Breaking ground: Amherst kicks off long-awaited track and field renovation at regional high school

06-17-2025 3:25 PM

AMHERST — Ground has officially broken on the Amherst Regional High School track and field renovation project, following a ceremony in the school’s parking lot overlooking the complex on Monday afternoon.


Rooted in song and community: Hartsbrook School bids joyful farewell to Class of 2025

06-17-2025 11:48 AM

HADLEY — Fourteen high schoolers bid farewell on Saturday to the place they had called home for their academic careers — the Hartsbrook School — in a song-filled ceremony with their teachers, family and friends watching.


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Guest columnist Jonathan Kahane: Time to enshrine Rose, ‘Shoeless Joe’
06-17-2025 1:43 PM

Well all I can say is, “It’s about darn time!” Pete “Charlie Hustle” Rose, and “Shoeless” Joe Jackson have been “reinstated” into Major League Baseball after committing their “heinous” crimes. They are now both eligible to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame (HOF). It’s a shame that this didn’t happen while they were alive. Rose was banned, because he was caught betting on MLB games. Jackson was punished for purportedly being part of the “1919 Black Sox Scandal” where eight players were accused of throwing the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds. (They were never found guilty.)

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Brutal? No, beautiful: Holyoke artist Michael Karmody has found beauty — and a decent living — in concrete creations
06-12-2025 11:01 AM

HOLYOKE — Artist Michael Karmody knows a hard truth about concrete — that it is often associated with sidewalks and jails, not attractive things.

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Speaking of Nature: Pressure is on for the spotted turtle: Now is the point in the turtle life cycle when female turtles are most vulnerable
06-17-2025 2:41 PM

The story of this spring has been the weather; specifically, the rain that just keeps falling. Add in the new arrival of the hazy smoke blowing south from Canadian wildfires and you’ve got a soggy, foggy, smoky, cloudy mess. The grass in my lawn is growing like crazy and the notion of a No Mow May wasn’t even really much of a choice so much as it was foisted upon us by the weather. When I finally get a dry moment to get out into the yard I am going to have to keep my eyes open for tigers and velociraptors in the tall grass.

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Haydenville, MA - John Joseph Dymerski was born August 1, 1937, in Haydenville, Massachusetts, the fifth of six children to Joseph and Esther (Kulash) Dymerski. John loved to play in the woods in Haydenville and fish and swim in Beaver ... remainder of obit for John J. Dymerski

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Haydenville, MA - Michael J. Dymerski, born November 3, 1944, son of Joseph and Esther (Kulash) Dymerski of Haydenville, MA died peacefully in Baystate Medical Center on March 13, 2025. Michael was a resident of Haydenville, MA. He was ... remainder of obit for Michael J. Dymerski

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Shutesbury, MA - There are lots of tears in the valley, for John Tomasetti died on June 6 in Springfield, Mass. Mr. T was known by this moniker by many of his students, a reference to the burly television character on the "A Team." The ... remainder of obit for John Tomasetti

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Worthington, MA - Antonia (Toni) Plehn Lake died peacefully on June 5, 2025, a sunny summer morning, in the beautiful home she'd designed for herself in Worthington, Mass. She was 85. Toni had a rich and varied life. As a poet, she crafted ... remainder of obit for Antonia Plehn Lake

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