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By Maddie Fabian

NORTHAMPTON — Dane Kuttler, one of about 30 people who volunteer for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program run by Community Action Pioneer Valley, thinks doing taxes is fun. More than that, she loves helping low-income taxpayers in the...

By EVELINE MACDOUGALL

John LaSalle’s astonishing productivity might lead one to wonder if a lifelong collaboration with flowers imbued him with superpowers. Yet at age 70, LaSalle shows no signs of slowing down.“I’m getting ready to retire, though,” he said during a tour...

By JOHN BOS

‘Let music charm me last on earth, and greet me first in heaven.”One book I am reading right now is “Staring at the Sun” by Irvin D. Yalom. He affirms that self-awareness is a supreme gift, a “treasure as precious as life. This is what makes us...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

GREENFIELD — Despite being among the youngest in the room, a group of teenage environmentalists were turned to for guidance during a climate action panel at the Episcopal Church of Saints James and Andrew. Their generation, after all, will be most...

By ROSEMARY CAINE

Naturally, things have changed a lot on St. Patrick’s Day since I landed here in 1972 with my trio, The Burren Flora. We were unprepared, entering into the fray of green employment, singing and performing the songs of our recently abdicated...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — Greenfield Community College (GCC) is developing a paraeducator training program that administrators hope will address vacancies in the field across the state and locally, while also reconceptualizing the role as a first step in a career....

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A resident doctor who lives part time in Amherst and practices at Baystate Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield was arrested Tuesday following the FBI’s recent seizure of about 80 devices containing images and videos believed to be child...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

GREENFIELD — The driver involved in a head-on crash on Route 2 that resulted in serious injuries to four Rhode Island residents, including two children, Sunday afternoon allegedly admitted to police officers he had used drugs prior to the...

On Tuesday, March 7, at the invitation of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), I had the opportunity to testify before the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Policy about how vital Head Start services are to children,...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — Rural communities throughout the state will soon have their own ombudsman, part of a pledge by the Healey administration to ensure that these cities and towns are better represented in state government.In a swing through Franklin County...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD/HOLYOKE — A year and half after the mandate first went into place, all Massachusetts community colleges, including those in Holyoke and Greenfield, will no longer require COVID-19 vaccines for enrollment. The mandate, which went into effect...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A Southampton man facing sexual assault charges pleaded not guilty in Franklin County Superior Court on Monday and was released on the same conditions imposed by the Hampshire County Superior Court judge who handled his arraignment on...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — The city’s health director is leaving her job next month to become a regional public health trainer for Hampshire and Franklin counties, one of the first positions being filled as part of a large overhaul of public health services in the...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — After 16 years at its helm, Judith Roberts is retiring as executive director of The Literacy Project. Roberts, 72, will transition out of the role in June to allow time for a new person to step in. “Even though I very, very much love this...

Missing from the great article in the Feb. 4 Gazette about the “Cancer Survivors: Stories of Hope and Resilience” event on Feb. 11 at the Academy of Music, are the names of all seven storytellers.Two of those participants are important benefactors to...

NORTHAMPTON — Hazardous weather conditions have resulted in delayed newspaper delivery for many Gazette subscribers. Not all subscribers will receive delivery on Saturday, but all weekend newspapers will be delivered as soon as possible. 

By JACOB NELSON

Talk to most farmers raising animals on pasture, and they’ll tell you the same thing – from a farming perspective, the animals are secondary.“Our mantra is creating good food from grass,” says Kyle Bostrom of Bostrom Farm in Greenfield. “Basically, we...

By DOMENIC POLI

The United States is experiencing the deadliest bird flu outbreak in its history, labor costs continue to increase and the national average price of gas hovers around $3.40 per gallon.But what’s that got to do with the price of eggs? It turns out,...

By ALLEN WOODS

The images are tragic for anyone with a bit of empathy: three women and three children, including a 1-year-old baby, die in a desperate attempt to flee a homeland filled with violence and instability. The country they had hoped to reach did not want...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — As four commuter rail projects in various stages in the state’s western counties continue to advance, members of a new commission this week highlighted the connectivity and economic prosperity that they believe expanding passenger service...