Nearly a month after they asked the Baker administration to explore the change, a group of lawmakers filed a bill that would temporarily increase...
HATFIELD — For many farmers, the 2020 season has posed numerous difficulties: an ongoing drought, early frost and a need for extra public health...
AMHERST — Bob Weiner remembers the last gig he played before the pandemic struck. On March 12, the drummer performed with Darryl Harper, a jazz...
With unemployment soaring, state lawmakers are considering ways to soften the blow from a major impending increase in the taxes employers pay...
As the COVID-19 pandemic approached in March, Matt Haskins attempted to keep his customers safe at Matt’s Barber Shop in downtown Amherst, moving...
Dear Readers,A couple of weeks ago, it was business as usual in Massachusetts. Town Meetings were packed, spring was settling in and we were all...
NORTHAMPTON — Should a business be able to bar employment on the basis of non-intoxicating — and legal — drug use? That’s the question on the minds...
SOUTH DEERFIELD — Forty-six full-time Yankee Candle Co. employees were affected when the parent company that owns the candle-making giant decided...
WHATELY – Production of wax and wicks in town is expected to increase starting in the fall, when Chesapeake Bay Candle’s operations move from...
SOUTH DEERFIELD – The president of the Channing Bete Company said morale is high and camaraderie is strong among employees ahead of June 30, when...
SOUTH DEERFIELD — The Channing Bete Company expects to cease operations June 30, the South Deerfield publisher announced Tuesday.The first position...
On a cool, windy Friday in mid-April, Pamela Rewa stepped out a small van parked at the Northampton Survival Center and walked briskly over to a...