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By ALEXA LEWIS

NORTHAMPTON — Each year, the R.K. Finn Ryan Road School donates a portion of their Sunshine Fund to the Sidney F. Smith Toy Fund, with hopes of brightening the holiday season for children and families in need.“We have a lot of children here who might...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — Whether it was helping to make birthday cakes or being called “Grandpa Paul,” Paul Roberts, and his wife Candy, often provided affection and attention for the children of family friends.Paul Roberts, who died Nov. 21, is being remembered...

By SAMUEL GELINAS

It’s late November in New England: darker, shorter days and colder weather — all remedied by seasonal traditions including turkey, inflatable yard decor and, for the 92nd year, the Sidney F. Smith Toy fund.Begun in 1933 during the Great Depression by...

It was a dominant start to the NCAA Division 3 Tournament for the Smith College volleyball team.The Pioneers scored a convincing 25-18, 25-17, 25-21 sweep of Endicott College in the opening round of the tournament in a match played at Goldfarb...

By RYAN AMES

EASTHAMPTON – The Smith Vocational football team couldn’t keep pace with Upper Cape Cod Regional Vocational Tech in its 52-20 loss in the state vocational small school quarterfinal round on Saturday afternoon at Mountain View School.The first quarter...

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — The Smith College women’s basketball team only has one destination in mind after losing in the NCAA Division 3 championship game last season, and that’s making yet another deep postseason run come next March.The Pioneers have become a...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

NORTHAMPTON — Smith Vocational goalkeeper Maggie Lauder was expected to reach a major milestone on Monday, entering the Vikings’ MIAA Div. 5 preliminary round contest against Franklin Tech sitting at 399 career saves. Thanks to the play of the Vikings...

By EMILEE KLEIN

NOTHAMPTON — The Halloween Parade at the Campus School, a lab school of 155 students affiliated with Smith College, had appeared to build community around the American tradition of dressing up and collecting candy.Each year in October, students would...

By DYLAN THOMPSONFor the GazetteGREAT BARRINGTON — In a battle with the Tri-County League title on the line, the Smith Vocational football team took an early lead but couldn’t sustain it on Friday night.The visiting Vikings led 8-0 after one quarter,...

By GARRETT COTE

BELCHERTOWN — When asked how it felt to be heading to her first Western Mass. finals as head coach of the Belchertown field hockey team, Dina Brunetti couldn’t think of any words to describe it.She collected her breath following the No. 1 Orioles’ 2-0...

By GARRETT COTE

WESTHAMPTON — Heading into its final regular season game of the season against Hampsihre Regional on Monday afternoon, the Smith Academy field hockey team had a record of 7-7-2 and sat at No. 35 in the MIAA Division 4 power rankings.It was a must-win...

By DYLAN THOMPSON

NORTH ADAMS — The visiting Smith Vocational Vikings football team overcame an early fumble and scored on each of its next four possessions against Drury on Saturday in a Tri-County League clash. Smith Voc gashed the Blue Devils defense on the ground,...

By CAROLYN BROWN

Barry Moser, an illustrator and professor of art at Smith College, has works featured in a New York City exhibition honoring the centennial of Herman Melville’s novel “Billy Budd.” Moser’s work will be shown as part of the “Melville’s Billy Budd at...

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — Football coaches almost never use the word “perfect,” but Smith Vocational football head coach Alex Subocz did when describing his team’s first quarter in the Vikings’ 54-6 beatdown of McCann Tech on Friday night.Two blocked punts (one...

By GARRETT COTE

HATFIELD — For most of the fourth quarter of Thursday afternoon’s field hockey game between Turners Falls and Smith Academy, the Falcons felt they were knocking on the door of putting home the go-ahead goal.But the Thunder’s defense continued to stand...

Smith College volleyball is hosting local business appreciation night on Oct. 1 when it hosts WPI at 7 p.m. at Ainsworth Gymnasium. Entry into the game is free and Smith College is planning to print and distribute game programs to fans that will...

By MIKE MORAN

NORTHAMPTON — Smith Vocational sophomore Jameson Tobin saw the coverage and decided to change his route at the last moment. Meanwhile, senior quarterback Ty Chapdelaine rolled out and waited for the play to develop for his wide receiver.The result was...

By CAROLYN BROWN

After more than two decades at Smith College, a beloved music professor will say goodbye to Northampton with a farewell concert at the Iron Horse next week. Professor Steve Waksman, who has taught at Smith for 23 years, will complete his last semester...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

A steep drop in the number of Black students in the Class of 2028 at Amherst College compared to the preceding year’s incoming class, and less racial diversity in the first-year class, is likely a result of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling against...

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

With the announcement last week that the Free Application for Federal Student Aid for the 2025-2026 year will open to all students on Dec. 1 — two months later than the usual rollout date — Hampshire College has begun to prepare for another financial...