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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,...

Collectors and fans of rare books and the book arts will find good company at an upcoming book fair in Northampton.The eighth Northampton Antiquarian Book, Ephemera and Book Arts Fair (also known simply as the Northampton Book Fair) will be at 33...

By EMILEE KLEIN

As the last notes of the 165th Belchertown Fair’s annual parade drifts off into the autumn air — quickly replaced by the joyous screams of children on carnival rides and the soft coos of barn animals — babies from around western Massachusetts take...

By EMILEE KLEIN

BELCHERTOWN — The Belchertown Fair returns to the Commons this weekend for the 165th annual celebration with a packed schedule of free competitions, demonstrations and entertainment for all ages.This year’s theme, “Barn in the USA,” pays tribute to...

By ALEXA LEWIS

NORTHAMPTON — School may be starting, but a heaping dose of summer fun is still waiting around the corner as the Three County Fair prepares to return for its 207th year on Friday. Bringing food, fun and Ferris wheel rides to the Valley once more, the...

Peachy keenStone fruit season is in full swing and this Sunday, Aug. 18, there will be an opportunity to celebrate at the Outlook Farm Peach Festival in Westhampton. Located at the scenic Outlook Farm winery and brewery, the event will include a pig...

By EMILEE KLEIN

WESTHAMPTON — After over a year of contentious negotiations and 224 days without a contract, Hampshire Regional Education Association and the School Committee have agreed to a contract.The tentative contract between the school district and the...

By LISA GOODRICH

Samaita (Sam) Newell is a first-generation immigrant from India. She met Jared Newell as a student in the five-college area. Following graduation and getting married, the young couple dreamed of buying a farm with a store.Without collateral, their...

By COLIN A. YOUNG

BOSTON — From the edge of the Atlantic Ocean in Lynn to the state’s western border in Richmond, people in Massachusetts are letting the state know how they feel about wallet-busting energy bills.“I struggle to pay my bills, my electric runs $250 a...

By MADDIE FABIAN

WESTHAMPTON — As Hampshire Regional School District teachers approach five months of working without a contract, over 115 community members showed up to an online forum Thursday night in support of the union’s fight for a new deal.The forum was held...

By MADDIE FABIAN

NORTHAMPTON — After nearly a year without a contract and two years with no raise, about 600 Cooley Dickinson Hospital workers will receive an average wage increase of 21% over 20 months, among other gains in a new contract ratified unanimously this...

By ANITA WILSON

This summer, our Consumer Protection Unit answered several calls from residents reporting problems with social media platforms. Two callers said someone had hijacked their accounts leaving them unable to log in or regain control of the account. In...

By MADDIE FABIAN

NORTHAMPTON — The smells of fried food, ketchup and hamburgers filled the air as thousands of sweaty and smiling fairgoers explored the many activities at this year’s Three County Fair over a four-day stretch that ended on Labor Day.With every whoosh...

By MADDIE FABIAN

NORTHAMPTON — With a sunny forecast and a schedule packed with agricultural events, music, motor sport activities, food and local art, the 206th Three County Fair is set to kick off Friday and run through Labor Day on Monday.First been held in 1818,...

By MADDIE FABIAN

Five separate initiatives supporting veterans of all walks of life are included in the state’s $56 billion fiscal 2024 budget signed into law Wednesday.The budget includes around $1.7 million for programs championed by state Sen. John Velis,...

By STEVE PFARRER

NORTHAMPTON — It’s no secret the Valley’s a literary kind of place, where writers, independent bookstores and book vendors, writing groups and readers all find lots of sustenance.Now a new book fair, scheduled to take place June 17 in downtown...

By STEVE PFARRER

The Paradise City Arts Festival, like so many other arts organizations, hit a road bump in 2020 and the spring of 2021, when the pandemic forced the longtime Northampton arts fest online for three straight sessions.And when the Northampton festival...

By STEVE PFARRER

The Paradise City Arts Festival, like so many other arts organizations, hit a road bump in 2020 and the spring of 2021, when the pandemic forced the longtime Northampton arts fest online for three straight sessions.And when the Northampton festival...

By STEVE PFARRER

The Fairest in the LandBy Lesléa NewmanIllustrated by Joshua HeinzAbrams Books for Young Readers I Can Be … Me!By Lesléa NewmanIllustrated by Maya Christina GonzalezLew & Low Books Holyoke poet and children’s author Lesléa Newman, who’s written some...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Tom Smiarowski has been named the new president of the nonprofit organization that manages the Three County Fair & Fairgrounds, bringing a lifetime of agricultural experience to the position.Smiarowski had previously been vice president...

By Nyssa KRUSE

NORTHAMPTON — Residents plan to take to the streets at 11 a.m. Saturday for the March for Truth, a demonstration seeking more rigorous investigation into ties between the Trump administration and Russia.Debby Pastrich-Klemer, co-chair of the group...