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Ana Growhoski tallied her 100th career hit as part of an eight-run first inning that helped the Easthampton softball team to a 9-7 victory over East Longmeadow on the road on Tuesday afternoon.Growhoski went 3-for-5 on the day with three runs and an...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST – Gateway second baseman Willow Hicks connected on an 0-2 pitch and drove it deep to left field.She never saw the ball but figured Amherst left fielder Maggie Collins was going to catch it. Instead, the ball flew over Collins’ head and Hicks...

I am full of admiration for the UMass students who are demonstrating on campus demanding that the university divest from American companies that make weapons Israel uses against Palestinians.I commend them for cooperating with the university’s demand...

Because our president, with votes of support from our Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Edward Markey, is breaking the law, our nation is lawless; and instead of him our college students are, for demanding he obey the law, being arrested and processed as...

What will Northampton’s future educational identity be? What is that identity now?Those charging that supporters of level funding for our city schools are simply asking for other services to be short-changed are refusing to accept that the future of...

There is an easy solution to the conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians, but it necessitates as new way of thinking of a nation.The conflict is over both claiming the same land is their homeland. They could both continue to do that and...

Another spring, another great day for Amherst Youth Baseball at Lorden Field at UMass. Once again, the Minutemen and Coach Matt Reynolds were gracious hosts, bringing more than 70 youngsters into their pregame huddle and out onto the field for the...

In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, we wish to thank the Northampton teachers, paraprofessionals, service providers, staff, and administrators who continually strive to lift up students with special needs.We acknowledge the effort and hard work...

‘Up in the sky! Look! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Superman!Sorry Superman, it’s a bird. But not just any bird, it’s one among many that hasn’t been seen here since last fall. It’s the yearly migration of these birds back from warmer climes to our...

By GARRETT COTE

BELCHERTOWN — Throughout the entire offseason, Frontier senior Aleks Carey worked tirelessly to improve as a middle hitter so he could come back and dominate his position.When the season started, it became evident Carey was one of the best passers on...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

BUCKLAND — With the way Mohawk Trail ace Logan Moore was pitching on Tuesday against Smith Academy, the Warrior offense didn’t need to do much at the plate to come away with a victory. Moore had a no-hitter going into the sixth inning, not giving the...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

A plan unveiled by Senate Democrats on Monday to make community college free for all in Massachusetts starting this fall has the potential to have a big impact for prospective students across the state, including here in the Pioneer Valley.The...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — As several other Hampshire County communities have spent the spring budget season grappling with how to overcome significant funding gaps brought on the expiration of support from pandemic funding, the city of Easthampton is sitting on...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Carefully holding and balancing his violin, 12-year-old Heedo Noh, a Fort River School sixth grader, gets a suggestion for positioning the bow so it runs straight across the strings as he practices G.F. Handel’s “Chorus from Judas...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A $97.3 million town budget for fiscal year 2025, maintaining municipal staffing and programs and promoting climate change and racial equity objectives, is being proposed by Town Manager Paul Bockelman, even as concerns are being raised that...

By ALISON KUZNITZ and SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON — Senate Democrats unveiled plans Monday to make community college free for all students in Massachusetts, starting in the coming fall semester.The “MassEducate” plan, which will be part of the Senate’s fiscal 2025 budget that was to be fully...

I absolutely support the right of L3Harris protesters to picket and make their voices heard. What I don’t support is members of the group yelling through a bullhorn before 7 a.m.There are many neighbors around this plant; no doubt some are unwell or...

In his latest analysis of the ongoing tragedy in the Middle East, guest columnist Joe Gannon [“Sees changes for Israel,” May 4] declares “Israel’s right to exist is not in danger as a nation state. It is too powerful and has nukes. Period.” Wow,...

We are a country of immigrants: for immigrants, of immigrants, built by immigrants, often giving their lives for our country, working hard, paying into Social Security but not eligible to receive any.Creating more immigrants every day by giving bombs...

This coming weekend, I will roll my wheelchair across the stage at the Shubert Theatre and officially receive my master of arts degree from Emerson College. All of the hard work and late nights from the last eight seasons will, once again, be in the...