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By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Sebastian Garro has been playing golf since he was 5 years old. He never could have imagined when all that practice would pay off. Garro — an eighth grader at Bement School in Deerfield — attended the UMass men’s basketball game against South Florida...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

It’s been a series of close losses for the Massachusetts hockey team of late. The Minutemen fell to Cornell in a shootout and Clarkson in overtime during the Adirondack Winter Invitational at Lake Placid. In its return to the Mullins Center last...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — It may not have been the prettiest display of basketball the UMass men’s team has shown this season, but the Minutemen held La Salle to just two points over a seven-minute stretch in the second half to pull away.UMass used 24 points and...

By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON — The city has launched an Ad Hoc Senior Center Building Committee that will meet for the next year before a future building committee is formed to advance plans for a new senior center. The ad hoc committee will review collected material...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Ever sat in a vehicle during a trip from New Jersey to western Massachusetts? How about while in labor?Well, Belchertown resident Christy O’Donnell has, and the result was Brooke Lynn Huyler, the first baby born at Baystate Franklin...

By MADDIE FABIAN

SOUTHAMPTON — Older adults living in Southampton could enjoy a new senior center within the next five to six years, with the help of a substantial bequest from the estate of David “Red” Parsons which was presented to the Council on Aging last...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — Discussions around the potential South County Senior Center location at 23 Plumtree Road continued Monday evening, as the Select Board laid out a rough timeline and potential funding sources if it ends up pursuing the building.The board...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — With a potential South County Senior Center location sitting on the south end of town, the town is beginning to weigh if the site’s high price tag is financially feasible to purchase.Over the last few weeks, discussion on the former...

Hot tickets at the moviesAMHERST — Amherst Cinema usually has plenty of interesting and critically lauded films on its schedule. But at the moment, the independent movie house is screening two titles that are generating Oscar buzz as well.“The...

By MADDIE FABIAN

NORTHAMPTON — Local teenagers living in homes with alcohol addiction often find themselves less worried about their own well-being, and more concerned with a sibling, friend, or most often a parent.Some teens have lost a parent to separation, divorce...

By STEVE PFARRER

When staff at the Bombyx Center for Arts & Equity, in the midst of doing renovations in the basement, came across a tattered but still readable playbill from a concert apparently staged at the property in 1873 — then known simply as the Florence...

By STEVE PFARRER

About five to six years ago, staff at the Yiddish Book Center began considering an expansive exhibit on Yiddish culture that would open in 2020 to mark the book center’s 40th anniversary.The pandemic and a few other things prevented that from taking...

By BELLA LEVAVI

GREENFIELD — Community members and health care providers gathered Wednesday night to celebrate the launch of Baystate Health’s $70 million campaign, marking the largest fundraising goal in the hospital system’s history.“Baystate Health has been...

By MADDIE FABIAN

SOUTHAMPTON — It’s an “exciting time” for the Southampton Senior Center, according to its new director, Christina Johnson, who stepped into the role on Aug. 7.In the past month, the center has extended its hours, developed new classes, and is working...

By STEVE PFARRER

Continuing their strong run in recent years, a number of Valley writers have won awards or honors in the 2023 Massachusetts Book Awards, the 23rd year of the competition.Belchertown author and Hampshire College fiction professor Uzma Aslam Khan has...

By STEVE PFARRER

FLORENCE — The world watched in horror last month as devastating wildfires wiped out a historic community on the island of Maui, killing at least 115 people in and around the town of Lahaina and destroying an estimated 2,200 structures.According to...

By STEVE PFARRER

What’s funny about being a student or going to school? Or about being a parent of a kid going to school?Plenty, if you’re a comedian.But when it comes to “Comedy Cause,” a night dedicated to laughter at Northampton’s Academy of Music Sept. 9, the...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

TURNERS FALLS — Diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer about seven years ago, South Deerfield resident Frank Marchand, 67, doesn’t expect his life to last much longer. And yet, the 47-year plumber isn’t worried about what’s down the pipeline for him.“Do...

By MADDIE FABIAN

In making a pitch for a new comprehensive health program for the country nearly 78 years ago, President Harry S. Truman said this to Congress: “With the help of federal funds, it should be possible to meet deficiencies in hospital and health...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The city may soon try its hand at enacting an ordinance strengthening rights to reproductive and gender-affirming care, even though a similar measure in neighboring Easthampton failed to muster enough votes to override a mayoral...