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AMHERST — Tax bills for an average homeowner in Amherst will be going up by about $375 in the coming year, based on revised information following the Town Council’s recent approval of a single tax rate for fiscal year 2023.Councilors at their Nov. 7...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Looking up in awe at the large maple, touching the bark on its trunk and remarking on how sturdy the tree seems, 7-year-old Xavi Veatch was among those saddened to be saying good-bye to the original Merry Maple.“I just have a lot of...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A recent Amherst Police response to the Hampshire College campus, leading to a student being placed in handcuffs, is coming under criticism from college officials, as administrators also look into how the incident was handled by the...

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NORTHAMPTON — When 2023 begins, the Daily Hampshire Gazette will operate from a new location for the first time in more than 47 years.The company’s move to a 7,000-square-foot building at 23 Service Center Road, only a few hundred yards from the 115...

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HADLEY — Select Board members are being challenged by the executive director of the Hadley Housing Authority for what she contends has been inappropriate interference in the functioning of its board of commissioners.Executive Director Pamela Rogers,...

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AMHERST — A cohousing community in North Amherst is changing its name, shedding the use of a term that many who live there contend emphasizes European settlers at the expense of the Indigenous people who earlier made their homes in the region.At a...

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HATFIELD — A century-old home near Hatfield center was destroyed after a fire started inside it Wednesday afternoon, according to the Hatfield Fire Department.Fire Chief Robert Flaherty said Thursday that the 16 North St. home, whose owner died...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — A Boston-area commercial real estate company recently bought a large warehouse building on Elm Street long occupied by C&S Wholesale Grocers as its Hatfield South site, but apparently vacant for the past few months, for $15.5...

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AMHERST — A Williamsburg woman whose horse fell ill while being kept at a University of Massachusetts stable in spring 2019, and had to be put down, is seeking unspecified damages against the university in a lawsuit alleging negligence in the animal’s...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Family, friends and students at Amherst Regional High School are mourning the death of a junior who had been hospitalized since suffering an apparent cardiac issue during a Sept. 13 cross country meet.On Sunday, a message was sent to...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — Sarah Willie-LeBreton, a sociologist who studies social inequality and race and ethnicity and serves as the provost and dean of the faculty at Swarthmore College, will be Smith College’s 12th president.Trustees for the college Thursday...

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HATFIELD — A mostly vacant property on Routes 5 & 10, to be used for expanding the North American headquarters of tankless water heater manufacturer Stiebel Eltron Inc., could also become home to a publicly accessible dog park and disc golf course.The...

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HADLEY — A Connecticut man allegedly in possession of illegal drugs and a loaded handgun, along with additional rounds of ammunition, was arrested on a series of charges following a traffic stop on Route 9 early Friday morning, according to Hadley...

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AMHERST — An inquiry into a video circulating online that shows Amherst police officers interacting with local youths during a response to a late-night noise complaint in early July will be finalized prior to Monday’s Town Council meeting.With the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — A food distribution center that opened in Connecticut last September to serve one of the largest supply chains on the East Coast, including about 450 Stop & Shop supermarkets, could affect C&S Wholesale Grocers operations in the region.But...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A movie being written and directed by playwright Annie Baker, filming in the region this summer, shoots at Mount Pollux Conservation Area for two days next month.But even when the film crew is at the South Amherst site, tentatively on the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A new development that will bring 23 apartments, most of which will be studio and one-bedroom units rented at market rates, can get underway on a section of Main Street near Gray Street.The second phase of Center East Commons, a project...

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AMHERST — Adjustments to the mathematics curriculum in Amherst’s secondary schools aim to give all students an opportunity to succeed in the subject, and, should they choose, pursue more in-depth studies as high schoolers.During a Regional School...

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AMHERST — Continued complaints from residents on a downtown street about difficulties in exiting their driveways, and congestion caused by those who take advantage of free year-round on-street parking, is prompting the Town Council to revisit possible...

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HADLEY — A requirement that dogs be on leashes and a prohibition on people swimming in the reservoirs are likely to be among rules the Select Board will ask to have placed on a new kiosk being installed on Bay Road by Kestrel Land Trust.Board members...