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By HANNAH BEVIS

AMHERST – The UMass women’s basketball team put away its first win of the season in convincing fashion over Saint Peter’s Monday night, picking up a 56-44 non-conference victory at the Mullins Center. Junior Stefanie Kulesza put on a show for the...

M. Francisco Palomo’s letter to the editor of Oct. 16] “Demonstration to demilitarize counterproductive”] quotes the 4th century Roman Publius Vegetius Renatus as writing, “Therefore let him who desires peace prepare for war.”Contrast this to Albert...

By STEVE PFARRER

Tennis star. Tennis innovator. A celebrity in her day who appeared on the cover of LIFE magazine. A woman who also sang professionally, designed clothes, worked as a sports columnist, hobnobbed with movie stars, and rebuilt her tennis career after a...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

NORTHAMPTON – By the time Friday night’s game between Smith Vocational and Monument Mountain was over, most of the field was a muddy mess and the Spartans’ jerseys were no longer white, covered in mud after battling in rainy conditions all night...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The City Council on Thursday unveiled a resolution in support of the city’s Picture Main Street redesign, aiming to assure residents of the benefits the project will bring to the city despite anxieties over the three-year, $21 million...

By Sophie Hauck

NORTHAMPTON — Discussion over the Russia-Ukraine war turned testy at a forum this week in which foreign policy experts advocating for and against current United States policy in the 19-month conflict sparred over who was right.“You sound like people...

By MADDIE FABIAN

SOUTHAMPTON — A proposed new bylaw would prohibit property owners from storing more than one unregistered vehicle or trailer on their property, with certain exceptions.The bylaw aims to regulate the storage of unregistered vehicles and “simultaneously...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

For the last two seasons, the Hampshire Regional gymnastics team has been led by the dynamic duo of Hailey Raffa and Tyler Hetu. Those two gymnasts, along with some impressive depth, helped the Raiders secure the last two Western Mass...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

SPRINGFIELD — Massachusetts will receive $108 million in federal funds to support improvements to east-west passenger train travel between Springfield, Worcester and Boston, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal and Gov. Maura Healey announced Friday.The money comes...

By TIM WALTER

My dad, Paul Walter, grew up on the lower west side — the poor part — of Cleveland, Ohio. His mother was “a wet Democrat,” his father “a dry Republican.” He worked his way through college and law school. In the 1930s in the midst of the Depression,...

By STEVE PFARRER

The Hilltown 6 Pottery Tour, in which potters in the region open their studios to visitors, has been a staple in the Valley for almost 20 years.Now the Hilltown Open Studio Tour is making its move to become a mainstay annual event.The Hilltown tour,...

By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON — The developer proposing a multimillion dollar housing and retail complex at the former Tasty Top site on Route 10 has secured an agreement to purchase two lots opposite of the proposed project, as part of an effort to create a four-way...

By ANITA WILSON

This summer, our Consumer Protection Unit answered several calls from residents reporting problems with social media platforms. Two callers said someone had hijacked their accounts leaving them unable to log in or regain control of the account. In...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

Aidan Miklasiewicz didn’t waste any time writing his name in Hampshire Regional’s history books on Monday night.The senior notched Hampshire’s first goal in the Raiders’ matchup against Agawam, scoring in dramatic fashion on a penalty kick in the...

By HANNAH BEVIS

The Northampton girls cross country team had a weekend worth remembering at the 2023 Ted Dutkiewicz Invitational on Saturday. Maeve O’Neil won the invite for the Blue Devils, crossing the finish line first in 19 minutes, 28.30 seconds. Her teammate...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — A UMass Amherst graduate who holds a master’s degree in sustainable development and has served as Greenfield’s energy and sustainability director since 2014 has been chosen to run Northampton’s new Climate Action & Project Administration...

By MADDIE FABIAN

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of four articles from the Western Massachusetts Solar Forum series taking place in September.AMHERST — Massachusetts has 15 to 18 times the amount of solar potential it needs to support decarbonization...

By CHRIS LARABEE

As Deerfield and Shutesbury, along with three other towns, continue to build and implement pollinator habitat corridor plans, the Franklin Regional Council of Governments is issuing a call for the public to get involved.Residents are encouraged to...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The city’s new building code can’t come a moment too soon for city councilor Alex Jarrett.“As our daily life goes along, world climate crises happened, local climate crises happened this summer,” said Jarrett at Thursday’s City Council...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The City Council on Thursday approved the request for proposals for the former Registry of Deeds property at 33 King St., clearing the way for interested buyers to begin submitting bids for the central downtown property. The property, a...