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By EMILEE KLEIN

A $12.6 million grant will build out broadband internet for almost 100 underserviced communities across the state, including customers in nine Hampshire and Franklin cities and towns.

By EMILEE KLEIN

LUDLOW — A new regional energy manager will guide decarbonization and sustainable energy efforts for 15 communities in Hampshire and Hampden counties as part of a collaboration to bring down energy costs.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — A member of the Hatfield Housing Authority who’s been absent from every meeting since September, not up to date on mandated state training, and whose behavior has concerned colleagues could be removed from the panel by the Select Board, pending a hearing later this month.

By Staff Report

HATFIELD — Residents interested in running for elective office at the May 20 town election can pick up nomination papers at Memorial Town Hall weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., except Wednesdays.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — Even to this day, more than 70 years after arriving in New England following her marriage to a Hatfield man, a trace of a Southern accent can still be heard as Irma Donnis reflects on her childhood in Kentucky and her formative years in southern Ohio.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

The retirement of longtime Hatfield Department of Public Works Director Phil Genovese this month came days after members of the town Select Board became aware of Genovese’s arrest in a sting operation for allegedly trying to pay for sex.

The local theater company Valley Players will present a production of the play “Love Letters” on Feb. 7, 8, 14 and 15, each at 7:30 p.m., at Black Birch Vineyard in Hatfield.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — After working as director of the town’s Department of Public Works since late 2009, Phil Genovese is retired, with a letter announcing his immediate resignation from the position accepted by the Select Board Wednesday.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — A local pinball player is pitching the idea of opening a new restaurant focused on pizza, beer and a number of pinball machines.

HATFIELD — The town’s annual Luminarium event takes place Saturday, starting at 4:30 p.m. with a concert at the First Congregational Church and ending with the judging of floats at Smith Academy.The float contest is new this year, though Kathleen...

By JACOB NELSON

In the right hands, wine has a way of bringing people together.“Even before we started this business, we loved the wineries and vineyards we’d visit when we traveled,” says Michelle Kersbergen, owner of Black Birch Vineyard in Hatfield. “Especially...

By Staff Writer

HATFIELD — A float competition is being added to the annual Luminarium, which as is customary in recent years will be held on Dec. 21, the last Saturday prior to Christmas Eve.The town’s Celebration Committee is inviting people to pre-register through...

Where it all beganMost artists host shows of their work in galleries, but one potter, a native of Hatfield, will soon host one at a different venue: her childhood home.Potter Amy Clark, who currently works in Maine but started her pottery career in a...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — Water and sewer rate changes for the second half of the fiscal year, if approved by the Select Board, could add about $15 to the monthly bill for the typical single-family household.A hearing on the proposed rate adjustments, and the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — A $100 million fund to support the health and resilience of the Connecticut River watershed, including money that would go toward improving aging flood controls and dikes and upgrading water and sewer systems, is being sought by area...

We were dismayed to read about the Hatfield family being harassed for their political views [“‘We do not want your kind here,’” Gazette, Oct. 14]. We moved to Hatfield in 2020 and wondered how we’d be accepted as a lesbian couple. We love living here...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — A Massachusetts native with extensive experience in finance and government, currently serving as the chief of staff for Newburyport’s mayor, will be Hatfield’s next town administrator.Select Board Chair Diana Szynal announced during...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — Sixth graders could shift to Smith Academy from Hatfield Elementary School beginning in fall 2025 if a plan proposed by administrators, in part aimed at stemming enrollment declines across the school district, is approved by the Hatfield...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — Since moving to Hatfield in summer 2021, Dr. Timothy Menz has made his views known on a variety of topics, speaking at a Board of Health meeting about the importance of masking as a means of reducing the spread of COVID that first year,...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — Repair and removal of existing dams in Hampshire and Franklin counties, along with improvements to Holyoke’s levee control system and repairs to the pump station, are being supported by more than $1.04 million from the state’s Executive...

By Scott Merzbach

HATFIELD — A final open day for the Farm Museum on Saturday will also serve as a way to honor longtime curator George Ashley, who has overseen the Hatfield Historical Society’s agricultural collection for more than 30 years.From noon to 2 p.m., Ashley...