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By MATTEO PANGALLO

By RUDY PERKINS

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — Naomi Wood arrived at Plains Elementary School to pick up her 6-year-old son, Hunter Isaiah Wood, when she noticed him stumbling across the playground, eyes crossed.

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — In its prominent downtown location, the Walgreens on Union Street is a popular destination for Easthampton residents looking to pick up needed medications or maybe a quick snack. But now, signs hang in the store notifying customers that the store is slated for closure in late March.

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The Massachusetts Association for Community Action has launched its Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program that helps low-income taxpayers prepare their tax returns.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Unless state aid increases, other sources of funding are found or member towns can contribute more, a fiscal year 2026 budget that eliminates around 17 positions may be the best-case scenario for the Amherst-Pelham Regional Schools, according to information presented at a “Four Towns Meeting” Saturday.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A significant majority of elementary school teachers, paraprofessionals and clerical staff are disavowing a recent statement, released by the executive board for the Amherst-Pelham Education Association, offering support to Superintendent E. Xiomara Herman in the face of allegations made by 12 administrators whose identities have not been made public.

By DOMENIC POLI

Don’t talk to the American people until they’ve had their coffee.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — Approvals from the Select Board and School Committee to use a portion of land along Route 9 next to Hopkins Academy could set the stage for the construction of up to four outdoor pickleball courts and a full-size basketball court.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Flooding from Bloody and Blacksmith brooks has long been a problem, but town officials and residents are hoping a relatively unused federal grant program may be the key to unlocking enough money to fund projects that could mitigate future flooding.

After a devastating last-second loss to Saint Louis last time out, Rahsool Diggins and the UMass men’s basketball team bounced back in a big way on Sunday.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Revised regulations on the sale of tobacco products in Amherst drafted by the Board of Health, including restricting oral nicotine pouches to adults-only tobacco stores, is winning both praise and criticism from the public, with advocates for curtailing access to tobacco calling for the town to bolster the rules by adopting a nicotine-free generation measure.

By DARCY DUMONT

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — Dispatcher Jay Rodriguez arrived to his shift at South Hadley’s Emergency 911 Center early — as he always does — when he heard a caller screaming at his co-worker, threatening to harm himself and any responding officers with his firearm.

If we were living in an era when newspapers had sufficient resources and considerable clout, every paper in the country this week would be running a banner headline in bold: “EXTRA! EXTRA! BILLIONAIRE MUSK STAGES COUP.”

We are experiencing a coup nominally led by Donald Trump, but I am especially alarmed by Elon Musk’s operational takeover of government operations. He has your and my Social Security numbers. He has our bank account information. I rely on Social Security income to support myself and now find I may be at the mercy of whatever decisions Musk and his minions (possibly including Trump?) may make.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — A possible reconfiguration of the intersection of Bay Road and South Maple Street, identified by the state’s Department of Transportation as an appropriate location for an all-way stop, will not be pursued by the Select Board.

EASTHAMPTON — The 12th annual WinterFest in Easthampton culminated on Saturday with a host of indoor and outdoor activities while raising funds to benefit the city’s iconic Nashawannuck Pond.

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON — As nonprofits across Massachusetts face uncertainty over the future of federal funding, some are also expressing concern over a proposal from Gov. Maura Healey that they fear could further strain their budgets.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

CHARLEMONT — More than 85 skiers gathered at Berkshire East Mountain Resort on Thursday, enjoying a snowy day and camaraderie while raising more than $40,000 for United Way of the Franklin & Hampshire Region.