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By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON — Due to ongoing air quality issues, HVAC problems and safety concerns, Easthampton Municipal Building remains closed to the public and staff until further notice.“This may be an over abundance of caution, but this decision has been made...

By MADDIE FABIAN

In July 2021, heavy rainfall caused a beaver dam to burst, leading to the collapse of a 20-foot-long portion of East Street in Belchertown and causing property damage to nearly half a dozen homes.While the beavers faced the brunt of the blame,...

By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON — The Municipal Building will be closed this Tuesday and Wednesday for HVAC upgrades, heatwave precautions, and air quality monitoring, according to city officials.The mayor’s office cited “the anticipated heat wave, ongoing HVAC issues,...

By STEVE PFARRER

Even if you don’t know much about art, at some point you’ve almost certainly seen Edvard Munch’s “The Scream,” one of the most iconic artworks of the modern era: a strange, skeletal figure clutching its agonized face, its mouth an oval of horror,...

By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON — Last winter, some of the money raised from a military tribute banner project was put toward buying new boots and wool socks for three Easthampton veterans who couldn’t afford them.Now, for the sixth year, the banners are once again...

By STEVE PFARRER

What do Klezmer music and bluegrass have in common? More than you might think, say Natalya Weinstein and John Cloyd Miller.Weinstein and Miller, a married couple from Asheville, North Carolina, are better known musically as Zoe & Cloyd (based on their...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The Jewish Federation of Western Massachusetts has begun a rebranding effort, unveiling a new program and fundraising event this year and spinning off the organization’s long-running Rachel’s Table program to become an independent...

By MADDIE FABIAN

By the end of this decade, if not sooner, bicyclists will be able to hop on the rail trail at the J. Elwell Conservation Area in Northampton, cross the Connecticut River, and travel across the state 104 miles on the same path all the way to Boston.As...

By MADDIE FABIAN

BOSTON — A new interactive Priority Trails Network vision map created by the Massachusetts Trails Team (MassTrails), an interagency government collaboration, provides a centralized account of key shared-use rail trail projects across the state,...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

Northfield native Amanda Fontaine isn’t getting much sleep these days, but it’s for a good reason. Fontaine was one of 33 women who were invited to join the groundskeeping volunteer crew for the 78th U.S. Women’s Open, which was held for the first...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — This weekend, Northampton’s Main Street is looking to get metaphysical.Spill the Tea Sis, which runs two storefronts at 177 and 183 Main St., will host a weekendlong celebration, starting Friday with a one-year anniversary party...

Staff Report

HADLEY — Crew members at Trader Joe’s staged a walkout Saturday afternoon to protest what they say is the unfair firing of fellow crew member Steve Andrade.Andrade, a long-term employee and vocal union supporter, was let go June 8. Trader Joe’s...

Regarding the guest column by Allen J. Davis and Tom Weiner [“Stop double standard; tell truth about Ukraine,” Gazette June 29], first, please do not write our political leaders asking them to force a negotiated peace settlement on Ukraine. Before you...

By MARY BYRNE

Dozens of superintendents, including a handful from Hampshire and Franklin counties, have signed a letter to lawmakers urging them to make permanent the universal meals program School Meals for All, rather than just extend it for another year.“Being a...

Staff Report

AMHERST — The Regional Tibetan Association of Massachusetts will celebrate the 88th birthday of the 14th Dalai Lama over the next week by sponsoring free meals for people in need locally.Millions of people, including Tibetans in diaspora, celebrate...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

When it came down to the final inning of their final game of the season, the Hampshire Regional softball team turned to some of its most unexpected and talented players on the roster – the eighth-grader contingent.Ryanne Dubay, Raegan Dubay and...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

Ravaged by supply chain issues, business monopoly and a volatile market, the dairy industry has seen countless farms sink over the past few years. In the case of some Pioneer Valley producers, though, the cream rises to the top.“Dairy is certainly...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — From the ashes of the fire that engulfed their Kennedy Road home in Leeds last December, Starr and Sherid Adams have managed to get their life back together — as well as the survival and newfound appreciation of Sherid’s diverse...

By STEVE PFARRER

Mary Climbs In: The Journeys of Bruce Springsteen’s Women FansBy Lorraine Mangione & Donna LuffRutgers University Press With his many songs about working-class guys trying to weather tough economic times, or restless dudes and dreamers adrift on...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

An infusion of another $320,000 from the state’s MassTrails Grant Program will bring the design and engineering phase for a new 3½-mile rail trail in Southampton another step closer to completion.Meanwhile, a $60,000 grant will improve the Robert...