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By KYLE HIGHTOWER

BOSTON — The Chicago Bulls talked often during the regular season about believing they had the personnel to play as a physically imposing team.Their output has caught up to those desires so far during the postseason.Jimmy Butler scored 22 points,...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A South East Street farm that borders the Norwottuck Rail Trail and the Lawrence Swamp Conservation Area is being permanently conserved as agricultural land.The 63-acre Foxcroft Farm, at 908 South East St., was recently placed into the...

By JACK SUNTRUP

HATFIELD — One of the producers of the Hatfield Public Schools’ production of the musical “Grease” promises an “electrifying” experience.“The kids are phenomenal. ‘Grease’ is just a fun show for kids to do,” Randi Poirier said. “It’s downright...

By AMANDA DRANE

EASTHAMPTON — Many yoga teachers encourage a sense of childlike play in the practice, and what better way is there to do that than yoga with kids — the furry kind.Yeah, the goat yoga phenomenon has (of course) reached western Mass., and it’s doing...

Staff reports

Kade Gewanter singled home Connor Waitkus to give the Frontier Regional baseball a 7-6 win over host Palmer in 11 innings on Tuesday.Seth Gewanter pitched four innings of relief for the victory. He gave up four hits, struck out one and didn’t allow a...

By MOLLY CLANCY

BELCHERTOWN — The Amherst Regional girls lacrosse team held on to defeat league rival Belchertown, 8-5 Tuesday night, for its first win of the season.“It’s good. I’m excited, finally. We worked hard for it,” Amherst junior Nicole Gerena said.The...

By JILL LAWLESS

LONDON — Delivering the latest jolt in Britain’s year of political shocks, Prime Minister Theresa May called Tuesday for a snap June 8 general election, seeking to strengthen her hand in European Union exit talks and tighten her grip on a fractious...

By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER and MARK GILLISPIE

ERIE, Pa. — The man who randomly gunned down a Cleveland retiree and posted video of the crime on Facebook killed himself Tuesday during a police chase in Pennsylvania that began when a McDonald’s drive-thru attendant recognized him.It marked a...

By CATHERINE LUCEY and SCOTT BAUER

KENOSHA, Wis. — Turning back to the economic populism that helped drive his election campaign, President Donald Trump signed an order Tuesday he said should help American workers whose jobs are threatened by skilled immigrants.At the headquarters of...

LEOMINSTER (AP) — A man arrested in connection with the death of a New York City woman jogging near her mother’s Massachusetts home last summer was tied the crime scene through DNA and cellphone evidence, as well as eyewitness reports, prosecutors...

By SUSAN HAIGH

HARTFORD, Conn. — Members of the Newtown Board of Education hoped a newly elected President Donald Trump would speak out against a famous conspiracy theorist and others who question the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. Two months later, they...

By MATT VAUTOUR

After a day of meeting with media, administrators, his players and fans, new Long Island coach Derek Kellogg and his wife Nicole were about to get on the subway to go to a celebratory dinner.The transportation was a reminder of how different their...

By PETER IVES

It was while looking at the distant stars in the night sky that the book of Genesis became important to me. “In the beginning God created the heaven and earth and God said, ‘Let there be light.’ ”My favorite theologian Paul Tillich used to say, “When...

By SCOTT ORGERA

NEW YORK — Phillies right-hander Clay Buchholz had surgery to repair a torn flexor tendon in his right forearm Tuesday, and could miss the rest of the season.The 32-year-old was placed on the 10-day disabled list retroactive to April 15 prior to the...

By JIMMY GOLEN

BOSTON — A line stretched the length of the block outside the Boston Marathon store on Boylston Street as runners waited to embroider their finishing times onto the jackets they bought to celebrate their achievement.Inside, another line of runners was...

By DERRICK PERKINS

NORTHAMPTON — Flames billowed from the third-floor porch of a wooden, multi-unit building near the heart of downtown as neighbors watched firefighters from across the region battle a three-alarm blaze Tuesday morning.Crews from Northampton,...

By GAGE NUTTER

CHICOPEE — The Granby girls lacrosse team lost in the waning seconds to Chicopee Comp when Amelia Gibson leaped in front of the net and put her shot past goalie Mya Fillion stick side Friday.The Colts won the ensuing faceoff and ran out the clock for...

By JACK SUNTRUP

SOUTHAMPTON — When 16-year-old Damien Cox caught a faint burning smell Sunday afternoon, he assumed the scent was wafting from a neighbor’s kitchen. It was Easter, after all.“So we didn’t think anything of it,” he said.Later, his godfather spotted the...

By GAZETTE STAFF

SOUTHAMPTON – Commuters will have to find a different route this morning as a portion of Brickyard Road will be closed from the Gilbert Road intersection to Valley Road.The closure comes as construction crews work to remove railroad tracks near Valley...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A Northfield woman whose vehicle was stopped after officers observed her texting while driving was arrested early Sunday morning, according to Amherst Police.Molly C. Osowski, 22, was taken into custody at 12:38 a.m. on Montague Road near...