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By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — School staff members are calling on the Amherst, Amherst-Pelham Regional and Pelham school committees to bring back the School Equity Task Force following reported anti-Black incidents at the middle school this year and ongoing accusations of inappropriate behavior being made against Black educators in that building.

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — Come Jan. 1, all addresses in Whately will be unified under ZIP code 01093.

By RYAN AMES

HADLEY — Without two of its top four batters, the Hopkins baseball team couldn’t crack a run in its 5-0 loss to Monson in the Round of 32 during the Division 5 MIAA State Tournament on Monday.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — More than 100 people lined the downtown streets Sunday afternoon to register their opposition to actions leading to two people in Amherst being taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on the morning of May 28.

By EMILEE KLEIN

BELCHERTOWN — When the high school’s television projected 941 votes in favor of the School Department’s $34.54 million fiscal year 2026 budget to 154 votes against, a majority of the nearly 1,100 in attendance at a packed Town Meeting on Saturday erupted into cheers.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Despite persistent rain showers, 92 Frontier Regional School seniors graduated on Friday and were encouraged to break barriers.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — Asparagus and polka music, which have helped define Hadley culture in recent generations, are coming together during New England Public Media’s Asparagus Festival on Saturday, June 7, being held from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on the historic Town Common on West Street.

By GARRETT COTE

NORTH ANDOVER — It only took a handful of regular season dual meets for Amherst Regional track and field coach Chris Gould to realize just how special his ‘Canes girls team could be in 2025. After blowing out teams throughout the spring, including rival Northampton in early May, Gould tabbed this Amherst girls squad as the program’s “best team ever.”

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

MEDFORD — Frontier’s Ben Cachiguango and Mahar’s Mitchell Krasco have been battling it out on the track throughout their high school careers. 

By JEFF LAJOIE

Maggie Potter smacked three hits, including a double, and No. 8 Hopkins Academy opened its postseason in style Sunday afternoon. The Golden Hawks cruised past Pathfinder, 13-3, in the MIAA Division 5 Round of 32 in Hadley.

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY – Residents at Tuesday’s annual Town Meeting will be asked to consider a nearly $6.86 million operating budget and several bylaw amendments.

By ALEXA LEWIS

The Hampshire-Franklin County Commission on the Status of Women and Girls has a unique mission: identifying issues impacting women in their communities and advocating for legislation that could change their lives for the better.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — Describing the 2025 Hopkins Academy senior class as one that persevered, innovated and always gave back, those who spoke during Friday evening’s graduation ceremony recognized the support received from their families, their teachers and the community.

By RYAN AMES

NORTH ANDOVER – The Amherst Regional boys and girls outdoor track teams turned in strong performances during the first day of the MIAA Division 4 Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Friday at Merrimack College.

By GARRETT COTE

Day 1 of the MIAA Division 6 Outdoor Track & Field Championships was pleasant to Hampshire County participants, as a couple of local athletes earned state titles in their respective events at Tufts University in Medford on Friday evening.

By GARRETT COTE

WESTHAMPTON — Jacob Sicard made quick work of No. 39 Roxbury Prep in the top of the first inning, and after Zach Phakos smashed a two-run home run in the bottom half of the frame, the party was on in Westhampton.

By ALEXA LEWIS

NORTHAMPTON — A new lottery system slated to change vocational school admissions for the 2026-2027 school year has goals of creating a more equal process for students vying for these schools’ highly sought-after seats. But some administrators worry that a random lottery will do away with the standards of hard work associated with admission to a vocational high school, without solving the real problem.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

HOLYOKE — After a 10-day search, the body of Niklas Delisle was located on Friday afternoon, just 400 feet from where his kayak had capsized on the night of May 19 on the Connecticut River, according to the Hampden District Attorney’s Office.

By ALEXA LEWIS

HOLYOKE — Standing before more than 150 elected officials, housing advocates and other western Massachusetts leaders, Gerry McCafferty shared some shocking statistics.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON – Gazing out into the crowd of hundreds of people who had crowded the football field at Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School, Michael Cahillane couldn’t help but reflect on the progress the school has made since his time there decades ago.