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Smith students occupy admin building, demand divestment from weapons manufacturers
UMass hockey: 9-time national champion Denver awaits Minutemen in NCAA Springfield Regional opener
Area briefs: S. Hadley to old commemoration for Vietnam vets; Holyoke receivership meetings; and more
DiZoglio, legislators clash over audit proposal
Three candidates in running for Amherst superintendent
Hadley schools avoid ‘fiscal cliff,’ maintain level services next year
Groundbreaking: Amherst officials mark start of $97.5M elementary school
Making news in business, March 28
Area property deed transfers, March 28
Champions of change: NHS Student Union advocates for students before administrators, School Committee
NORTHAMPTON — When Giselle Ohm was in middle school, she enjoyed reading stories about the adventures and exploits of high school student councils, and she aspired to be on one someday. But when she began the transition to Northampton High School, Ohm...
Valley Art Supplies finds right mix by adding bar to longtime Easthampton business
EASTHAMPTON — Unlike most bar logs, the pages of the small black book found on the homemade bartop at Valley Art Supplies are filled with doodles and scribbles: a cat Statue of Liberty, a skull cocktail glass and platypus gyroscope lily...
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A ‘textbook’ housing solution: State housing chief lauds Northampton’s North Commons
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Editors Picks
A Look Back, March 27
A faster spinning Earth may cause timekeepers to subtract a second from world clocks
Area briefs: Northampton school funding presentation; Hopkins Academy performance; Easter bake, soup sale at Haydenville church
A tale of murderous indifference: ‘The Zone of Interest’ offers a view of the Holocaust as chilling as its architects
Sports
Connor Pignatello, Gazette’s newest sports reporter, hitting the ground running
When I was nine years old, my third-grade class had a stuffed animal mascot, Tag the Tiger.My teacher, Mr. Peters, assigned us a creative writing story on Tag every couple of weeks. Written with my third-grade Ticonderoga scrawl in a black and white...
Amherst’s Ivorie Arguin among locals honored by Bessone Committee as Kasey Bellamy Award winner
Youth basketball: Granby teams post undefeated seasons
Boston College scores four goals in second, three in third to roll past UMass, 8-1, in Hockey East semifinals
UMass Basketball: Keon Thompson enters transfer portal Opinion
Columnist Carrie N. Baker: Protecting access to contraception: A winning issue for Democrats in November 2024
In the wake of growing Republican restrictions on reproductive rights, Democrats in many states are introducing bills to protect access to contraception. In response, Republicans are blocking these bills, going on record as opposed to contraception....
Guest columnist Rev. Julie G. Olmsted: Is everything holy?
Peter M. Haas: A scary national program
David Arbeitman: A second Trump term?
Guest columnist Shalini Bahl-Milne: Beyond empathy — A compassionate approach to polarizing issues in Amherst
UMass
UMass football: Record number of players participate in Minutemen’s pro day
AMHERST — The UMass football program held its annual pro day on Tuesday afternoon in front of scouts for the New England Patriots and Jacksonville Jaguars. The Minutemen held their first spring practice of the year in the morning.UMass had 10 football...
UMass football: Minutemen back to work, ‘good feeling to be back’ for Don Brown as spring practice opens
UMass basketball: Minutemen’s Jaylen Curry, Daniel Hankins-Sanford agree to NIL deals with The Massachusetts Collective
UMass hockey: Breaking down the four teams (Denver, Maine, Cornell, UMass) in the Springfield Regional
UMass hockey: Minutemen earn at-large selection to NCAA tourney, will play Denver at MassMutual Center in Springfielde-Edition
Arts & Life
Speaking of Nature: Is this Grackle really common? Behold the bird’s colorful iridescence on a sunny day
After a while, one learns what to expect with each month and each season. July is going to be hot and humid, October will be colorful and somewhat melancholy, January will be cold and sleepy, and then there is March. March is the month for which the...
Stories bring the neighborhood home: ‘The Belt’ online oral history project shares Montview residents’ recollections of quirky riverside enclave
Valley Bounty: Fermentation meets cooperation: Real Pickles in Greenfield supports and supplies the regional food system
The Beat Goes On: A post-Mardi Gras show in Florence, a popular area band celebrates its newest album in Amherst, and more
Growing along with the land: Piyush Labhsetwar joins Grow Food Northamton as new farm and land stewardship managerObituaries
Lorna M. Peterson
Amherst, MA - So many who knew and loved her have admiringly described Lorna Mintz Peterson as a force of nature. On Saturday, March 16, at 84 years, Nature reclaimed her own. The beloved d... remainder of obit for Lorna M. Peterson
Mary Novak
Seaford, DE - Mary L. Novak passed peacefully in her Seaford, Delaware home surrounded by her loving children on December 31, 2023. Mary was born on August 6, 1941 and grew up in Montag... remainder of obit for Mary Novak
Beverley Carrigan
Easthampton, MA - Beverley A. Carrigan, 78, of Easthampton, Massachusetts, passed away peacefully on March 16, 2024 in her home, surrounded by her loved ones. She was born on February 13, 1... remainder of obit for Beverley Carrigan
Pearl Lynds
Cummington, MA - Pearl I. (Coburn) Lynds, 93, of Cummington, Massachusetts, passed away on Saturday, March 23, 2024 at Cooley Dickinson Hospital, surrounded by family. Pearl was born in... remainder of obit for Pearl Lynds
