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By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — The few hundred feet of undeveloped land between Industrial Drive West in Deerfield and Fairview Way in Whately, which separates the two communities’ industrial parks, was once jokingly referred to as the “DMZ,” or demilitarized zone, by Whately’s former police chief in 1995.

By RUSS VERNON-JONES

Every Palestinian life and every Jewish life is precious.

By TOBIAS BASKIN

“What do you teach?” I am asked when I say that I am a professor at UMass. I teach plant physiology. But the question misses the core of what I do: run a research lab. Few ask me: “What do you research?” or “Why is a college professor doing research?”

By RYAN AMES

Claire Fortin of Amherst Regional competed in the first day of events at this year’s Nike Outdoor Nationals meet in Eugene, Oregon on Thursday.

By Grace Chai

This weekend, two Pride celebrations are set to happen in the region in Amherst and Holyoke.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — In a repeat of last year’s outcome, the City Council on Wednesday failed to approve Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra’s budget for next fiscal year, owing in large part to the council president’s legal inability to cast the deciding vote.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Amherst residents are petitioning the Town Council to push back on Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions that might lead to immigrants being held against their will and possibly being deported from the United States.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

WORTHINGTON — In the words of Select Board Chair Charlie Rose, annual Town Meeting this month went “surprisingly well,” despite a looming deficit that may require a Proposition 2½ override request in the near future.

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By EMILEE KLEIN

BELCHERTOWN — Dwight Day returns on Saturday for a second year to celebrate Belchertown’s historic village with conservation and wildlife activities, a cemetery tour and a portrayal of Emily Dickinson’s friendship with famous Dwight author Josiah Gilbert Holland.

BOSTON — During the annual meeting of the Northeastern Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NEASDA), Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR) Commissioner Ashley Randle, was elected as the president of the organization.

By GARRETT COTE

Bats came alive in the third inning for the Belchertown Post 239 Senior American Legion baseball team, as a five-run frame brought it from down a run to ahead 5-1 in the blink of an eye. After Jake Waller held Monson Post 241 scoreless in the fourth, Post 239 added two more runs to give themselves a six-run cushion.

By RYAN AMES

HADLEY – Members of the UMass men’s basketball team were anything but couch potatoes when they toured Barnwood Valley Farms on Wednesday afternoon.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — An Amherst man has pleaded guilty to 11 charges stemming from a spate of crimes committed between 2017 and 2019, including forcible rape of a child, unlawful possession of a firearm and breaking and entering in the nighttime.

By MEAGAN GONZALEZ

It took me a little while to figure out how to use my voice in this instance. It’s not something I do often. It’s not something I’ve ever done publicly like this before. But when I was an undergraduate student at Smith College, I had a professor who went out of her way to support the start of my career. She did this for me if I promised that I’d use my voice to help another woman the next time I was in a position to do so. I’ve tried to live this way ever since, but now I have met a big chance to honor my promise.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A sense of community and belonging at the Jones Library and the lasting memories at the building are as important to Emily Wang and her family as the books they regularly access there.

By DOMENIC POLI

SPRINGFIELD — A U.S. Marine Corps veteran was sentenced on Tuesday to 24 months of supervised release for stealing benefit payments from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and submitting a false Purple Heart application through his congressional representative.

By CHRIS LISINSKI

BOSTON — “Electronic cocaine.” “A youth behavioral health crisis on steroids.” “Nothing’s more aggravating to me as a parent.”

By RYAN AMES

Select athletes of the Amherst Regional track and field team are heading back to the Nike Outdoor Nationals in Eugene, Oregon as competition is set to kick off on Thursday morning.

By SHERYL HUNTER

GREENFIELD — There will be music, music and more music when the 39th annual Green River Festival returns to the Franklin County Fairgrounds this weekend.