in Massachusetts, a controversial ballot initiative known as Question 5 that could change the landscape for the restaurant and bar industry and other jobs where...
‘One sentence can change the course of a relationship’: Valley Players stage first full production, ‘Constellations,’ this weekend and next
Valley Players, a local volunteer theater group formed earlier this year, will perform their first full production in Amherst this weekend and next.The show, “Constellations,” by playwright Nick Payne, will be at Munson Memorial Library in Amherst...
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Tent camp stand-down: Situation defused after protest greets police, city officials at deadline for unhoused encampment
A cartoonists’ cartoonist: Florence’s Hilary Price won the highest honor awarded by the National Cartoonists Society
UMass Medical School professor co-recipient of Nobel Prize
Another busy weekend for Amherst Police with 200-plus calls for service
Preserving the past: Daughters of the American Revolution dedicate monuments as a gift for the future
Guest columnist Robin Goldstein: Listen to our restaurant workers and save their livelihoods by voting ‘no’ on Ballot Question 5
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A Look Back, Oct. 10
Illustrating a classic: Smith professor’s artworks featured in an exhibition honoring the centennial of Herman Melville’s ‘Billy Budd’
AGs file suit against TikTok: Massachusetts among states alleging that social media company harms children
Turning chaos into art: New documentary tracing life of acclaimed painter Gregory Gillespie premieres at Academy of Music
Sports
High Schools: Holyoke girls soccer shuts out St. Mary’s, 6-0 (PHOTOS)
HOLYOKE — The Holyoke girls soccer team jumped out to an early lead and never looked back, routing St. Mary’s 6-0 on its home turf Wednesday afternoon to improve to 7-6-1 this season. Back on Sept. 13, the Purple Knights beat the Saints 7-1. They once...
Northampton Youth Senior football team splits two games
High school football season reaches halfway point
Schedule omissions to impact state tourney rankings for western Mass. teams following resolution
HS Roundup: Frontier golf wins tiebreaker over Pioneer (PHOTOS)Opinion
Columnist Tolley M. Jones: Your silence will not protect you
Oppressive regimes, governments, religions and family systems rely on silence to fester and thrive. Their weak and parasitic exoskeleton depends on a steady supply of hapless victims who either helplessly, unknowingly, or willingly remain within the...
Peter M. Haas: Consider boycott on American, not Israeli goods
Deb Friedman: New antisemitism commission must have broad representation
Veronica Darmon: BDS has no place in our local co-op community
R.F. Conway: Gratitude for Emergency Department support
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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
Sisters in space: Katherine Taylor and Jessica Taylor-Mitchell open the Jupiter Club in Easthampton’s Eastworks
Sisters Katherine Taylor and Jessica Taylor-Mitchell were born to host, but they weren’t expecting to make a business out of it. Then, a sprawling 6,300-square-foot space with sweeping mountain views became available in Eastworks, and they saw the...
Run nears end for Majestic Saloon: Northampton venue focused on LGBTQ community is up for sale 
Blooming in the heart of Easthampton: Mother-daughter duo open Bouquets of the Valley on Cottage Street 
STCC and partners cut ribbon for Neal Cybersecurity Center of Excellence
Making news in business, Oct. 2
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Arts & Life
Arts Briefs: Poetry reading, pickleball, Mount Holyoke’s first musical in five years, and more
Perugia Press Prize winnerPerugia Press, a Florence-based feminist poetry micro press, recently announced that the book “Daughter of Three Gone Kingdoms” by Joan Kwon Glass is the winner of their Perugia Press Prize, which honors poetry books written...
Speaking of Nature: A record-breaking month of bird-watching: One good thing to come from catching COVID was extra time at the Thinking Chair
Arts Briefs: Arts fest, toy fest and classical music on the horizon
Northampton writer Cleo Rohn wins 2024 Beals Prize for Poetry
Speaking of Nature: Still going strong after summer: Common chicory a hot spot for pollen and nectar-seekersObituaries
Anna Marie Rice Hathaway
Plainfield, MA - Anna remained in her home of 69 years until her death at age 95 on September 8, 2024. She was predeceased by her husband, Norton "Dutch" Hathaway and daughter, Karen Gale Hathaway. She is survived by many fond memories.... remainder of obit for Anna Marie Rice Hathaway
C. Gregory Winters
Hatfield, MA - In loving memory of Greg Winters on the 10th anniversary of his passing on October 9, 2014. We remember Greg as a very professional and serious CPA, but he also possessed a calmness and jovialness that was enjoyed by his ... remainder of obit for C. Gregory Winters
Mary Elaine Kohler
Amherst, MA - Mary Elaine Kohler peacefully passed away on September 20, 2024 at the age of 87. Some of her many interests included playing and teaching piano, flying a small plane, writing, photography, participating in the local a... remainder of obit for Mary Elaine Kohler
Emily Dagrosa
South Deerfield, MA - Emily Rose Dagrosa, 37, of Greenfield, passed away September 28, 2024, following a brief illness . Born June 6, 1987, the daughter of Patricia (Grybko) and Jared Dagrosa, she lived in South Deerfield most of her l... remainder of obit for Emily Dagrosa
