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Hampshire County’s toughest golf holes: Mill Valley Golf Links, Belchertown
09-15-2024 10:30 AM

By GARRETT COTE

(NOTE: This is the final installment in a weekly series featuring some of the toughest golf holes across Hampshire County.)BELCHERTOWN — Throw out whatever it is you think you know about Mill Valley Golf Links.For most people, what they know or...

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Hampshire County's toughest golf holes: Cherry Hill Golf Course, Amherst
08-23-2024 3:29 PM

By GARRETT COTE

(NOTE: This is the eighth installment in a weekly series featuring some of the toughest golf holes across Hampshire County. The series will run each Saturday in print throughout the summer.)AMHERST — There’s a certain charm about Cherry Hill Golf...


An old garden’s revival: Path at former Belchertown State School a labor of love for the volunteers who maintain it
08-19-2024 4:55 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

BELCHERTOWN — The only structure that appeared still intact from the first superintendent’s home at the Belchertown State School was a century-old stone wall outlining a small grassy plot at 47 State St.At least that’s what residents believed until...


UMass football: Minutemen's defensive line should be smaller but quicker in 2024
08-16-2024 4:14 PM

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — In today’s era of college football, there are holes to fill every offseason considering the overwhelming number of transfers. UMass football head coach Don Brown has welcomed the transfer portal with open arms, and he almost didn’t have a...


Hampshire County's toughest golf holes: Southampton Country Club
08-09-2024 3:55 PM

By GARRETT COTE

(NOTE: This is the sixth installment in a weekly series featuring some of the toughest golf holes across Hampshire County. The series will run each Saturday in print throughout the summer.)SOUTHAMPTON — From a tobacco barn to a charming clubhouse,...


Hampshire County’s toughest golf holes: Orchards Golf Club, South Hadley
08-02-2024 4:26 PM

By GARRETT COTE

(NOTE: This is the fifth installment in a weekly series featuring some of the toughest golf holes across Hampshire County. The series will run each Saturday in print throughout the summer.)SOUTH HADLEY — Donald Ross is generally regarded as one of the...


Hampshire County's toughest golf holes: Amherst Golf Club
07-26-2024 3:38 PM

By GARRETT COTE

(NOTE: This is the fourth installment in a weekly series featuring some of the toughest golf holes across Hampshire County. The series will run each Saturday in print throughout the summer.)AMHERST — There perhaps isn’t a better word to describe...


Hampshire County's toughest golf holes: Cold Spring Country Club, Belchertown
07-19-2024 2:49 PM

By GARRETT COTE

BELCHERTOWN — One of the most common problems in an average golfer’s game is the inability to remain focused on every shot during an 18-hole round. Typically by the back nine they are checked out, or aren’t putting as much thought into every shot as...


The town that declutters together: Belchertown holds community-wide yard sale, Aug. 9-11
07-19-2024 12:56 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

Sara Fortin and her boyfriend Robert Mehr explore their new home of western Massachusetts by hopping in their car and driving from neighborhood to neighborhood, searching for yard sales, tag sales, estate stales, any type of local market with...


The play’s the thing: Governor swings by Boys and Girls Club in Holyoke to kick off 10th year of Summer Nights program
07-18-2024 4:25 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

HOLYOKE — All children deserve the best and nothing less. That’s the message LaTasha Monroe, a hip-hop artist from Springfield who performs under the name Mz. Tash, celebrates in the theme song she wrote for Parent Villages, a Springfield grassroots...


Hampshire County's toughest golf holes: Ledges Golf Club, South Hadley
07-12-2024 2:55 PM

By GARRETT COTE

(NOTE: This is the second installment in a weekly series featuring some of the toughest golf holes across Hampshire County. The series will run each Saturday in print throughout the summer.)SOUTH HADLEY — When it comes to the overall condition of a...


Hampshire County's toughest golf holes: Northampton Country Club
07-05-2024 10:36 AM

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — With golf being one of the most popular summer activities, the Gazette’s sports team brainstormed ideas for how to engage the golf community in a fun and unique way.Throughout the summer, we will be visiting local courses across the...


Chalk Talk: ‘Investigators of our own practice’: The transformative power of Teacher Action Research
05-30-2024 2:46 PM

By WESTERN MASS WRITING PROJECT

Jennifer DiGrazia, English professor at Westfield State University and co-site director of WMWP: In the Western Mass Writing Project (WMWP) Summer Leadership Institute (SLI), we think that good teaching begins with good questions, the sorts of complex...


Speaking of Nature: The telltale song of summer: Singing green frogs welcome me back to the Thinking Chair
05-28-2024 12:19 PM

By BILL DANIELSON

For most people, Memorial Day marks the first day of summer. The official first day may not actually be observed until three weeks later, but the three-day weekend gives people a chance to get outside and fire up the grill, or perhaps even go camping....


NECBL Quarterfinals: Valley Blue Sox win 13-inning marathon over Bristol Blues with walk off bunt
08-01-2023 2:38 AM

By HANNAH BEVIS 

HOLYOKE – The last two regular season games between the Bristol Blues and the Valley Blue Sox both ended in ties. It would have been folly to believe their first postseason matchup could have been anything different. The No. 3 Blue Sox and No. 6...


Arts Briefs: A Boston Emmy for a Young@Heart film, summer arts in Huntington, and a singer with historic roots comes to Worthington
06-29-2023 4:03 PM

By STEVE PFARRER

Local team shines at Boston/New England Emmy AwardsNORTHAMPTON – Staff and students at Northampton High School, a key support person with the Young@Heart Chorus, and Northampton Open Media (NOM) have combined forces to win a top award for a feature...


NECBL: Valley Blue Sox take down North Adams for 8th win in last 10 games
06-21-2023 11:12 PM

By HANNAH BEVIS 

HOLYOKE – The Valley Blue Sox kept their hot streak alive on Wednesday night, winning for the eighth time in their last 10 games with a 7-2 victory against the North Adams SteepleCats at MacKenzie Stadium.The win moved the club’s record to 8-4 on the...


NECBL: Unlucky 7s sink Valley Blue Sox in home opener loss vs. Bristol Blues
06-08-2023 11:04 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

 HOLYOKE – The seventh inning turned Thursday’s Valley Blue Sox home opener against the Bristol Blues at MacKenzie Stadium from a pitcher’s duel to a blowout.The Blue Sox only trailed by one run after six innings, but the visitors stacked seven runs...


The streets are alive with music: Free live shows to be offered in several sites in downtown Northampton this summer
05-31-2023 4:22 PM

By STEVE PFARRER

NORTHAMPTON — With summer almost upon us, the city is opening stages and streets for a wide range of free music at a number of downtown locations.Starting this week, free concerts will be held in the Masonic Street parking lot annex near the Iconica...


New owner, logo, mascot on tap as Valley Blue Sox re-boot for 2023
11-02-2022 10:00 AM

By HANNAH BEVIS 

The Valley Blue Sox are entering into a new era of baseball, headlined by a new owner and a new-look team and mascot.After working with the team for 13 years, Fred Ciaglo sold the Valley Blue Sox to Matt Drury prior to the 2022 NECBL season. The...


Children learn keys to the kitchen during summer program at Smith Voke
07-31-2017 8:50 AM

By AMANDA DRANE

NORTHAMPTON — A perhaps unexpected byproduct of last week’s culinary training program for middle schoolers came when Chef Nelson Lacey realized how unanimously memorable cleaning the kitchen floor was for campers.“Out of everything we do, they like...

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