Search Results

Keyword search: facebook

By BILL DANIELSON

The final week of 2024 was particularly calm and delightful for me. After the hustle and bustle of hosting a family gathering, my wife and I were able to nestle down into the “holiday bunker” and enjoy some much-needed R&R. For one solid week we were...

By ALISON KUZNITZ and SAM DORAN

BOSTON — The three-day countdown for Beacon Hill lawmakers to comply with Auditor Diana DiZoglio’s probe of the Legislature started Monday afternoon, DiZoglio said, with her office now requesting specific records from the House and Senate.Meantime,...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Before the Jones Library’s expansion and renovation gets underway, the Massachusetts Historical Commission is requesting that library officials reconsider use of synthetic shingles in replacing the existing slate roof, and to not cut into...

By GARRETT COTE

SOUTH HADLEY — All signs are pointing to yet another dominant regular season from the reigning Division 5 state finalists.The South Hadley girls basketball team put its versatility on full display in front of its home fans during Monday night’s 58-40...

By SCOTT MERZBACH,EMILEE KLEIN andALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Lowering higher education costs, supporting K-12 public education, confronting climate change, creating more housing and protecting and expanding health care and reproductive care are among the priorities this year for the legislative...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Frank Martin has seemingly spent a lot more time shaking his head and throwing his hands up in frustration on the sidelines this season than he has anything else, and given his basketball team’s 5-10 record at the midway point of the...

OTTAWA, Ontario — Teddy Stiga scored on a breakaway at 8:04 of 3-on-3 overtime to give the United States a 4-3 victory over Finland on Sunday night in the world junior hockey championship game.The Boston College winger — a healthy scratch at the start...

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — The third meet of the PVIAC indoor track season took place at Smith College on Sunday, and  four Hampshire County schools competed while two enjoyed their bye week.Frontier, Northampton and South Hadley all participated in the early...

Last month I wrote about the benefits of unsupervised play, that children who play outdoors with other children learn not only physical skills but how to get along with other children, how to play fair, to be creative, to learn how to get up when...

By SAMUEL GELINAS

NORTHAMPTON — The Sidney F. Smith Toy Fund brought in a total of $52,923 in 2024, its 92nd year, falling short of its $60,000 goal.Gazette Publisher Shawn Palmer thanks those who contributed to this year’s annual drive, which raises money toward...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SPRINGFIELD — While the country celebrated the New Year with fireworks, champagne and sparklers, one Granby family started 2025 with an even greater milestone: a new addition to their growing family.Isla Veronica McCarthy, Hampshire County’s first...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — More than $1.19 million dollars in Community Preservation Act funds have been approved for various projects throughout the city, from improvements to basketball and tennis courts to affordable housing projects.A plan to replace and...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

ASHFIELD — You wouldn’t think of a cloudy, windy day with a slight drizzle and a maximum temperature of 44 degrees as a perfect day for a swim, but for swimmers on Ashfield Lake, a little cold never bothered them anyway.Ashfield resident Mary Link...

By RYAN AMES

The Valley Blue Sox announced last week that Endy Morales, a Holyoke product and former Blue Sox pitcher, would be its new head coach beginning this summer.Morales pitched for the Blue Sox from 2016-2019 and collected a couple of NECBL championships,...

By EMILEE KLEIN

HADLEY — Pam Victor had exhausted every fundraising idea she could imagine to raise $115,000 for Happier Valley Comedy’s new theater, and after a year and a half of balancing this job with her other roles teaching, performing and running the improv...

Visiting Richmond shot the lights out in the opening quarter, and the Spiders’ hot start was more than enough to halt the red-hot UMass women’s basketball team on Sunday.The Spiders drilled seven 3-pointers and made 11-of-13 field goals in the opening...

By SAMUEL GELINAS

EASTHAMPTON — Elizabeth Mutti is moving her online non-alcoholic beverage brand into a brick-and-mortar environment downtown — a transformation she hopes will capture the frivolity of the drinking culture but do so with beverages that have been...

The UMass hockey team’s offense came alive on Saturday afternoon at the Desert Hockey Classic in Tempe, Arizona, as eight goals and 40 shots led the Minutemen to an 8-0 drubbing of Robert Morris in a game they desperately needed to win.Six different...

By MARIETTA PRITCHARD

Recently I read an article about the country’s most popular dog toy — Lamb Chop. According to the article in The New York Times, dog owners “throw Lamb Chop-themed parties and photo shoots.” They find Lamb Chop costumes for Halloween, along with other...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — With the clock ticking under a minute left and Richmond possessing a 69-62 lead with the ball, the UMass men’s basketball team needed a stop to have any chance at finding its first Atlantic 10 win of the season.But the ball found an open...