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By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

EASTHAMPTON — The state’s highest court has ruled to uphold the first-degree murder conviction of an Easthampton man who killed his girlfriend in 2012.The Supreme Judicial Court, or SJC, on Friday denied the request of Ryan Welch — convicted in 2014...

By JACQUELYN VOGHEL

EASTHAMPTON — More than a year after the COVID-19 pandemic struck, the scene in downtown Easthampton has left some business owners optimistic for the area’s future, though others have been hit by industry-specific hardships or left behind empty...

By JACQUELYN VOGHEL

EASTHAMPTON — Once a controversial project in Easthampton beset by delays and unanticipated expenses, the city’s fish ladder, which allows fish to pass through the dam on the Manhan River off Northampton Street, quietly entered its seventh season in...

By MICHAEL CONNORS

SPRINGFIELD — A former Easthampton attorney who admitted to defrauding clients, commercial lenders and an investment firm over the last several years was ordered by a judge Friday to forfeit more than $2 million, pay $2.6 million in restitution and...

By BERA DUNAU

EASTHAMPTON — Two city residents say they have been harassed for their positions on A Knee Is Not Enough (AKINE), a community organization calling for reforms to policing in the city.Jason Montgomery withdrew his name from consideration for...

By BERA DUNAU

EASTHAMPTON — For more than four decades, a star shining over the city from Mount Tom has been a holiday tradition. Now, as residents deal with the novel coronavirus pandemic, the star is again lighting up the night in a gesture meant to spark and...

By BERA DUNAU

EASTHAMPTON — As the number of cars for sale continues to dwindle at its soon-to-close dealership off busy Northampton Street, Cernak Buick’s longtime owner wistfully remembers a time years ago when there were six new car dealers in the city.Now, more...

By FRAN RYAN

EASTHAMPTON — Two years after opening its first facility in Hadley, Wagging Tails Pet Resort, a dog day care, boarding, grooming and training shop, is opening a second location at the former Heritage Farm at 30 Florence Road in Easthampton.Owner...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — A moratorium on adding new natural gas customers in Northampton and Easthampton will continue indefinitely following a decision by Columbia Gas of Massachusetts to abandon a project aimed at increasing the pipeline capacity for both...

By GRETA JOCHEM

EASTHAMPTON — Fifty years ago, freelance artist and designer Arnold Skolnick got a request: Make a poster for the Woodstock Music & Art Fair.For Skolnick, the request was “just another job,” though neither he nor the event organizers had any idea how...

By MICHAEL CONNORS

EASTHAMPTON — The city Planning Board is expected to review an application for a three-story apartment building on Cottage Street next week, which would modify plans for a similar proposal already approved by the board for the site in 2017.The new...

By LUIS FIELDMAN 

EASTHAMPTON — On a typical day, around 4 p.m., Richard Lavalle could be found at the Brass Cat sitting at a table next to a window looking down Cottage Street with his favorite beer in hand, a Budweiser.He would either be playing cribbage with a...

By Bob Dunn

PITTSFIELD — Laura Reilly has been sentenced to up to four years in state prison for lying to police investigating the disappearance of Joanne “Jo” Ringer.Reilly, 44, of Easthampton, left Berkshire Superior Court in shackles Friday after pleading...

By Elizabeth Donoghue

EASTHAMPTON — The owner of a longtime automotive service center on Parsons Street has recruited a protégé to help run the repair and maintenance side of his business. John Yagmin, who has owned M&M Service Center since 1979, on Oct. 1 turned the...

By ANDY CASTILLO

Ahead in a clearing lies a pine tree. Sunlight, filtering down through a leafy canopy illuminates its bare branches. There’s nothing to be heard but the gentleness of wind and the sweet trill of birdsong, which echos through towering oak trunks and...

By CAITLIN ASHWORTH

EASTHAMPTON — Four newcomers and two incumbents were elected to the School Committee’s six seats on Tuesday.Incumbents Marissa L. Carrere and Cynthia L. Kwiecinski were elected for their second, two-year term and will be joined by newcomers Alexandra...

By CAITLIN ASHWORTH

EASTHAMPTON — Two investigations into allegations of racism, hate and harassment at Easthampton High School are winding down, with school officials prepared to release findings at a School Committee meeting later this month. Superintendent Nancy...

By CAITLIN ASHWORTH

EASTHAMPTON — More than 100 people lined up in a parking lot behind the Mill 180 building Thursday afternoon, opening their bags and filling them with fresh produce from the new Easthampton mobile food bank. Frank and Shirley Colman stopped by,...

By CAITLIN ASHWORTH

EASTHAMPTON — Mindy Cotherman has a dream, and she needs the city’s help to achieve it.For two decades, Cotherman said she has wanted to own a campground, but not a traditional campground with tents and recreational vehicles. Cotherman said she wants...

For those who want to cool off during the dog days of summer, keep an eye out for the Connecticut River Conservancy’s “splash mobs” coming to Hampshire County this week.On July 16, conservancy director Andrew Fisk began boating down the Connecticut...