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By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

At last fall’s Western Mass. Division I championships, Amherst girls cross country barely edged Northampton by three points to win the sectional title. Three weeks later at the MIAA Division 2 championships, the Northampton girls blazed past Amherst...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

A steep drop in the number of Black students in the Class of 2028 at Amherst College compared to the preceding year’s incoming class, and less racial diversity in the first-year class, is likely a result of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling against...

By JEFF LAJOIE

Don Brown has never been a moral victory kind of guy.But the veteran coach was at least a bit encouraged by an improved performance from a UMass football team that badly needed it on Saturday.The Minutemen did some of the things needed to win a...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — In its prominent Easthampton location near Pulaski Park at the rotary downtown, the property at 1 Northampton St. is set to be sold at a public auction this week.The property is zoned for mixed use as a commercial-residential...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — A manager of licensing and permitting for Eversource energy projects, who also brings experience chairing the Conservation Commission in Sandwich, will serve on the Planning Board through next May’s town election.In a unanimous joint vote by...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

The UMass football team travels for its first road game of the season on Saturday, a 3:30 p.m. contest against Toledo in the Glass Bowl. The Rockets beat UMass 41-24 last season in Amherst on their way to an appearance in the MAC Championship Game,...

By GARRETT COTE

WESTHAMPTON — During Brad Miller’s 16 seasons as head coach of the Longmeadow boys soccer team, he won three Western Mass. championships and led the Lancers to an undefeated season and Division I state title in 2019.So considering Hampshire Regional...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST — When Kay’Ron Lynch-Adams and Greg Desrosiers – who both scored touchdowns for their new teams in Week 1 – transferred away this spring, the biggest question on the UMass football roster was how the Minutemen would replace 87% of their...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — Hadley Police Chief Michael Mason is officially doing double duty, now serving as interim town administrator, with his appointment to the position this week, as he continues to oversee the police force.With Town Administrator Carolyn Brennan...

By SAMUEL GELINAS

HOLYOKE — The murder of six Israeli hostages on Sept. 1 is being felt by the Jewish community “in a very personal way” said state Rep. Aaron Saunders, D-Belchertown, with the impact of the murders reverberating all the way to the lawn of City Hall...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Hike for Hunger, a fundraiser being held for the fifth time, is the the Amherst Survival Center’s major event for Hunger Action Month, underway throughout September.Beginning this week, people are encouraged to register their hikes, paying a...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A cape seal road treatment, being applied to South Pleasant and West streets from the intersection of Snell Street south to the roundabout at Pomeroy and West Pomeroy lanes, will lead to detours for drivers on both Friday and Monday.On...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Amherst Police is paying tribute to K-9 Dash, the department’s first canine member, following his recent death from heart disease, after almost 10 years of service that ranged from helping to identify criminal suspects to locating missing...

By GARRETT COTE

HATFIELD — It wouldn’t be a Granby/Smith Academy boys soccer game without a close, physical and grind-it-out style of play.The two teams have tied their last five regular season meetings dating back to 2021, and a game hasn’t been decided by more than...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

The UMass men’s and women’s basketball teams on Wednesday released their non-conference schedules for the 2024-25 season.The men’s basketball team faces 13 teams in its non-conference slate from Nov. 4 to Dec. 21, including six games against foes from...

By ALEXA LEWIS

SOUTHAMPTON — Police recovered a card skimmer discovered by staff at a Cumberland Farms in Southampton on Thursday. The skimmer was affixed to the left register, or register two, while register one and all fuel pumps appeared to be free of...

By EMILEE KLEIN

NORTHAMPTON — As the number of antisemitic incidents began to pile up for some Jewish students at Northampton High School last school year — the complaints were far-ranging, from using “Zionist” and “Jew” interchangeably to telling Jewish and Israeli...

By GARRETT COTE

BELCHERTOWN — Playing field hockey for Dina Brunetti may seem like a lot of work, but the second year Belchertown head coach has a method to the self-proclaimed madness she puts her players through.It isn’t just about the sport itself. Brunetti wants...

By ALEXA LEWIS

On a late summer afternoon, as the sun begins to grow heavier in the sky and commuters make their ways home from long days at work, they may notice a few unique classic cars whizzing by them. For the drivers of these cars, the day is only beginning,...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

SHUTESBURY — State education officials have recognized Shutesbury Elementary School’s success in reducing chronic absenteeism by students with the presentation of a signed, gold-colored basketball from the 18-time NBA champion Boston Celtics at a...