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By CLAUDIA LEFKO

“The pedestrian is an extremely fragile species, the canary in the coal mine of urban livability.” — Jeff Speck, “Walkable City,” 2012 Something’s missing from the still very lively debate about Picture Main Street, from the city’s website on that...

By BARRY HIRSCH

 Like many people, I have felt the pain and sadness of the war in Gaza every day since Oct. 7. I have a colleague who is Palestinian and I know he sees his children’s faces in every injured Palestinian child. I have another friend whose son is in the...

By JONATHAN KAHANE

 A couple of weeks ago an alternative universe must have been created, and by some combination of supernatural forces I met up with my two college roommates at a nondescript diner somewhere in rural (very rural) Maine. We hadn’t seen each other in...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Through 30 minutes of action against Buffalo on Saturday, the Massachusetts football team was in position to try to earn its first win of the season. It was a different story in the second half. The Bulls outscored the Minutemen 17-0 in the third...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — After five years searching for the perfect spot for a new skate park, officials have come full circle to the site supporters wanted all along — Millside Park, where the last skate park had been located before its dismantling in 2006.The...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — Organizers of the town’s first Showcase South Hadley event last fall say plans are in the works to bring the event back next April, after which they will decide which season is the best time to host the festival of local arts, history...

By NAOMI SCULLY-BRISTOL

NORTHAMPTON — Armed with coffee, donuts, paintbrushes and power washers, volunteers from around Northampton gathered in the parking lot behind Thornes Marketplace on a recent Saturday morning with a clean-up mission in mind.Among those who gave up...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Live music, various street performers like acrobats and jugglers and a variety of food will bring a section of North Pleasant Street to life for four hours on Thursday.From 5 to 9 p.m., the section of the main thoroughfare through town, from...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — A chair of honor representing eight South Hadley veterans who went missing in action during World War II will permanently sit at South Hadley Sports Stadium Complex at the high school, with a Prisoners of War Missing in Action flag...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — In a college town where loud and often large gatherings can be a regular occurrence, levying fines is an enforcement mechanism for restoring tranquility to a neighborhood, with arrests also possible for those violating Amherst’s noise and...

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — With hours upon hours spent in the aftermath of an election counting ballots, Whately’s town clerk hopes to speed up the process with an electronic tabulator.Amy Lavallee is looking into the purchase of an electronic voting tabulator for...

By Bob Katzen

THE HOUSE AND SENATE: There were no roll call votes in the House or Senate last week. This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call reports local representatives’ roll call attendance records for the 2024 session through September 6.REPRESENTATIVES’ 2024 ROLL...

By EMILEE KLEIN

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sometimes heroes are made by happenstance.That certainly is the case for Mike Barker, a 1998 Granby High School graduate and resident in the Washington, D.C. area who found himself at the right place at the right time late on the...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

The UMass football team travels to Buffalo on Saturday for its third of five matchups this season against future MAC opponents. The Minutemen are 0-2 following losses to Eastern Michigan and Toledo, and the Bulls are 1-1 after splitting games with FCS...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — The property at 1 Northampton St. which stands prominently near Pulaski Park at the downtown rotary received no bids at its public auction. Of the roughly 20 individuals gathered on the premises on Friday afternoon, none jumped at the...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Inside a greenhouse at Grow Food Northampton’s community farm, a variety of crops have been put up for display, with placards posted by each one explaining its cultural and historical significance, with some even containing QR codes for...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — In the place sometimes known as the Paradise City, it may come to no surprise there would be pushback against putting up a parking lot.That’s the dilemma currently facing Carla Cosenzi, president of the TommyCar Auto Group, which...

By Staff Report

NORTHAMPTON — Exit 23 on Interstate 91, which drops vehicles off the highway onto Route 5, will be closed overnights beginning Sunday to accommodate ongoing construction.Beginning at 7 p.m. daily, the exit ramp will be closed, reopening the following...

By SAM DORAN

BOSTON — As attorney general, Maura Healey lauded a bid to update the state’s wiretapping law and flagged it as “an important issue.” But since taking office as governor, Healey has been mum on the topic and the legislation she lobbied for has gained...

Last group to play Iron Horse before pandemic to returnNORTHAMPTON — Celtic rock band Dicey Riley, the last group to play at the Iron Horse just as the pandemic was shutting down local businesses, will return to the newly-reopened venue on Tuesday...