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By JIM BRIDGMAN

Martha R. Fowlkes, a city resident and a graduate student in sociology at the University of Massachusetts, has been awarded one of 25 Woodrow Wilson Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships in Women’s Studies for 1975-76. She will use the fellowship to work on her Ph.D. dissertation at UMass.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — While opponents continue to assert the “overwhelming negative environmental impact” of FirstLight Hydro Generating Co.’s facilities, the state Department of Environmental Protection argues the conditions set through its water quality certification offer “more protections for the Connecticut River than ever before.”

By GARRETT COTE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — The Frontier boys volleyball team watched its 2-0 lead evaporate in a heartbeat. The Redhawks led the third set 23-21 but Belchertown scored the next four points to steal the set and extend the match. In the fourth set, the Orioles squeaked out another 25-23 victory to force a fifth and final frame.

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — The city has named Easthampton Police Lt. Chad Alexander and Longmeadow Police Captain Carl Mazzaferro as finalists to lead the Easthampton Police Department.

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Many UMass men’s basketball fans were waiting patiently for a fourth-year head coach Frank Martin to make a big splash in the transfer portal, and on Thursday afternoon, he certainly did.

By GARRETT COTE

The Albany Twilight League has been around for almost 100 years, and fields some of the best former professional and college baseball players from across the country. Hampshire Regional head softball coach Brian McGan played in the Twilight League back in the 1980s for nearly a decade once his professional playing days came to a close.

We write as individuals who have, to some extent or another, publicly opposed the Jones Library expansion/demolition project. We continue to have profound and valid concerns about the project including its negative impact on historic preservation, dramatic cuts to sustainability features, excessive and unknown costs, and the severe ramifications its inadequate funding will have on the town’s other needs for decades to come.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

Trees were dotted with paint, maps went up, and a last round of trash was gathered this week as the Hilltown Land Trust (HLT) gears up to unveil a 2½-mile loop trail as part of Earth Week celebrations.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — Residents will not be asked to consider a new Department of Public Works headquarters at annual Town Meeting next week, with the warrant article associated with the $18.7 million project to be delayed.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — Molly McGovern, the daughter of U.S. Rep. James McGovern and Lisa McGovern and sister to Patrick McGovern, died unexpectedly in Italy while visiting a good friend and his family, according to a statement the congressman’s family issued Thursday morning.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — With municipal elections still six months away, the winds of change are blowing through the Northampton School Committee.

By GARRETT COTE

While baseball and softball typically dominate the conversation of spring sports in western Massachusetts, there have been a number of tennis teams across Hampshire County quietly putting together outstanding seasons as we close in on the end of April.

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — After five years of little to no progress redeveloping the former Bardwell Library property into condominiums, the Select Board decided to investigate legal options against the developer for breach of contract.

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

The Deerfield Academy football program has turned into a power under Brian Barbato, sending numerous players to compete at the Division I level. 

By SCOTT MERZBACH

LEVERETT — A steep increase in what Leverett will pay into the Amherst-Pelham Regional Schools’ fiscal year 2026 budget is being supported by the Select Board, even with concerns from board members about the process used to arrive at the town’s assessment.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — More than 100 residents at Applewood Retirement Community made their voices heard on the Saturday morning before Easter, appealing to preserve democracy and fight against actions by the Trump administration during a “No King” protest.

NORTHAMPTON — Sunday April 27, 2025 marks the 188th anniversary of the death of August Malczewski vel Jakubowski, an exile from a revolution in Poland. To mark the occasion, the Polish Heritage Committee of Northampton will gather on Sunday at noon at the gravesite for a brief memorial service at Bridge Street Cemetery to commemorate his death in Northampton. The public is invited to attend.

By ALEXA LEWIS

NORTHAMPTON — As the weather warms up and the outdoors become lush with greenery again, Cyrus Copen is looking forward to tidying up overgrown spaces.

SUNDERLAND — The Zoning Board of Appeals will continue the public hearing on a proposed 9,100-square-foot retail building that is expected to house a Dollar General at the corner of Route 116 and Clark Mountain Road on Wednesday, May 28.