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By EMILEE KLEIN

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sometimes heroes are made by happenstance.That certainly is the case for Mike Barker, a 1998 Granby High School graduate and resident in the Washington, D.C. area who found himself at the right place at the right time late on the...

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — While making its journey to the Barnes Air National Guard Base in Westfield, a piece of a New York fire truck that melted and warped from the flaming aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks snapped in half from the vibrations from travel.Matt Bail,...

By EMILEE KLEIN

NORTHAMPTON — Give, touch, wait, OK.Winnie, a gray poodle mix with fluffy ears and a puff at the end of her tail, looks at her owner Naomi Rosenberg with big, excited eyes. She had followed each command from Rosenberg enthusiastically to get to her...

By GARRETT COTE

HATFIELD — It wouldn’t be a Granby/Smith Academy boys soccer game without a close, physical and grind-it-out style of play.The two teams have tied their last five regular season meetings dating back to 2021, and a game hasn’t been decided by more than...

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — A public hearing to discuss a special permit for a controversial proposal for a gravel pit on Trompke Avenue was postponed Tuesday evening due after the applicant and representatives reported that three of them were too ill to attend the...

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — Father Michael Goodreau, pastor at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, will oversee the Catholic Charities Agency of the Diocese of Springfield as its new president, expanding his work as a Catholic and spiritual leader from his parish in Granby...

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — A new roundabout is taking shape along Route 202 at its intersection with School Street — not far from The MacDuffie School — one of two busy intersections undergoing renovations under a combined $4.2 million project led by the Massachusetts...

By GARRETT COTE

GRANBY — Dan Fanion’s round looked as if it was about to turn upside down on the par-3 10th hole during Wednesday’s qualifier for the 2024 Massachusetts Mid-Amateur Golf Championship at Westover Golf Course.After carding a 1-under 35 on the front...

By ELISE LINSCOTT

“The first thing I felt was cancer … she said ‘I was tired and there was no way back,’ which is pretty common for cancer,” South Hadley-based psychic medium and fiction writer Lisa Lanno said to a room of about 50 people one recent Thursday night at...

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — After 23 years as town administrator, Christopher Martin will retire on Nov. 1, leaving the Select Board to rethink the position’s responsibilities before hiring a replacement.“I’d truly like to thank you for your service to the town for...

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — Closure for Matthew Dale meant giving his mother her name back — and he did just that on Thursday in a quiet ceremony at the West Street Cemetery.In 1978, Dale’s mother went missing when he was 5 years old. His family reported her...

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — The Select Board is moving ahead with plans to review and rewrite the town’s leash laws in the wake of a dog bite incident at Dufresne Park in which a resident suffered an arm laceration — with the couple who were victims of the recent attack...

Thank you for highlighting (again) the crisis in primary care [”Primary care in crisis,” Gazette, July 27].As the board chair of Mass-Care: The Massachusetts Campaign for Single Payer Health Care, I appreciate being quoted, but I want readers to...

By Staff Report

SOUTH HADLEY — A 25-year-old South Hadley man who threatened suicide, before leading South Hadley, Granby, Hadley and State Police on a vehicle pursuit from the Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter School campus to Route 9 in Hadley Thursday...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

It was mid-August of last summer, and Valley Blue Sox director of baseball operations John Raiola started the process of drafting the Blue Sox roster for 2024.His first call was in the same area code.After years of struggles with defense behind the...

I am appalled that a July 1 story about such an important decision by the Supreme Court was relegated to the lower right corner of the front page the following day [“Ruling grants ex-presidents immunity,” Gazette, July 2]. In my opinion, it deserved...

By GARRETT COTE

GRANBY — During the Granby boys volleyball team’s run through the Western Mass. Class C tournament, it seemed to have one plan of attack when it needed a clutch point.Any time the Rams’ backs were against the wall, they would feed their star senior,...

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — The town recently completed its two-part annual Town Meeting, at which residents passed a $29.1 million budget for fiscal 2025 while also listening to a contentious disagreement between the Finance Committee and the School and Fire...

By LISA GOODRICH

After the cold of winter in New England, spring on our region’s farms is a treat for the senses. While locals may argue over whether asparagus or strawberries declare the arrival of spring, Meghan Hastings, owner and farm manager of Dave’s Natural...

By Emilee Klein

GRANBY — When Dr. Dog’s “Where’d All the Time Go?” played from the speakers of the Edward Sullivan Gymnasium, the 48 graduates of Granby Junior Senior High School answered the question in the title of viral hit by throwing their caps in the air with...

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — Mary Jane Rickson will head the district as interim superintendent while the School Committee searches for a permanent replacement for Superintendent Stephen Sullivan, who leaves for a new job in Greenfield at the end of the school year.The...