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By JOAN AXELROD-CONTRADA

Want a rousing anthem for all the uncoupled people of the world?Look no further than the infectiously catchy tune “Single” by British singer-songwriter Natasha Bedingfield. In the song, the narrator issues her own declaration of independence. Just...

By SOPHIE HAUCK

AMHERST — Researchers at the University of Massachusetts and U.S. Geological Survey are teaming up to address the impact of hydropower installations on fish migration patterns, thanks to a $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy they...

By LAWRENCE WINSHIP

Each spring the Connecticut River Valley is flooded with fresh colors and smells as leaves and flowers burst out of dormant buds on trees and shrubs. Green shoots push up through the last snow and over-top last year’s brown leaves, covering the ground...

By JOAN AXELROD-CONTRADA

Al Green’s song, “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart” tickles my musical comfort food sweet spot.We all have songs that feel just right for whatever we need at the time. Some tunes energize us for the day ahead, get us psyched to exercise, or help take...

By KANA RUHALTER

Unhinged political rhetoric is at the forefront of much of the public’s mind, especially when attacks on the Capitol or U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband are plastered across headlines. Yet despite the countless times political pundits have...

By Declan Langton

A month after selling out trial runs offering bus service from New York to Amherst and from Boston to Northampton, a regional transportation company that specializes in intercity and charter bus trips is now offering these routes on a permanent basis....

By RICHIE DAVISThe family portrait looks quite unremarkable.The formal 1900-era photograph shows Judah W. Smith, with a large handlebar mustache and neat goatee, along with his somewhat stern-looking wife, Elizabeth, and their five sons dressed in bow...

 By Hunter Styles

Stacking stone: The artistry of the Vieira brothers of Ashfield- ‘When I’m doing stonework, even after 20 years, it still feels like I’m skipping school,” Bill Vieira tells me over a bowl of chili at the Ashfield Lakehouse.I spend most of every workday in front of a computer, so I have a hard time picturing myself...