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Trump order sows confusion, fear across Valley, beyond
01-28-2025 7:28 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH, ALEXA LEWIS, CHRIS LARABEE, and ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

NORTHAMPTON — The vague language in the Trump administration’s freeze on federal funding Tuesday evening prompted “chaos” and “confusion” among organizations dependent upon the trillions of dollars potentially impacted.

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Westfield man dies after falling into Greenfield sand silo
01-25-2025 8:49 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERIand DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A 66-year-old Westfield man was found dead after he fell into a sand silo at Chicopee Concrete Service on Friday morning.


Lawmakers spell out priorities as next legislative session gets underway
01-06-2025 6:53 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH,EMILEE KLEIN andALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Lowering higher education costs, supporting K-12 public education, confronting climate change, creating more housing and protecting and expanding health care and reproductive care are among the priorities this year for the legislative...


Residents’ reactions: Harris backers down but not shocked; Trump fans see brighter days
11-06-2024 5:10 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALLand ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

The 2024 presidential election proved to be a decisive one for Republican Donald Trump, with the former president claiming victory the morning after the election after winning key battleground states such as Georgia, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.In...


Western Mass farmers battle ‘pumpkin plague’
09-30-2024 12:27 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERIand SAMUEL GELINAS

Some squash, pumpkin and potato farmers in the Pioneer Valley are bearing the burden of a soil-based disease described by one farmer as being “like the plague” for these and potentially many more species.Walking through a barren pumpkin patch late...


High school football preview: Which Hampshire County schools have what it takes to reach the state tournament in 2024?
09-12-2024 6:12 PM

By GARRETT COTE and CONNOR PIGNATELLO

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY — After four weeks of practice, the start of the high school football season in Hampshire County begins for most teams on Friday, with four crossover games for local teams. Frontier began its season on Sept. 6 with a loss...


Rural fire chiefs: New regulations could cripple small departments
08-28-2024 4:56 PM

By MADISON SCHOFIELDand ALEXA LEWIS

An extensive series of safety standards being proposed by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration is leading to howls of disapproval from rural fire departments whose leaders are warning there’s no way they can implement the changes...


Captive audience: Farmers air concerns during McGovern’s 14th annual farm tour
08-27-2024 5:27 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL and CHRIS LARABEE

From extreme weather related to climate change to stronger crop insurance protections and an increase on a cap on lending, area farmers paused their work briefly Tuesday to share their concerns with U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern when he swung by as part of...


Smith profs as tree saviors: Scientists creating botanical garden in Whately of mountain magnolia, an Appalachian species susceptible to climate change
08-12-2024 7:05 AM

By EMILEE KLEIN

WHATLEY — John Berryhill and Jesse Bellemare wade through a sea of herbaceous plants, leaves and goldenrod flowers brushing against their waist, until their keen eyes spot three 6-inch tree seedlings, barely visible through the thicket of grasses and...


Study finds homeless numbers on the rise in valley
07-04-2024 9:16 AM

By CHRIS LARABEEand JAMES PENTLAND

A count of homeless people in the region this year shows the number of homeless families in Hampshire County doubling over 2023, and overall homeless numbers at their highest in at least five years.The annual Point-in-Time count, a national initiative...


Feds eye flood mitigation measures in Pioneer Valley
07-01-2024 4:49 PM

By CHRIS LARABEE and ALEXA LEWIS

With Massachusetts experiencing its seventh-wettest year on record in 2023 as torrential rainstorms ravaged roads, farms and homes, the federal government, the state and those here in the Pioneer Valley are turning their eyes toward future flood...


Local experts: Biden-Trump showdown a debacle
06-28-2024 5:04 PM

By ALEXA LEWISand Domenic Poli

Lawyer and former college professor Stewart “Buz” Eisenberg had a blunt reaction to Thursday night’s history-making debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump: “‘Go find a flask and start drinking’ were my initial...


UMass football: Spring Game closes one chapter for Minutemen, 2024 season fast approaching
04-27-2024 5:27 PM

By GARRETT COTE AND CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST — For a coach who’s been in the business for as long as UMass football head coach Don Brown has, it’s hard to find something he hasn’t already seen.But during the Minutemen’s month of spring practice, they impressed the longtime coach with...


Earthquake centered near New York City ripples through Valley
04-05-2024 11:32 AM

By JAMES PENTLAND and ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — State Sen. Jo Comerford was at home in Northampton on a Zoom call Friday morning when her home suddenly started shaking.“I thought maybe it was ice falling off the roof,” Comerford said. “It was quite jarring.” Leeds resident Jeffrey...


Neal, McGovern: House passage of $78B tax bill a win for families
02-02-2024 7:56 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALLand CHRIS LARABEE

SPRINGFIELD — U.S. Rep. Richard Neal touted a new tax relief bill passed by the House of Representatives this week, and shared his views on U.S. foreign policy during a gathering with the press on Friday morning.Speaking in the atrium inside the...


PVIAC Indoor Track: Hampshire County athletes shine in Meet No. 1 
12-11-2023 8:37 PM

By GARRETT COTE and HANNAH BEVIS

The first PVIAC indoor track meet of the season took place at Smith College on Sunday, with five Hampshire County teams in action. Three local teams turned in perfect days, as South Hadley, Northampton, and Hampshire boys and girls teams led the way...


UMass AD Ryan Bamford says finding a long-term conference home “very important to the health and ultimate success of our football program”
12-06-2023 3:47 PM

By GARRETT COTE and JEFF LAJOIE

AMHERST — A little over a week ago, the University of Delaware announced a move to Conference USA in all sports, part of the football team’s move up from FCS. A popular connection among Hampshire County fans was that UMass would make a similar move....


Through The Maroon: UConn-UMass rivalry, Stefanie Kulesza and packing the Mullins Center
11-24-2023 1:24 PM

By HANNAH BEVIS, GARRETT COTE and THOMAS JOHNSTON

Thomas JohnstonOne of the great things about college sports is the rivalries between local schools. It's what makes weekends like this so exciting, getting to see Michigan play Ohio State, Auburn take on Alabama, etc. It's one of the best weekends in...


State awards $5M in ‘deep energy retrofit’ for housing projects in Northampton, Easthampton
11-22-2023 1:36 AM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL and MADDIE FABIAN

Affordable housing projects in Northampton and Easthampton are receiving a combined $5 million from the state as part of efforts to decarbonize affordable housing and make it sustainable throughout the commonwealth.The money comes from the first round...


Through The Maroon: Tackling conference realignment, Josh Cohen’s ascension
11-15-2023 5:08 PM

By GARRETT COTE, HANNAH BEVIS and THOMAS JOHNSTON

In this week’s edition of Through the Maroon, our writers tackle both the football and men’s basketball teams ahead of important games.The men’s basketball team looks to stay unbeaten with a rare Friday night home game against Harvard while the...


Through the Maroon: Amherst’s Dwayne Killings returns with Albany 
11-08-2023 4:44 PM

By GARRETT COTE, TOM JOHNSTON and HANNAH BEVIS

Garrett CoteFor the second time in as many seasons, Albany men’s basketball head coach Dwayne Killings visited the Mullins Center to match up against a Minutemen team he once suited up for in the early 2000s.Killings, an Amherst native, grew up going...

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