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By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — In her dozen years as general manager at Fishtales Bar & Grill, Kerianne Kelliher has emphasized building connections with local farms, ensuring in-season produce is served at the restaurant, alongside the seafood and steaks that is a main...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — A local pinball player is pitching the idea of opening a new restaurant focused on pizza, beer and a number of pinball machines.

HATFIELD — The town’s annual Luminarium event takes place Saturday, starting at 4:30 p.m. with a concert at the First Congregational Church and ending with the judging of floats at Smith Academy.The float contest is new this year, though Kathleen...

By JACOB NELSON

In the right hands, wine has a way of bringing people together.“Even before we started this business, we loved the wineries and vineyards we’d visit when we traveled,” says Michelle Kersbergen, owner of Black Birch Vineyard in Hatfield. “Especially...

By Staff Writer

HATFIELD — A float competition is being added to the annual Luminarium, which as is customary in recent years will be held on Dec. 21, the last Saturday prior to Christmas Eve.The town’s Celebration Committee is inviting people to pre-register through...

By ALEXA LEWIS

HATFIELD/WILLIAMSBURG — Horse Mountain’s two peaks have long been recognized as a historic landmark between Williamsburg and Hatfield. Now, 150 acres at the summit of Horse Mountain have been purchased by Kestrel Land Trust, ensuring that the land...

Where it all beganMost artists host shows of their work in galleries, but one potter, a native of Hatfield, will soon host one at a different venue: her childhood home.Potter Amy Clark, who currently works in Maine but started her pottery career in a...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — Water and sewer rate changes for the second half of the fiscal year, if approved by the Select Board, could add about $15 to the monthly bill for the typical single-family household.A hearing on the proposed rate adjustments, and the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — A $100 million fund to support the health and resilience of the Connecticut River watershed, including money that would go toward improving aging flood controls and dikes and upgrading water and sewer systems, is being sought by area...

We were dismayed to read about the Hatfield family being harassed for their political views [“‘We do not want your kind here,’” Gazette, Oct. 14]. We moved to Hatfield in 2020 and wondered how we’d be accepted as a lesbian couple. We love living here...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — A Massachusetts native with extensive experience in finance and government, currently serving as the chief of staff for Newburyport’s mayor, will be Hatfield’s next town administrator.Select Board Chair Diana Szynal announced during...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — Sixth graders could shift to Smith Academy from Hatfield Elementary School beginning in fall 2025 if a plan proposed by administrators, in part aimed at stemming enrollment declines across the school district, is approved by the Hatfield...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — Since moving to Hatfield in summer 2021, Dr. Timothy Menz has made his views known on a variety of topics, speaking at a Board of Health meeting about the importance of masking as a means of reducing the spread of COVID that first year,...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — Repair and removal of existing dams in Hampshire and Franklin counties, along with improvements to Holyoke’s levee control system and repairs to the pump station, are being supported by more than $1.04 million from the state’s Executive...

By Scott Merzbach

HATFIELD — A final open day for the Farm Museum on Saturday will also serve as a way to honor longtime curator George Ashley, who has overseen the Hatfield Historical Society’s agricultural collection for more than 30 years.From noon to 2 p.m., Ashley...

One Fair Wage has lobbied and succeeded to bring Question 5 to vote in our state of Massachusetts. Please ask any tipped worker that you encounter before the Nov. 5 vote and listen carefully to their opinion regarding Question 5 and how it would...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

On the morning of Oct. 7, 2023, Ronny Almog awoke and checked Facebook and Israeli news on his computer and quickly realized something was wrong.“I called my mom in Israel, and I told her, it seems like there is a very intense war,” said Almog, who...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERIand SAMUEL GELINAS

Some squash, pumpkin and potato farmers in the Pioneer Valley are bearing the burden of a soil-based disease described by one farmer as being “like the plague” for these and potentially many more species.Walking through a barren pumpkin patch late...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — A Northampton native with municipal management experience in Pennsylvania, a chief of staff for the city of Newburyport, and two Hatfield residents, including one who is currently town coordinator in Westhampton and another who is a former...

By Staff Report

HATFIELD — New signalized crosswalks, part of a $2.16 million Massachusetts Department of Transportation project being undertaken in several area communities, are coming to Route 5 in Hatfield.The crosswalks are part of MassDOT’s Vulnerable Road User...

This should really be touted as the Year of the Woman.Just now, finally half of the Olympic contestants are women! Soooo cool, and they truly kicked it in differing races and cultures and countries!We have a woman (of color and race) running for...