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Touring extensively behind “Now,” his first album of new material in seven years, Graham Nash returns to Northampton for an Oct. 4 show at the Academy of Music.Nash has been looking back as well as to the present on this year’s touring dates, some of...

By JAMES PENTLAND

Well into its second half-century as a touring and recording outfit, the “freight train comin’ atcha,” — in late guitarist Paul Barrere’s phrase — that is Little Feat will roll into Deerfield for an Aug. 20 show at Tree House Brewing Co.The band’s...

By JAMES PENTLAND

NORTHAMPTON — Governor’s Council member Tara Jacobs met with Deepika Shukla about a year ago, and was impressed by the assistant U.S. attorney’s breadth of experience.“Where she started you wouldn’t necessarily guess from where she is now,” Jacobs...

By JAMES PENTLAND

NORTHAMPTON — Summertime is traditionally slow time in the courts, with vacations eating into the judicial system’s flow of business and occasionally leaving a court with no judge. This summer, the seasonal slowdown is only compounding the fact that...

By JAMES PENTLAND

CUMMINGTON — Plans for the reuse of the town’s old elementary school are at a pivotal stage, with a $1 million state grant hanging in the balance and another $1 million federal grant set to fund the first phase of redevelopment.Select Board members...

By JAMES PENTLAND

NORTHAMPTON — Sublime Systems Inc. has announced an agreement to reserve 2,000 tons of its low-carbon cement for use in Vineyard Offshore’s planned wind farm.The reservation agreement depends on state approval of the company’s 1,200-megawatt Vineyard...

By JAMES PENTLAND

HADLEY — Elements Massage studio in Hadley closed recently after it was issued a stop-work order by the state for operating without workers compensation insurance.The state Department of Industrial Accidents ordered the studio at 379 Russell St....

By JAMES PENTLAND

NORTHAMPTON — A former Southampton mortgage loan officer’s rape case is on hold while the state’s high court determines whether his attorney can continue to represent him.Mathieu J. Tebo was preparing to go to trial in Hampshire Superior Court on 30...

By JAMES PENTLAND

HOLYOKE — A state grant program intended to spur manufacturing, particularly in clean technologies, shone a spotlight Thursday on a Holyoke startup working to reduce food waste.“The goal is to fund investment in awesome companies,” Yvonne Hao,...

By JAMES PENTLAND

NORTHAMPTON — A Haydenville man who had been free on $15,000 bail following his arrest on drug and assault charges stemming from a multi-town police chase in October remained jailed this week after being arrested recently on new charges.Eric...

By JAMES PENTLAND

NORTHAMPTON — A city man was ordered detained Wednesday following his arraignment in Northampton District Court on charges of making threats against a Hampshire County prosecutor.Cody Malone, 28, allegedly made repeated and escalating threats against...

By JAMES PENTLAND

NORTHAMPTON — A city man facing 13 charges after allegedly firing an assault rifle into his neighbors’ apartment in December was moved Tuesday from a hospital to jail following a hearing in Hampshire Superior Court.Joshua Martinelli, 29, appeared...

By JAMES PENTLAND

NORTHAMPTON — Building 8 Brewing, one of the area’s premier craft breweries, has permanently ceased operations after almost a decade in business, the owners announced in a Facebook post this week.The post stated that the brewery, co-owned by Meghan...

By JAMES PENTLAND

WARE — A new mobile methadone program has begun to plug a large gap in addiction treatment services in the region.Behavioral Health Network, which runs drug treatment clinics in Springfield, Holyoke, Greenfield and Orange, says the mobile program is...

By JAMES PENTLAND

HOLYOKE — Enchanted Circle, a regional arts nonprofit that has worked for decades with area school districts on integrating performing arts into their curricula, has announced it is going dormant for a year.The 48-year-old arts organization cited...

By JAMES PENTLAND

CHESTERFIELD — Marking its 50th anniversary, Davenport School’s first-grade class of 1974 gathered after the town’s July Fourth parade Thursday to re-create a special photo taken on the school steps.Fire Chief and class member David Hewes said he got...

By JAMES PENTLAND

NORTHAMPTON — About two dozen prostrate protesters lined the sidewalk outside L3Harris for two hours Tuesday afternoon in a “die-in” to protest the company’s contribution to Israel’s war effort in Gaza.Dozens more participated, some holding large...

By JAMES PENTLAND

PLAINFIELD — In 48 years with the local fire department, David Alvord has seen plenty of changes. In 1976, there were fewer than 10 firefighters in a town with half the population it has today. Compared to the automatic mutual aid system in place...

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AMHERST — Battered by storms, ice and snow for two centuries, it was only a matter of time before the South Congregational Church’s post-and-beam steeple needed more than cosmetic repairs. That time came this spring when Wilcox Builders of Hatfield...

By JAMES PENTLAND

NORTHAMPTON — When President Biden stepped to the podium in the East Room of the White House last Tuesday to announce a major change in immigration policy, a Northampton attorney was there to witness the moment.Dan Berger said he was invited to the...

By JAMES PENTLAND

HADLEY — Hampshire Mall, a major commercial property on Route 9 since its opening in 1978, was sold at a foreclosure auction Thursday for $7 million.The buyer was Deutsche Bank Trust Co. Americas and Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc.,...