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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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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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