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By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — With hours upon hours spent in the aftermath of an election counting ballots, Whately’s town clerk hopes to speed up the process with an electronic tabulator.Amy Lavallee is looking into the purchase of an electronic voting tabulator for...

By Bob Katzen

THE HOUSE AND SENATE: There were no roll call votes in the House or Senate last week. This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call reports local representatives’ roll call attendance records for the 2024 session through September 6.REPRESENTATIVES’ 2024 ROLL...

By EMILEE KLEIN

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sometimes heroes are made by happenstance.That certainly is the case for Mike Barker, a 1998 Granby High School graduate and resident in the Washington, D.C. area who found himself at the right place at the right time late on the...

By DYLAN THOMPSON

DALTON – The South Hadley football team was given the unenviable task of opening its season on the road against a Berkshire County powerhouse.Host Wahconah held just a one-score lead at halftime, but the Warriors kept the Tigers off the scoreboard in...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

200 Years Ago ■Died, at Westhampton, on Thursday last, widow Eunice King, in the 90th year of her age. She had been confined to her bed about 40 years, and a corrosive cancer, which began upon her lip, had gradually extended over her face, presenting...

By MIKE MORAN

EASTHAMPTON — The Easthampton football team’s rally fell short in a 14-12 season-opening loss to Ware, Friday night.The Eagles trailed 14-0, but they came back behind two Colin Hogan touchdown passes to Trevor Canon-Smith and a defense that held the...

By GARRETT COTE

BELCHERTOWN — Trailing 13-8 and facing a fourth-and-3 in his own territory midway through the fourth quarter, Northampton football head coach Joe Kocot kept his offense on the field hoping a conversion would spark the team’s struggling offense.And on...

Smith Academy’s Caitlin Graves totaled an unbelievable eight goals and one assist on Friday to reach 100 career points in the Falcons’ 10-0 win at Taconic.Graves is the third player in Smith Academy soccer history to reach the milestone, joining Riley...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

The UMass football team travels to Buffalo on Saturday for its third of five matchups this season against future MAC opponents. The Minutemen are 0-2 following losses to Eastern Michigan and Toledo, and the Bulls are 1-1 after splitting games with FCS...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — The property at 1 Northampton St. which stands prominently near Pulaski Park at the downtown rotary received no bids at its public auction. Of the roughly 20 individuals gathered on the premises on Friday afternoon, none jumped at the...

By JACOB NELSON

AMHERST — As college and university farms go, Hampshire College Farm is not a big one. What they do have in abundance is student energy, and true to the Hampshire philosophy, they’ve celebrated and empowered it.So far, the results have been fruitful....

By GARRETT COTE

EASTHAMPTON — The scoreboard operator has a busy job at Williston Northampton School when the football team takes the field on Saturdays.For the past two seasons, the Wildcats have led the Northeast Prep League in points, and with a host of talented...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Inside a greenhouse at Grow Food Northampton’s community farm, a variety of crops have been put up for display, with placards posted by each one explaining its cultural and historical significance, with some even containing QR codes for...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — In the place sometimes known as the Paradise City, it may come to no surprise there would be pushback against putting up a parking lot.That’s the dilemma currently facing Carla Cosenzi, president of the TommyCar Auto Group, which...

By Staff Report

NORTHAMPTON — Exit 23 on Interstate 91, which drops vehicles off the highway onto Route 5, will be closed overnights beginning Sunday to accommodate ongoing construction.Beginning at 7 p.m. daily, the exit ramp will be closed, reopening the following...

By SAM DORAN

BOSTON — As attorney general, Maura Healey lauded a bid to update the state’s wiretapping law and flagged it as “an important issue.” But since taking office as governor, Healey has been mum on the topic and the legislation she lobbied for has gained...

Last group to play Iron Horse before pandemic to returnNORTHAMPTON — Celtic rock band Dicey Riley, the last group to play at the Iron Horse just as the pandemic was shutting down local businesses, will return to the newly-reopened venue on Tuesday...

Putnam and Amherst’s season-opening football game has been rescheduled and will be played without fans due to a social media threat, according to a MassLive report.Seth Keevaenthal, media and climate specialist for the Amherst Regional School...

By CAROLYN BROWN

In a year of international strife, the Northampton Jazz Festival is aiming to bring people together with music that transcends borders. The Northampton Jazz Festival, which will return for its 12th year on Sept. 27 and 28, is celebrating the unifying...

By CHRIS LARABEE

As the Greenfield Garden Cinemas was completed in the late 1920s, Hollywood was introducing a novel idea into more and more movies: sound. In 2024, cinema co-owner Isaac Mass and local movie historian Jonathan Boschen are offering an opportunity to...

By MICKEY RATHBUN

Late summer isn’t a pretty time in the garden, at least not in my garden. The recent mini-drought has bleached out what passes for lawn, several large hydrangeas are drooping as they beg me for water, the daylily borders are shriveled and brown....