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By CAROLYN BROWN

It’s been 40 years since the band NRBQ played at Sunderland’s The Rusty Nail on New Year’s Eve, but a devoted fan and friend of the band kept the night alive with his concert footage. Later this month, the Academy of Music will screen that footage,...

An ‘anti-holiday spectacular’Prefer rudeness to Rudolph, getting blitzed to Blitzen, or X-rated humor to Xmas? The show “F*ck That! Erin McKeown’s Anti-Holiday Spectacular,” which will be at the Iron Horse on Saturday, Dec. 7, at 7 p.m., might be for...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — The Department of Public Works is seeking money to pay for a study to determine if gaseous chlorine should continue to disinfect wastewater, as a growing number of discharge violations at the town’s wastewater treatment plant occur.The Town...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Joe Harasymiak had head coaching in his blood, that much was clear from the early stages in his life. That’s all he ever wanted to be when he grew up. And by time he got to college to play defensive back for head coach Mike DeLong at...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Grow Food Northampton’s winter market returns this weekend looking to provide locally grown produce and crafts as well as live entertainment to kick off the holiday season. The market will open on Saturday at the Northampton Senior...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — The wait is over, and the UMass football team has found its next head coach.As first reported by ESPN’s Pete Thamel on Wednesday morning and confirmed in a press release by UMass athletics, Rutgers defensive coordinator Joe Harasymiak is...

By SAMUEL GELINAS

CHESTERFIELD — In its first year, the Farm Lab in Chesterfield not only has produced more than $80,000 worth of produce using experimental methods of crop production that can help local growers, but that harvest has provided a community cornucopia...

50 Years Ago■State Department of Natural Resources officials today confirmed reports that DNR Commissioner Arthur W. Brownell has turned down all sites he has viewed in...

By EMILEE KLEIN

AMHERST — The past few weeks have been tough for climate activism, and longtime climate activist Bill McKibben, who makes his home in Vermont, is feeling the heat.This year will be the hottest year on record, breaking the record-setting temperatures...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — There may be plenty of reasons for UMass fans to lament the athletic department over the past two weeks – a third-straight disappointing football season and a subpar men’s basketball start (3-5 record) among the results-based reasons outside...

By SAM DORAN

BOSTON — Auditor Diana DiZoglio plans to hold a press conference Wednesday marking a month since her legislative audit ballot question cruised to victory. But the victorious Question 1 will be staying on ice for at least another month.The Methuen...

By CHRIS LARABEE

With bodies of water receding and brush fires throughout the state, it was clearly a dry fall for the Pioneer Valley and new data analysis confirms the season was historically dry for western Massachusetts.Preliminary National Weather Service data for...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — Dozens of Easthampton residents filed into the Easthampton High School auditorium on Monday night for discussions on the U.S. flag over Nashawannuck Pond amid shifting reasons from the mayor’s office for calling for it to be taken down....

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Cameras and stage lights face Jane Harrison-Millman as she sits in front of a live audience. Across from her sits Massachusetts Inspector General Jeffrey Shapiro, responsible for leading the independent agency responsible for detecting...

By ALEXA LEWIS

SPRINGFIELD — Since 1926, the World Affairs Council of Western Massachusetts has had one main goal: to connect the region with the rest of the world. Through informational talks, events, visitation programs, partnerships with local educators and more,...

By BILL DANIELSON

It was the morning of Thanksgiving Day and I was up early. Guests were still asleep and I was done with the morning chores. A pot of fresh coffee had been brewed, a fire was crackling happily in the wood stove (front doors open so the fire was...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A traditional celebration that has been part of Amherst’s holiday season since the 1960s, the Merry Maple lighting is back at its usual location on the North Common on Friday, with a newly lit maple tree.A year after continued construction...

By LEIGH GRAHAM

 Massachusetts mandates partnerships between school districts and caregivers in support of students with disabilities. This happens through Special Education Parents Advisory Councils, or SEPACs, required in each public school district in the state....

50 Years Ago■Donald Graham of Nonotuck Street, Florence, has been named Newspaper Boy of the Month. Don, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Graham, has been in the news delivering business for four years. He has 36 customers along Nonotuck, New Street and...