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By MADISON SCHOFIELD

GILL — The body of a 30-year-old Northampton man was pulled out of the Connecticut River Monday afternoon at around 1:30 p.m.Laurie Loisel, spokesperson for the Northwestern district attorneys office said an investigation is underway and the body is...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — After a “rigorous” search process, the Easthampton School Committee has selected longtime Springfield Public School District educator Michelle Balch as the district’s new superintendent. The committee voted unanimously to offer the...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — Interviews among Easthampton’s superintendent finalists concluded Thursday night with the interview of Michelle Balch, who excited the School Committee with her ability to get to know the strengths and challenges of the district...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — During second of three superintendent finalist interviews conducted Wednesday night, Mary Jane Rickson impressed School Committee members with her ability to easily explain complex administrative tasks.For their final interviews, the...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — The Easthampton School Committee kicked off a series of interviews Tuesday night among finalists for its permanent superintendent post. Cynthia Kennedy, currently assistant superintendent of the Athol-Royalston Regional School District,...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — The search for the Easthampton Public School District’s new superintendent is moving swiftly along, and three finalists for the position have been named. A final decision is expected to be announced in December.At a School Committee...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Educators from more than 24 schools and districts throughout the region gathered at Greenfield Community College Wednesday morning as keynote speaker Gaelin Elmore, a former NFL player, spoke of his tumultuous childhood and how community...

By SAMUEL GELINAS

HOLYOKE — The end is officially in sight for state receivership of Holyoke’s public schools, a significant achievement that advocates of local control say will have enormous positive impacts on students, educators and families for years to come. The...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — Computer puzzles, math skills and an animated penguin named JiJi come together with ST Math, a visual learning program being lauded across school districts for its interesting approach to math education.This school year JiJi arrived at...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — The search for a permanent superintendent is kicking off in Easthampton, and the School Committee anticipates announcing a job offer as early as December.At a School Committee meeting on Tuesday night, committee chair Laura Scott said...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — A porch fire early Sunday was most likely caused by smoking materials, prompting fire officials to remind smokers to use caution when disposing of cigarette butts.Fire District 1 responded to the fire at 3 Warner St., in the town’s...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — The union representing teachers and other educators in the Easthampton Public School District is making a pitch for the school administration to incorporate unexpected school funding from the state this fiscal year into a new contract...

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — Closure for Matthew Dale meant giving his mother her name back — and he did just that on Thursday in a quiet ceremony at the West Street Cemetery.In 1978, Dale’s mother went missing when he was 5 years old. His family reported her...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Two men accused of beating and seriously injuring a liquor store clerk and one other person in Sunderland were ordered held without bail at a dangerousness hearing Thursday in Greenfield District Court.Warren Martinez, 30, of Northampton,...

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — The old saying goes that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, but what if there was no need to throw the item out in the first place? Beginning this past weekend, Deerfield residents using the Transfer Station now have a new outlet...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Taaniel Herberger-Brown, the Greenfield man accused of murdering Christopher Hairston, of Pittsfield, and leaving his body at his Chapman Street apartment, was held without the right to bail after he pleaded not guilty at his arraignment...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — More than two months since police found the body of Christopher Hairston, 35, of Pittsfield, decomposing inside a Rubbermaid-style trash bin in 42-year-old Taaniel Herberger-Brown’s Chapman Street apartment, the suspect will be arraigned...

By DOMENIC POLI

DEERFIELD — A Turners Falls man faces various charges, including his third OUI offense, after allegedly driving a vehicle into a River Road house last weekend.Jason E. Tyler, 50, pleaded not guilty in Greenfield District Court on Monday to charges of...

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — Layne Nagle may have taken a spill rounding first as the 13U Northampton All-Stars baseball team took a victory lap with their new championship banner, but he bounced up right away – an illuminating smile across his face.That same...

By EMILEE KLEIN

BELCHERTOWN — Residents shot down the proposed $122.6 million middle school building at Monday’s special election, bringing the project to an end and denying a $47.9 million grant from Massachusetts School Building Authority to offset the cost.The...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Authorities in Hampshire and Franklin counties spelled out how they are combating sexual exploitation of minors as part of a community education initiative Wednesday, with experts saying that a special emphasis is placed on fighting...