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Warren blasts Trump, GOP during WMass town hall
Cummington calls special TM Thursday, amended agreement with regional school district on warrant
Lights illuminating clock at South Deerfield Congregational Church restored to working order
Area briefs: Parties in the Park free weekly DJ series; Tirrell to hold campaign kickoff for Easthampton mayoral run; Amherst-Pelham schools to offer free summer meals
Beacon Hill Roll Call, June 9-13
Guest columnist Deborah Pastrich-Klemer: Making a difference for Ward 2
Columnist Richard Fein: Economic peril on the horizon
State education department halts trustee appointments at Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School
Amherst Historical Commission to consider demolition of downtown building
Residents seek relief from heat dome scorching Valley; season’s first heat wave to last through Wednesday
NORTHAMPTON — Heat intensifies Evan Rudzik’s traffic enforcement shifts: his muscles get fatigued faster, his breath feels heavier and his sweat causes his florescent uniform to stick to his back and legs.
Rainbow flags, big smiles: Amherst’s inaugural pride parade draws hundreds
AMHERST — Rainbow flags flew in the air, music by queer pop artists played in the background and children giggled as they popped bubbles streaming from a bubble machine on a hot Sunday afternoon. Pride had come to Amherst for the first time.
A Look Back, June 24
Photo: Splashing into summer
Arts Briefs: ‘A Walk in the Woods’ in Amherst, ‘Guys and Dolls’ in Easthampton, Green River Fest, and more
‘Meant to only last the summer’: Amherst artist’s wheatpaste murals among those now decorating MontagueSports
Amherst closes out historic performance at Nike Outdoor Nationals with 5 school records
On the biggest stage in high school outdoor track and field, athletes from Amherst Regional solidified their spot among the best in the country at this past weekend’s Nike Nationals meet at Hayward Field at the University of Oregon.
Legion baseball: Josh Misiaszek, Ryan Gould combine for no-hitter as Belchertown Post 239 wins third straight
Northampton’s Galen Fowles rallies from rough start to earn medalist honors at Mass. Public Links qualifier
Youth baseball: Nteta, Rios power Northampton to 14U title win over Amherst
Back home and locked in: Sebastian Mexico thriving with Valley Blue Sox
Opinion
Guest columnist Rob Moir: For cod and country
In 1638, it was clear to the people of Plymouth, Massachusetts, that there were fewer cod and striped bass in their coastal waters because they knew what we were capable of. They did not blame divine intervention or the biblical call to “fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
Maia Hinesley-Saunders: The Skrmetti decision, Dobbs, and solidarity with the reproductive justice movement
Letter: Protest to support the taken
Guest columnist Joe Curtatone: Renewable energy and battery storage is the affordable choice for families. How do we get it right?
Guest columnist Jean Ida Hoffman: Angelenos must not let National Guard silence them
Your Daily Puzzles
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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
Study to determine feasibility of connecting Deerfield, Whately industrial parks
SOUTH DEERFIELD — The few hundred feet of undeveloped land between Industrial Drive West in Deerfield and Fairview Way in Whately, which separates the two communities’ industrial parks, was once jokingly referred to as the “DMZ,” or demilitarized zone, by Whately’s former police chief in 1995.
Area property deed transfers, June 20
Student loans: Payments have restarted; here’s how to manage the impact to your credit score
Making News in Business, June 20
Brutal? No, beautiful: Holyoke artist Michael Karmody has found beauty — and a decent living — in concrete creations e-Edition
Arts & Life
‘I’ve met friends in my books’: Eric Carle Museum celebrates author, illustrator Grace Lin with retrospective exhibition
Florence-based author and illustrator Grace Lin is known for books like “Where the Mountain Meets the Moon” (for which she received a Newbery Honor in 2010), “The Gate, the Girl, and the Dragon,” “The Ugly Vegetables,” and “A Big Mooncake for Little Star” (for which she received a Caldecott Honor in 2019). Now, the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst is celebrating Lin’s work with a career retrospective.
Valley Bounty: ‘Looking forward since 1806’: Barstow family has been producing milk and more in Hadley for eight generations
Growing the local food system: Grow Food Northampton continues to honor the land and the people who grow on it
Let’s Talk Relationships: Bridging the emotional divide: Part 1: The impact of gender conditioning
These ‘Amateurs’ are anything but: Comedy, tragedy and pandemic tell relatable tale in Silverthorne Theater’s latest productionObituaries
Irene Sue Grinnell Baskin
Holyoke, MA - Irene Sue Grinnell Baskin ("Sue") passed away June 16, 2025 at her home in Holyoke, MA with her husband and daughters by her side. Sue was born August 9, 1949 in Miami, FL to Robert and Harriet Grinnell. She and her si... remainder of obit for Irene Sue Grinnell Baskin
Joseph E. Kielec
Rehoboth, MA - Joseph Eugene Kielec was born on October 6, 1942, to Joseph Walter Kielec and Anna (Piekunka) Kielec in Greenfield, MA. Joseph graduated from Northampton High School and attended the University of Massachusetts graduating... remainder of obit for Joseph E. Kielec
Daniel B. Krug Jr.
Westhampton, MA - Daniel (Danny)B. Krug, Jr. of Westhampton died unexpectedly, June 15, 2025 at age 76. He was the first son born to Daniel B. Krug, Sr and Jessie Snow Krug. He graduated from Williamsburg (Burgy) High school in 1968 and... remainder of obit for Daniel B. Krug Jr.
Susan Dixon
Susan (Dunn) Dixon Hadley, MA - Susan (Dunn) Dixon passed away peacefully on June 17, 2025. She is reunited in heaven with her husband of 39 years, Chris Dixon. Susan was born on October 9, 1958, in Passaic, NJ. She was the daughter ... remainder of obit for Susan Dixon
