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By EMILY THURLOW

BELCHERTOWN — The area along Lake Wallace, long referred to as the “swamp behind the police station,” has gained new terrain with the opening of the town’s newest trails.Nestled along the Skate Park and the wetlands at the edge of the former...

By JAMES PENTLAND

HATFIELD — Town Meeting voters decided Tuesday to expand the town’s Recreation Commission from three members to five, but rejected a similar proposal for the Select Board, which will continue with three members.In a little over two hours at the Smith...

By JACK SUNTRUP and AMANDA DRANE

HOLYOKE — Investigators said Wednesday an electrical problem was the cause of a New Year’s Day fire that killed three people and destroyed a five-story apartment building.“An electrical fault in the third- floor apartment ignited this tragic fire,”...

By AMANDA DRANE and AMANDA LEVENSON

AMHERST — Nearly three weeks after a flag burning at Hampshire College and three days after the first in a possible series of protests against the college’s decision to remove the flag, students are leery.Most declined to talk to the Gazette in visits...