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Healey eyes ‘housing abundance’ in statewide plan
BOSTON — The astronomical cost of housing for Massachusetts households across the income spectrum and a bleak outlook for the new units needed over the next decade underscore the focus of the Healey administration’s new housing plan for the next five years — more production.

New digs: Innovintage Place moves to old Kelly’s restaurant in Amherst after six years in Greenfield
AMHERST — As a teenager, Skye Wellington frequented Kelly’s restaurant, a nearly 30-year mainstay of a College Street business plaza until closing near the end of 2022.
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High school notebook: Amherst seeking big performance at next week’s MIAA Nordic Championships
The 2025 MIAA Nordic Ski Championship meet is fast approaching and the Amherst boys and girls teams are gearing up for their final race of the winter.
Opinion

Guest column: UMass protest response review was just a whitewash





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An approachable redesign to a classic. Explore our "hints."

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.
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Area Property Deed Transfers, Feb. 7
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Arts & Life

Arts Briefs: Ska in Easthampton, stories about food in Northampton, and more
It’s not often that we get to tell readers to skank to their hearts’ content, but that’s entirely the point of an upcoming event at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 8: namely, “The 1st Annual NU England Ska Summit,” an all-ages festival celebrating ska and nu metal (which the event description jokingly calls “the two most respected genre’s [sic] of music”) at CitySpace in Easthampton.
Obituaries

[IMAGE]Joseph J. Bye Sr. Hadley, MA - Joseph J. Bye Sr., 84, a lifelong resident of Hadley, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, February 4, 2025, at home. Joe Sr. was born in Pittsburgh, PA on Sept 15, 1940. He was the son of the late Tof... remainder of obit for Joseph J. Bye Sr.

Easthampton, MA - Deborah C. (Zononi) DeLamotte, 69, passed away at Cooley Dickinson Hospital on February 2, 2025. Born on April 20, 1955, she is the daughter of Claire (Davio) Zononi, and the late Charles G. Zononi. Deb was raised in H... remainder of obit for Deborah C. DeLamotte

Eleanor (Ellie) J. Goodman Northfield, MA - ELEANOR (Ellie) J. GOODMAN of Northfield, longtime counselor and teacher at Greenfield Community College, passed away on January 2, 2025, at 93. Born in Rupert, Idaho on June 8, 1931, Ellie was... remainder of obit for Eleanor J. Goodman

Kathleen "Kathy" Mitchell Southampton, MA - Kathleen A. Mitchell, age 63, passed away at home on the farm, on Jan 30, 2025. She was born in Nashua NH, on May 22, 1961, the daughter of James and Juanita (Nartoff) Pranes. Kathy's life was... remainder of obit for Kathleen Mitchell