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By LISA GOODRICH

Fitzwilly’s Restaurant offers seasonal, local food in an iconic downtown Northampton location. As summer explodes with local crops on the farm stands, a revised menu at Fitzwilly’s bursts with local tomatoes, corn, fruit, and much more.Locals may be...

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — The U.S. Postal Service has honored the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association (PVMA) with a Forever stamp for its continued efforts in promoting the history and culture of the region.A brief ceremony was held outside Memorial Hall Museum...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

The second game of the Valley Blue Sox’s first round NECBL playoff series against the Newport Gulls was postponed Friday due to weather. The game is now Saturday at 1:05 p.m. Gates at MacKenzie Stadium open at noon and admission is free.No. 7 Valley...

By JACOB NELSON

It’s rare to try an entirely new food as an adult. Rarer still to realize it was growing under your nose the whole time.Before he started farming them in Leyden, Tom Ashley had never eaten a fig outside of a Fig Newton. Even the idea of fig trees...

The No. 7 Valley Blue Sox couldn’t have asked for a better start to their NEBCL first round postseason series against No. 2 Newport on the road Thursday night.Behind Anthony Scarabino’s two-run double and an RBI single from Granby’s Michael Toth,...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — On a woody hillside in a 100-plus-acre private parcel, Phoebe Weinberg, her face blocked by a shield attached to her hard helmet, begins dismantling an autumn olive growing over a red oak sapling. The roar of the chainsaw covers the...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

HOLYOKE – The Valley Blue Sox have clinched a playoff berth as the No. 7 seed in the NECBL playoffs.The Blue Sox end the regular season with a 21-22 record. As the No. 7 seed, they’ll face the Newport Gulls (27-16), winners of the Coastal Division, in...

By GARRETT COTE

EASTHAMPTON – Seemingly every Olympic year – summer or winter – people are excited to watch athletes at the highest level compete for their countries with the whole world watching. But for the most part, there are only a handful of sports in which...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

SUNDERLAND — The state Department of Environmental Protection will begin overseeing erosion and wetlands issues at Falls Farm following a unanimous vote of the Sunderland Conservation Commission last Thursday.Diane McClellan, representing Falls Farm,...

By JACOB NELSON

For some people, grocery shopping is just a chore. Maybe it sometimes feels like a race to fill a cart and get out before the fluorescent lights and dizzying array of choices become overwhelming. But not all shopping experiences are like...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

HOLYOKE – Tammy Campbell has three kids of her own, but this past Mother’s Day, she received about 10 “Happy Mother’s Day” texts.Campbell and her family have hosted Valley Blue Sox players at their Greenfield home for four years now, and she said most...

By EMILEE KLEIN

NORTHAMPTON — For the first time since ValleyBike’s 2022 season ended, hundreds of bikes will be available on Aug. 12 to ride around the Pioneer Valley in a long-awaited relaunch of a regional bike-share program.“We are so excited to bring back this...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — The state has temporarily taken over a beleaguered nursing home in South Hadley that came under scrutiny last week after a variety of complaints were lodged against it, including unpaid wages, staffing shortages and unpaid taxes to the...

CONNOR PIGNATELLO

HOLYOKE – The Valley Blue Sox fell to the Bristol Blues 2-1 on Thursday night in front of one of the largest crowds of the season at MacKenzie Stadium.The Blue Sox hosted ‘Bark in the Park’ night, and a slew of four-legged friends were in attendance....

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — Area youth baseball players had the chance to learn the game from some of the top collegiate players in the country this week. The Valley Blue Sox of Holyoke held a Greenfield Youth Baseball Clinic on Monday and Tuesday at Lunt Field,...

By GARRETT COTE

Muzzy Field, the home of the Bristol Blues, will host the 2024 NECBL All-Star Game this Sunday. Both starters and reserves were announced this week, with the Valley Blue Sox grabbing four spots on the West roster – all reserves.All-Star Game...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

It was mid-August of last summer, and Valley Blue Sox director of baseball operations John Raiola started the process of drafting the Blue Sox roster for 2024.His first call was in the same area code.After years of struggles with defense behind the...

By GARRETT COTE

HOLYOKE — Everything was clicking for the Valley Blue Sox on Thursday night, and their bats evidently made the trip with them to Danbury.The Blue Sox erupted for a baker’s dozen in runs, overwhelming the Westerners 13-3 in seven innings to get back...

By JACOB NELSON

For over two decades, J & J Farms stood alone as the last dairy farm in Amherst. Many other small New England dairies shuttered as the economy shifted even more in favor of mega-dairies, but the Waskiewicz family held on, milking cows while also...

By GARRETT COTE

BELCHERTOWN — Heading into this spring, Belchertown girls tennis star Ava Shea needed 15 victories to reach the 50-win plateau for her career. The senior sat down before the season started and created a list of goals for herself, trying to figure out...