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By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — A management company that owns a Route 9 shopping plaza near the Amherst town line is considering adding a large self-storage development to an undeveloped portion of the property.At the Planning Board meeting Tuesday, Christian Brannelly,...

The Jan. 4 edition of the Gazette includes the column “Why we must not let Ukraine fail.” A response can be, “Why we must permit Russia to fail” — that is to say, we must establish conditions in which the Kremlin can safely admit that giving up their...

HADLEY — Free tax return preparation begins at the Hadley Senior Center in mid-February.IRS-certified AARP TaxAide Counselors will be handling tax returns for tax year 2023 for area residents at the Hadley Senior Center, 46 Middle St., starting Feb....

By IYKO DAY

I would like to respond to Jonathan Kahane’s guest column of Dec. 29, “Haunted by questions with no good answers.” His column presents a series of rhetorical questions as a conceit to disguise his ideological defense of Israel’s genocidal bombardment...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — The state attorney general’s office has sided with a resident and former member of the Fire District No. 1 Prudential Committee, who filed a complaint saying that he was unfairly removed from a meeting last March after he continued to...

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HADLEY — Melvin L. Wilson, 33, of Sunderland, is identified as the pedestrian killed after being struck by a vehicle on the Route 116 bypass early Saturday morning, according to the Northwestern district attorney’s office.Wilson was hit by a car...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — A project to replace the town’s Mount Warner and Mount Holyoke water storage tanks by the end of 2026, at a total cost of around $9 million, will be brought to voters at annual Town Meeting in the spring.With a favorable recommendation from...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A project to resurface a 3.2-mile stretch of the Route 116 bypass, running from Meadow Street in Amherst south to Route 9 in Hadley, will prompt a realignment of the off-ramp from Route 116 where the state highways meet as a way of improving...

HADLEY — A 33-year-old Sunderland man died Saturday after he was struck by a car while walking along the edge of Route 116 in Hadley, according to the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office.Hadley Police, State Police assigned to the DA’s office, and...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — Outgoing Fire Chief Robert Authier won’t miss the fires.Fires are traumatic and life threatening for the first responders and families whose building is ablaze, so he can’t say he’ll miss them.Yet when Authier stays home on Monday...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — The owner of a Route 9 landscaping company, who last fall cleared debris from the 243 Russell St. site to avoid being shut down, is again being warned that he could be subject to a cease-and-desist order and forced to close.During a site plan...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — A year after joining the Hadley Police Department in 2014, Staff Sgt. Michael Romano became the town’s first school resource officer, taking on a role aimed at keeping students, teachers and staff safe at the four campuses in town.Over the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — A revised club alcohol license for the Young Men’s Club that offers more flexibility for where members and their guests can be served and consume alcohol at the 138 East St. property, including on an outside deck, has been approved by the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — On a necklace worn by Hopkins Academy senior Lucas Red Owl is a ring given to him by his late father. The ring is Red Owl’s only remaining possession, after a fire heavily damaged his East Street home earlier this month.“Everything I had was...

I was disappointed by the recent vote in Hadley not to fund a much-needed, new ladder firetruck to replace the one which is 23 years old. Our existing ladder truck has a 75-foot ladder that is too short to safely fight fires that occur in buildings...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — A Route 9 dental office’s potential move to a new building that would be constructed less than a quarter-mile away on the state highway could be complicated by the continued road widening project and an historic farmhouse on the...

By MADDIE FABIAN

SOUTH HADLEY — As youth across western Massachusetts struggle with increasing mental health issues, three teenagers at the Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public School (PVPA) are working to increase the number of mental health personnel in...

There’s always something untoward going on on campus: there are outrages against common sense, morality, and good taste, and all of it gets inordinate attention because college kids have always gotten attention since they were swallowing goldfish.But...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — After World War II and into the 1950s, families from Poland who were part of the displaced persons program, some arriving in the United States from camps in Germany, continued to require assistance to recover from the devastation.While...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

BELCHERTOWN/SOUTH HADLEY — A new Jabish Brook Middle School in Belchertown and a replacement building for Mosier Elementary School in South Hadley are continuing to make progress, with the Massachusetts School Building Authority’s board of directors...