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By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — For the second straight week to begin the 2024 college football season, the UMass football team proved to be more than talented enough to win a game yet came up shy of doing so.Two Saturdays ago the Minutemen had more first downs, rushing...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

The UMass men’s basketball team will play Providence in 2024, after all.The Minutemen and the Friars on Monday announced a charity exhibition game between the two New England foes on Oct. 26 at 4 p.m. at the Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence,...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

One step forward, two steps back. Two steps forward, one step back.That’s what it’s been like watching the UMass football team this fall, as the Minutemen’s square-dancing routine has led them to 19 penalties through two games, 14th-most in the...

By NAOMI SCULLY-BRISTOL

NORTHAMPTON — Thousands are expected to visit Main Street downtown on Saturday for a day of food and live music at Taste of Northampton, an annual festival that celebrates the city’s businesses and restaurants.The event, which returned in 2022 after a...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — Maintaining and improving existing public housing properties is an ongoing challenge for local housing authorities with limited resources, an issue that housing advocates and professionals are hopeful the state’s $5.16 billion housing...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — A poured-in-place rubber surface to be installed for the improved playgrounds and new swing set at Hadley Elementary School, making for a safer space for children, may depend on successfully getting a grant from the town’s Community...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — How the future streetscape and public and private properties will look in downtown Amherst, where so-called in-fill mixed-use projects have occurred in recent years and a new five-story building is under construction, is the focus of new...

By ALEXA LEWIS

For eight months, Northampton did not have a permanent police chief. In August, the city hired interim chief and longtime department member John Cartledge to lead the department, who was chosen from a pool of just four candidates. Similarly, Amherst...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

At last fall’s Western Mass. Division I championships, Amherst girls cross country barely edged Northampton by three points to win the sectional title. Three weeks later at the MIAA Division 2 championships, the Northampton girls blazed past Amherst...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

A steep drop in the number of Black students in the Class of 2028 at Amherst College compared to the preceding year’s incoming class, and less racial diversity in the first-year class, is likely a result of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling against...

By JEFF LAJOIE

Don Brown has never been a moral victory kind of guy.But the veteran coach was at least a bit encouraged by an improved performance from a UMass football team that badly needed it on Saturday.The Minutemen did some of the things needed to win a...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — In its prominent Easthampton location near Pulaski Park at the rotary downtown, the property at 1 Northampton St. is set to be sold at a public auction this week.The property is zoned for mixed use as a commercial-residential...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — A manager of licensing and permitting for Eversource energy projects, who also brings experience chairing the Conservation Commission in Sandwich, will serve on the Planning Board through next May’s town election.In a unanimous joint vote by...

By GEORGE MILLER

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Through the preseason, Scott Dredge had the notion that defense would be the real calling card for Frontier football, and the Redhawks' 2024 season opener Friday night played out just that way.The hosts came up empty on the...

By GARRETT COTE

EASTHAMPTON — The South Hadley boys soccer team wasted no time jumping on Easthampton during Friday afternoon’s game at Nonotuck Park, and the Tigers sustained their high level of play throughout.Following a down year in 2023 after winning the state...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

The UMass football team travels for its first road game of the season on Saturday, a 3:30 p.m. contest against Toledo in the Glass Bowl. The Rockets beat UMass 41-24 last season in Amherst on their way to an appearance in the MAC Championship Game,...

By SAMUEL GELINAS

NORTHAMPTON — City officials are heralding a new partnership with one of the region’s leading social service agencies as a key development for the future success of a long-held vision to open a Resilience Hub downtown.The city recently announced that...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — As Tree House Brewing Co.’s concert season comes to a close next week, the town is preparing to work with the company to plan for 2025 as noise complaints to Town Hall have seen an increase.Several residents appeared before the...

By GARRETT COTE

WESTHAMPTON — During Brad Miller’s 16 seasons as head coach of the Longmeadow boys soccer team, he won three Western Mass. championships and led the Lancers to an undefeated season and Division I state title in 2019.So considering Hampshire Regional...

By BOB KATZEN

THE HOUSE AND SENATE: There were no roll call votes in the House or Senate last week. This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call reports local senators’ roll call attendance records for the 2024 session through Aug. 30. The Senate has held 150 roll calls so...