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50 Years Ago■W. T. Grant Co., the giant retail chain, plans to close 66 unprofitable stores between February and July as a cost-cutting measure, the company said Friday. The Grant stores in Northampton and Easthampton will not be among those closed, a...

50 Years Ago■For Mr. and Mrs. G. Scott Gay of 472 North King St., their new daughter Jill was not just another bundle of joy. Her birth as the first baby in the New Year locally will mean that the Gays will receive hundreds of dollars of gifts donated...

50 Years Ago■Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary is offering an alternative to sending used Christmas trees to the landfill where they take up needed disposal space. Instead, the sanctuary requests that residents recycle their trees by bringing them to Arcadia...

Both sides of the court were clicking for the Holyoke boys basketball team, which has been the case so far early on this season. The Purple Knights improved to 4-0 following their 59-48 home victory over Greater Lawrence Tech on Monday afternoon, and...

By GREG VINE

Local officials and members of the area’s congressional delegation say Jimmy Carter, the nation’s 39th president, left a legacy of public service that will live on.In a statement issued Sunday night, U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern said, “Jimmy Carter, both...

By GARRETT COTE

What a year it has been across the Hampshire County sports world. From January to December, the Pioneer Valley witnessed one of its very own capture a trio of gold medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics, a local college team capture an NCAA national...

50 Years Ago ■Officials at Northampton State Hospital are still in the dark today as to whether seven foreign-trained physicians who have not passed the Educational Council for Foreign Medical Graduates test will continue to be allowed to work here...

The Smith Vocational boys basketball team edged PVCICS, 68-60, in overtime on Monday night at the Hampshire College Gymnasium in Amherst.The score was knotted up 54-54 after 32 minutes of regulation, but it was the Vikings who outscored the Dragons,...

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — The second PVIAC indoor track meet of the season took place on Sunday at Smith College, with Amherst, Frontier, Northampton, South Hadley, Hampshire and Holyoke participating throughout the day.The Purple Knights and Raiders opened the...

By SUSAN WOZNIAK

Presents have been on my mind. Of course they are. It is the end of the year, the turning to the deepest dark. It is the time of Advent and the time of Hanukkah.When I was very young, all of the descendants of my mother’s mother gathered at her home...

50 Years Ago■By 8:30 this morning more than 100 people were lined up, stretching around Pleasant and Armory Streets, waiting to sign up for unemployment checks. These were some of the 2,000 Hampshire County workers who have been temporarily or...

Makayla Tatro’s 17 points led the Smith Vocational girls basketball team past Hampden Charter, 50-19, on Friday night.Tatro drilled seven field goals and also hit three free-throws as the Vikings improved to 2-1 on the season.Nyia-Marie Forbes (six...

New name forFlorence Bankfinancial groupFLORENCE — Florence Bank has changed the name of its financial services division from Florence Savings Bank Financial Group to Florence Financial Group, effective Nov. 4.In addition to being shorter and less...

By RYAN AMES

SOUTH HADLEY — The Northampton girls basketball team powered past South Hadley, 60-47, in an independent tilt on Wednesday night.Bri Heafey had 19 points to pace the visitors, including a team-high three 3-pointers, while Liv Joensen (15 points) and...

The Frontier wrestling team won six of the eight matches contested, and ultimately held off Belchertown for a 42-36 independent dual meet decision on Tuesday night in Belchertown.Ber Calhoun notched a pin for the Redhawks at 113 pounds, get past...

By GARRETT COTE

SOUTH HADLEY — When a team reaches the state championship game, it’s typically led by a group of seniors – veteran players that have accumulated experience and played in pressure situations throughout their careers. They’re unfazed when playing in big...

By GARRETT COTE

BELCHERTOWN — After spending the last several years as head coach of the Hopkins Academy boys basketball team, Jim Hart is now in charge of a different Hampshire County program just up the road. Hart accepted the Belchertown job in the offseason, and...

By SAMUEL GELINAS

NORTHAMPTON — One man aspired to be a father who listens when listening is needed.Another rattled off the many traits that he wants to be as a father, ending with, “Most importantly, I will love her.”And a third father said he will fight for his...

By GARRETT COTE

It’s not often the same group of high school best friends stays in touch nearly six decades after graduation, let alone still gets together to see each other, but this one group of five women from the Easthampton High School Class of 1967 gathers to...