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By FRAN RYAN

HOLYOKE — As the American shad migration upstream comes to a close, the numbers of fish passing over the Holyoke dam this year has been encouraging to fish biologist and those from who operate the Robert E. Barrett Fishway.On July 2, the total number...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — A Northampton District Court judge has denied a request for four separate trials — one for each alleged victim — for former Hampshire Regional High School girls basketball coach Richard Moussette.Moussette, 56, of Holyoke, was charged...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

HOLYOKE — It was with music, chants of “freedom” and fists raised high in the air that Holyoke welcomed the controversial, long-jailed Puerto Rican nationalist Oscar Lopez Rivera on Thursday.Lopez Rivera, 74, is known for his role as a leader of the...

By EMILY CUTTS

HOLYOKE – A Southampton man is being held on $20,000 bail after allegedly assaulting a Holyoke man during a home break-in Thursday morning.Sean Younger, 45, of 5 Cheryl Lane, was charged with breaking and entering in the daytime, armed assault in a...

By JACK SUNTRUP

HOLYOKE — The Connecticut River powered over the Holyoke Dam Sunday under an overcast sky, and hundreds of people stopped to see it.From Route 116’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge, that view is not a new one. But for the first time ever, MassDOT on...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

SOUTH HADLEY – Mount Holyoke College professor of environmental studies Lauret Savoy has been awarded a prestigious Andrew Carnegie Fellowship to further her research on the intersection of history, race and the physical landscape of America.The...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — A Holyoke woman is being held on $100,000 for her alleged involvement in two separate murder-for-hire plots.Cynthia P. Coons, 50, pleaded not guilty in Northampton District Court Thursday morning to a charge of conspiracy in the first...

By CAITLIN ASHWORTH

SOUTH HADLEY — A 67-year-old South Hadley man whose sister said had an adventurous streak died unexpectedly in India this week while trekking a popular trail in India. “He enjoyed life to the fullest,” said June Greener by phone from her home in...

By EMILY CUTTS

SOUTH HADLEY — For Sen. Elizabeth Warren, this is the moment the country is being tested.“It’s a moment about what kind of people we are, what kind of country we are going to build … It’s like a test of character and this is what I believe,” she told...

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The UMass baseball team scored six runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to beat Northeastern, 6-5, in the Beanpot consolation game, Wednesday at Fenway Park in Boston.Mike Geannelis had two hits and three RBIs.Jon Avallone added two hits.Casey...

By DERRICK PERKINS

HOLYOKE — Authorities have released additional details about an early morning drug raid Thursday that rattled the city’s long troubled Churchill neighborhood.Early reports indicated federal, state and local law enforcement officials netted massive...

By EMILY CUTTS

HOLYOKE — “Nothing about us without us.”The slogan used in the disability rights, identity and populist movements was echoed Wednesday morning by Daisy Hernandez, of Voices From Inside and Voices Carry, during an almost two-hour discussion on criminal...

Staff reports

Northampton’s Leila Kouakou scored four goals with an assist for the Mount Holyoke lacrosse team in a 11-6 win over Coast Guard Academy on Wednesday in New London, Conn.Kaitlin Braz and Mary Lavigne each added two goals for the Lyons (2-10).Mia...

By CAITLIN ASHWORTH

For Easthampton and Northampton, a conclusion is in the works to lift the natural gas moratorium that has restricted new service to residents and business owners in the two cities for two years.Columbia Gas of Massachusetts is negotiating an agreement...

By EMILY CUTTS

Internships are increasingly becoming a required part of the college experience, and many say that’s a good thing.Through internships, college students gain not only experience to add to their resume but tools to help prepare them for the workforce...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HOLYOKE — Learning that two young girls were being abused while living with a Northampton man, Donna Lloyd turned to the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office, and its Children’s Advocacy Center in Franklin County, for help in bringing the...

By MICHAEL MAJCHROWICZ

NORTHAMPTON — At least six women have accused former Hampshire Regional High School girls basketball coach Richard Moussette of exposing himself to them individually on multiple occasions when they were high school students between 2009 and 2012,...

By Dusty Christensen

Conservationists in the state studying possible breeding sites for the endangered timber rattlesnake have added Mount Tom into the mix.The popular hiking and recreation area located in Holyoke and Easthampton joins an island on the Quabbin Reservoir...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

President William McKinley's visit to Northampton, South Hadley and Holyoke in 1899 came with great fanfare: parades, public gatherings and accolades at the commencement ceremonies at Smith and Mount Holyoke colleges.Nearly 118 years after the...

By JACK SUNTRUP and AMANDA DRANE

HOLYOKE — Investigators said Wednesday an electrical problem was the cause of a New Year’s Day fire that killed three people and destroyed a five-story apartment building.“An electrical fault in the third- floor apartment ignited this tragic fire,”...