Sunlight Act on move, targeting legislature and governor
BOSTON — While the bill has a long path ahead of it, advocates for more government transparency are encouraged that a House-Senate committee on Tuesday gave a favorable report to a bill whose sponsors say it will bring needed “sunlight” to the...
Residents seek answers to big housing development at old Belchertown State Hospital
BELCHERTOWN — Donna Buxton hears every day that many Belchertown residents have no idea that a 108-unit residential development may be built on the old state school property off State Street.Prior to the creation of the Economic Development...
Hockey: Charlie Fijal nets 5 goals in Belchertown’s 6-6 tie with McCann Tech (PHOTOS)
AMHERST — Trailing 5-3 to McCann Tech entering the third period, the Belchertown hockey team made it clear in the locker room during the second intermission that it wasn’t going to lose on its senior night.Charlie Fijal took matters into his own hands...
High schools: Hopkins Academy girls basketball gets 1st win over Athol
For the first time all season, the Hopkins Academy girls basketball checked off one in the win column on Friday night.Ten different players scored points, and the balanced Golden Hawks built a double-digit halftime lead en route to a 40-29 victory...
Swimming: Senior Day the culimination of a fun season for Amherst, Northampton programs
AMHERST — The bleachers alongside Amherst Middle School’s pool filled with supporters of the Amherst and Northampton boys and girls swim teams as the ‘Canes hosted their senior night in their final dual meet of the season on Friday evening.Amherst...
Boys basketball: Greenfield handles Hopkins Academy in HL South action (PHOTOS)
GREENFIELD — It was going to be a challenge for the Hopkins Academy boys basketball team on Friday against Greenfield. The Green Wave, which currently has the top record in the Hampshire League South, were able to get what they wanted offensively,...
Analysis: Mahomes and the Chiefs must win a Super Bowl this season to challenge Patriots’ dynasty
If Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs are going to challenge Tom Brady and the New England Patriots’ unprecedented two-decade run of success, they have to win a Super Bowl this season.Mahomes and the defending champion Chiefs are facing their...
Guest columnist Dan Peters: No, you bleep: Refs have had enough
Imagine being at your workplace trying to perform your job duties and you hear your boss yell the following comments directed at you:“That’s terrible!”“Open up your eyes.”“You blew that one!”“Where are your glasses?!?!”Can you imagine trying to work...
Guest columnist Daniel Cantor Yalowitz: Why does winning have to mean someone loses?
“Winning is not everything, it’s the only thing.” — Vince Lombardi (1955)We live in an increasingly ultra-competitive world. In the U.S., our children are trained from an early age not only about determination, discipline, and persistence, but also...
Matteo Pangallo: All the ‘good’ Trump did
A letter in the Jan. 25 Gazette urges us to remember “all the good Trump did when he was in office.” I would agree with that suggestion, and to make it easier for other readers to do as that letter suggests, I’ve prepared the following detailed list...
Randi Stein: Should try connecting with her tribe
I am offended and bewildered by the words of guest columnist Sarena Neyman, who says she is “losing her tribe over Gaza.” [“Losing my tribe over Gaza,” Gazette, Jan. 20]. While I want to hasten to say I too have come to a position that a cease-fire...
Guest columnist Rutherford H. Platt: Reasons to question ‘trophy projects’
On Jan. 5, 2023, the Northampton City Council celebrated the new year by allocating $1 million to each of Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra’s two trophy projects: “Picture Main Street” and the Resilience Hub. These amounts were drawn from the COVID-era...
UMass basketball: Matt Cross leads balanced Minutemen past Saint Louis for first A-10 road wi
Matt Cross led four players in double figures, scoring 19 points to propel the UMass men’s basketball team to an 84-73 Atlantic 10 Conference victory over Saint Louis on Saturday night at Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis, Mo.The Minutemen won on the road...
UMass basketball: Minutewomen drop 7th game in a row in 63-48 loss at Rhode Island
The UMass women's basketball team fell on the road at Rhode Island on Saturday afternoon in the Ryan Center, 63-48.It was the seventh loss in a row for UMass, which fell to 3-18 overall, 1-8 in the Atlantic 10.Stefanie Kulesza led the Minutewomen in...
UMass basketball: Minutemen look to rebound against Saint Louis; Minutewomen hope to snap skid at URI
After winning two of its first three Atlantic 10 Conference games, the UMass men’s basketball team has now lost three of its last four – including two crushing defeats at the buzzer stemming from an inability to rebound down the stretch.The Minutemen...
Slow start dooms UMass women’s basketball against Davidson
A slow start plagued the UMass women’s basketball team in its 72-42 road loss to Davidson on Wednesday night. The Minutewomen scored just eight points in the first quarter and found themselves down nine at the end of the frame. Although UMass played...
UMass basketball: Minutemen to host La Salle, Minutewomen on the road at Richmond
AMHERST — The effort and no-quit attitude that the UMass men’s basketball team showed against Dayton on Sunday was a promising sign for the Minutemen moving forward.UMass’ 64-60 loss on the road was the closest the Minutemen have come to beating the...
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‘Creole love call’: Gombo launches new music series starting Feb. 2 with jazz reedman Evan Arntzen
When John Piskor opened his Cajun-style restaurant, Gombo Nola Kitchen & Oyster Bar, in Northampton last year, he said he eventually wanted it to turn it into something akin to a New Orleans cafe, where people come out for a drink and live music after...
Earth Matters: Facing the ‘age of humans’: Should a new epoch, the Anthropocene, be initiated to reflect human impact on Earth?
As I concentrated on the computer screen, the news played in the background. A story about the environment got my attention, causing me to sit back and listen more carefully. I played the piece again to be sure I heard it correctly.In summer 2023, the...
Staying in the game: Veteran actors and teachers Raye and Candace Birk are still involved with theater after decades of performance
Looking for some talented older actors who can play a wide range of roles? Who have decades of experience in theater, film and television?Raye Birk and Candace Barrett Birk are at your service.The Florence couple, relatively new transplants to the...
The Beat Goes On: A busy couple of weeks at The Drake, a new acoustic music series in Holyoke, and more
In my last column, I mentioned that The Parlor Room in Northampton and the Marigold Theater are maintaining busy schedules right through these early, dead-of-winter days.Another area venue that keeps pumping up the music is The Drake in Amherst, and...
Speaking of Nature: Drama at the feeders: The arrival of winter means the arrival of some foul-weather friends
It appears as though winter has finally arrived. November and December (most of which is technically autumn) were very mild and all through the Christmas break the high temperatures were consistently above freezing. This resulted in little to no snow...
Diana L. Adair
Amherst, MA - Diana L. Adair, 70, passed away January 22, 2024. Born in Northampton, MA on July 26, 1953, she was the daughter of Howard I. Mann Sr. and Marietta Tataro. Diana grew up in Be... Read More
Philip Stanton Hall
Florence, MA - Philip Stanton Hall of Florence, MA passed away peacefully on January 22, 2024, surrounded by his loving family. He was 89. Philip was born January 30, 1934 in Bennington... Read More
William J. O'Neil
Hadley, MA - William J. O'Neil, 80, of Hadley, passed away surrounded by his family at the Cooley Dickinson Hospital on Tuesday, January 9, 2024. He was born in Cambridge, MA on July 24, 19... Read More
Annick Porter
Amherst, MA - Annick Porter, beloved mother, grandmother, and friend, died December 3, 2023. It was her dear departed husband's birthday. She would have cooed at the coincidence. Annick was... Read More
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