SUNDERLAND — The first tenants are moving into Sanderson Place as Franklin County’s first new affordable housing complex in years opened its doors...
WESTHAMPTON — State transportation officials are moving ahead with a plan to replace a structurally deficient bridge at Perry Hill Road Extension...
AMHERST — In the lead-up to Amherst’s spring town elections 15 years ago, some of those running for office and other town and school officials, as...
The UMass women’s basketball team isn’t messing around.The Minutewomen used a fast start, storming out of the gates to an 18-4 lead, and cruised to...
Illustrator and children’s book author Christian Robinson calls his website “The Art of Fun,” and it seems an appropriate title. Robinson’s...
Grüezi mitenand. After a three-year hiatus, I find myself back in Switzerland again visiting family and friends. Before Covid, I would come here to...
THE HOUSE AND SENATE: Gov. Maura Healey told Poltico Playbook last week that she supports some tax cuts including raising the estate/death tax...
Norah Reade’s distance performance powered the Northampton girls’ indoor track and field team, as the Hampshire County contingent once again shined...
I collect old LIFE magazines and was recently surprised to see a two-page advertisement in a February 1962 issue by Esso (Later Exxon) boasting...
WHATELY — As the town examines land around Exit 35 on Interstate 91, it is partnering with a local sustainable design school to take inventory of...
WHATELY — While winter’s warmest days remind us that our climate’s future could be bleak, the future generation reminds us that it may not have to...
WILLIAMSBURG — Twenty acres of forest along the West Branch of the Mill River is officially conserved as “forever wild,” the end result of a...
Sometime on Nov. 15, 2022, according to demographers, a baby was born somewhere in the world who brought the number of humans living on the planet...
If you felt last year was historically warm, new data from the University of Massachusetts confirms that feeling as 2022 marked the sixth-warmest...
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PHILADELPHIA — Jalen Hurts had one of Philadelphia’s four rushing touchdowns and the Eagles soared into the Super Bowl, forcing both of San...
MELBOURNE, Australia — Novak Djokovic climbed into the Rod Laver Arena stands to celebrate his 10th Australian Open championship and record-tying...
Although more than half of the races in November’s general election for the state Legislature were uncontested, there are over 20 new lawmakers who...
BOSTON — Western Massachusetts lawmakers say Gov.-elect Maura Healey needs to remember the needs of region as she charts a course for her new...
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About six years ago, in the midst of some of the worst violence in Syria’s long-running civil war, Harriet Diamond was contemplating a couple of...
In a long career that’s seen him win a Pulitzer Prize, a National Book Award, and a boatload of praise, Williamsburg writer Tracy Kidder has...
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