Keeping ‘vulnerable road users’ safe: A year after passage of 4-foot law, MassBike advocating for other protective measures

03-31-2024 1:02 PM

A year after its advocates played a key role in passage of a law aimed at making roads safer for “vulnerable users” — bicyclists, pedestrians and more — the Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition is again pushing for more changes designed to add further...


Protesters to UMass: Drop disciplinary action against students in 2023’s Gaza sit-in

03-29-2024 4:10 PM

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)
03-29-2024 8:14 PM

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 Marietta Pritchard: Recipe collections
03-31-2024 12:33 PM

Recently I decided I would face up to cleaning up my recipe collection. You know, those clippings and notes that most cooks accumulate over the years. My mother had a neat wooden box with handwritten notes on file cards. She would often include the...

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UMass hockey: 9-time national champion Denver awaits Minutemen in NCAA Springfield Regional opener
03-27-2024 5:06 PM

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...

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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