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By CHAD CAIN

AMHERST — In conjunction with the Amherst and Hadley police departments, the FBI Boston Division arrested an Amherst man Wednesday on five charges for his alleged role in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot.Daniel Tocci was taken into custody without...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — In 1968, a young Susan Opalenik stared out of the window of her intermediate junior high school classroom at the American flag, realizing its position at half-mast was for her cousin.Robert J. Sowinski was a corporal in the U.S. Army...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — On a typical Tuesday evening, the only thing the occasional passerby can hear at The Boathouse Restaurant is the water lap against the shore.But last Tuesday, the waterfront restaurant at Brunelle’s Marina boomed with cheering and...

By SAM DRYSDALE

BELCHERTOWN — In what has become a steady drumbeat from school officials in many Hampshire County communities this budget season, Belchertown has become the latest to stare down a significant school budget gap that could mean the “staggering” loss of...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter School scans old rosters for this year’s January’s Guest Artist Series, hiring seven alumni to bring their skills and knowledge of dance back home in a series of 11 workshop classes.Rather than...

By Sam Drysdale

Hampshire County is currently home to just 26 of the 7,000 or so families in the state’s emergency shelter system, with 11 families in Hadley, 10 in South Hadley and five in Amherst, according to statistics released this week by the Healey...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

HADLEY — A four-day cease-fire between Israel and Hamas that began Friday isn’t enough to stop the hundreds of local protestors who have gathered several times a week since the war started to demand a permanent end to fighting in Gaza.Those who...

By SOPHIE HAUCK

HADLEY — Radio personality Christopher “Monte” Belmonte may have passed the torch of running the annual Cancer Connection Bed-In, but he couldn’t resist making a splash during Tara Brewster’s first turn anchoring the fundraiser on Friday.While...

By MADDIE FABIAN

HADLEY — Somewhere between 35 and 40 flyable model airplanes fill the basement, garage and two bedrooms in David Wartel’s home. And that doesn’t even account for the planes that are under repair.Wartel is just one of the 100-or-so members of the...

By EMILY THURLOW

SOUTH HADLEY — Jet skis and similar watercraft are no longer allowed to be launched or retrieved from the ramps at Brunelle’s Marina. In a press release, the company stated that the action, which is effective immediately, was driven by concerns over...

Staff Report

AMHERST — The Regional Tibetan Association of Massachusetts will celebrate the 88th birthday of the 14th Dalai Lama over the next week by sponsoring free meals for people in need locally.Millions of people, including Tibetans in diaspora, celebrate...

By Mercedes Lingle

SOUTH HADLEY — Peter Rosskothen was not born in South Hadley, but he still calls it his hometown after being a resident since 1986. Nearly 40 years later, he has just opened the fourth location of the Delaney’s Market at 459 Granby Road. The store,...

By MERCEDES LINGLE

HADLEY — There are few graduations like the one that takes place at the Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School, where the student speakers kick off their talks in Mandarin.It’s fitting, of course, as they’ve been immersed in the language for...

By Maddie Fabian

SOUTH HADLEY — The Board of Health has adopted a new regulation that will require every landlord to obtain a rental registry permit with the town.The regulation works to protect the health and safety of tenants by ensuring safe and sanitary...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — A new ambulance service run by the Fire Department will begin serving Hadley later this year, the first time the town will have municipally operated medical care.A used ambulance acquired from Northampton for $20,000 can start rolling after...

BELCHERTOWN — A Connecticut man who allegedly shot a Hadley man on the afternoon of Dec. 31 will continue to be held without bail until a dangerousness hearing on March 1.Defense attorney Francis Dimento Jr. of Boston asked for a six-week continuance...