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By MATT BERG

NORTHAMPTON — Standing in Captain Candy surrounded by over 175 varieties of candy, 18-year-old Levi Smith has what many little kids dream of: their very own candy shop.Although admittedly fond of candy, Smith didn’t purchase Captain Candy because of...

By PRISCILLA TOUHEY

Q: I am new to dahlias and see their bulbs for sale in the nurseries now. What do I do to successfully plant them? —H. R. Westhampton A: Perfect timing for this question, H.R. Often in April, we hyperfocus on the nagging mess that reveals itself in...

By PRISCILLA TOUHEY

Q: I have a house on a wooded lot and was wondering what enabled the trees to bend and sway in the wind without breaking in last week’s wind storm?  —D.T. Florence A: Watching the towering pines sway mightily outside my office window last week, I,...

By Elizabeth Donoghue

EASTHAMPTON — The owner of a longtime automotive service center on Parsons Street has recruited a protégé to help run the repair and maintenance side of his business. John Yagmin, who has owned M&M Service Center since 1979, on Oct. 1 turned the...

By LAWRENCE B. SIDDALL

Until recently, I knew little about the super sleuth Sherlock Holmes, and even less about his creator, Arthur Conan Doyle. As an adolescent, I was captivated by his amazing tales, but soon my interests changed and my reading shifted to other...

By DANIELLE LIPIEC

Correction: A previous version of this story misspelled the name of French literary theorist Roland Barthes.When Amherst Books opened its doors in 2003, the last thing on the minds of staff was where it might be in 15 years.But after a decade and a...

By PRISCILLA TOUHEY

Q: Eeek! I waited too long to plant a cover crop in my vegetable garden. What can I use now to protect the soil over winter? —A.T. Northampton A:  Take comfort in knowing you are not alone in this dilemma, A.T.! You are correct in knowing it is...

By MIMI KAPLAN

After your hauler picks up your trash and recycling, or you deposit it at a transfer station, what happens to it? This question has taken on more importance as landfill space in the northeast dwindles, and China restricts recycling imports.TrashTrash...

By NAILA MOREIRA

One of the most popular alternatives to fossil fuels, solar energy, has a problem — it needs land. With that land hunger comes inherent conflict, recently highlighted in Belchertown where a vigorous local fight has sprung up over proposals to build...

By Patrick O’Roark

You may have noticed some large, charismatic insect friends hanging out in tall grasses or low bushes lately, or perhaps absorbing the warmth of the sun on the side of a building. Late summer and early fall is prime time for seeing praying mantises....

By Lawrence J. Winship

For many years my wife and I have stayed warm by burning locally harvested firewood in a high-efficiency, EPA-certified airtight woodstove. Adding insulation, replacing leaky windows with low-E thermopane units, putting this stove into our inefficient...

By FRAN RYAN

HUNTINGTON — A one-time tavern that is believed to have been a stop on the Underground Railroad, the landmark 1790s building that houses the Huntington Country Store is for sale.Store owners Becky Butler and her husband, Randy, have operated the...

By MEG BANTLE

Bay Staters are still waiting for finalized regulations for the sale of recreational marijuana in Massachusetts, but the rules around adult recreational use were established a year ago. After voters approved Question 4 on the 2016 ballot, lawmakers...

FRAN RYAN and CAITLIN ASHWORTH

CHESTERFIELD — The Northwestern district attorney’s office said that 24-year-old Cody Newton, of Shelburne Falls, was the man who died in a car crash late Saturday after his vehicle went off Ireland Street and into a branch of the Westfield...

By M.J. TIDWELL

Editor’s note: This is Part 2 of a four-part series on the role of sedatives known as benzodiazepines in the nation’s opioid crisis. Dr. Christy Huff, a Texas cardiologist, was prescribed Xanax after a dry-eye syndrome caused her eyes to “feel like...

By David Spector

Now is a good time to get outside to look for cedar waxwings, a striking songbird with an interesting story. Indeed, any time is a good time, as they are here year-round and always interesting, both for what they do and for what they don’t do.As you...

By Shell Lin

Every fall, college freshmen arrive on campus, excited to meet their new dorm mates. But what if one of those new neighbors has fur? More and more students are facing this reality with new policies regarding “comfort animals,” which are basically pets...

By BERA DUNAU

As the state moves ahead with the creation of a new task force to study the challenges facing local retailers, businesspeople at the Northampton Sidewalk Sales Friday had plenty of thoughts on the matter. The Senate Task Force on Strengthening...

By ELLIOT WELD

NORTHAMPTON — Ben Fowler’s walk-off single in the eighth inning gave Northampton a 4-3 win over Longmeadow in a Western Massachusetts Mickey Mantle baseball playoff game Tuesday. After Jake Brittain and Orion McLain both walked with two outs, Fowler...

By DAVID RAINVILLE

CHARLEMONT — Love it or hate it, one beer generated a lot of buzz at Saturday’s Franklin County on Tap beer festival.“Our Pink Lemonade Blonde Ale is one of our best sellers,” said Kyle Hume, head brewer at Brew Practitioners in Florence, one of 19...