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By SAMUEL GELINAS

WILLIAMSBURG — Residents are more curious than concerned about their nine-hole, 288-acre, 65-year-old golf course being “rewilded.”

By SAMUEL GELINAS

WILLIAMSBURG — A total of 23 uncontested spots for town positions will be on the ballot at Monday’s town election, when polls will be open for residents to cast their votes from 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. in the second floor auditorium of the Town Offices on Main Street.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

Trees were dotted with paint, maps went up, and a last round of trash was gathered this week as the Hilltown Land Trust (HLT) gears up to unveil a 2½-mile loop trail as part of Earth Week celebrations.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

WILLIAMSBURG — For the first time in its 254-year history, Williamsburg is creating a master plan to steer the town through the coming decade.

This year, more than 226,000 Americans will die from lung cancer — the No. 1 cancer killer. We need to stop this. When people think of lung cancer, they relate it to smoking. That is not accurate in many cases. Lung cancer does not discriminate. It happens to people who have never smoked in their life, who lived a healthy life, and it struck them hard. For what? It is beyond unfair and unexplainable.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

WILLIAMSBURG — Town employees should expect to pay about $38 more a month for health insurance beginning July 1, as the town contends with an expected increase in premiums in fiscal year 2026.

Congress must reject President Donald Trump’s and Elon Musk’s plans to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education and undermine the foundation of public education in this country.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

WILLIAMSBURG — Especially at this time of year, the idea of chocolate may leave consumers counting calories or feeling guilty — in short, the bliss of chocolate turns stressful.Enter Suzanne Forman. The former mind-body therapist hopes to relieve the...

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...

I am troubled and irritated by the unending scolding and pontification of pundits against the Democratic Party, and the Harris campaign in particular, for being “elitist” and failing to appeal to the concerns of average working people. I was...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — Pedestrian safety and utility infrastructure improvements totaling $4.4 million for an affordable housing development in Easthampton, $1.94 million to build a new roundabout in Amherst at the edge of the University of Massachusetts...

My daughter has a condition, mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS), resulting in unexplained allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis, which is life-threatening. One treatment that helps alleviate symptoms is a low histamine diet. She needs to eat an...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

A new conservation agent has been hired to serve the towns of Williamsburg, Whately, Ashfield, Buckland and Hawley.Greenfield resident Kelly Kowal was chosen out of 27 applicants. A hiring committee consisting of representatives from each town...

By SAMUEL GELINAS

WILLIAMSBURG — A new state housing law approved this summer that spells out state rules for accessory dwelling units will likely have minimal impact on the town.At a Select Board meeting last Thursday, Planning Board Chair Steve Smith said “we’re not...

By DR. CHRISTOPHER FLORY

At a recent gathering, I had on my “Medicare-For-All” (MFA) button and I was asked whether I thought it would ever pass. I found myself answering that I felt that the problems with our health care “non-system” were so deep that a fundamental change in...

By SAMUL GELINAS

WILLIAMSBURG — The future of the climate in the Northeast will be one with increasingly high temperatures and more intense precipitation, with less biodiversity, poison ivy, ticks and invasive species. But it will also be a future where artichokes...

By SAMUEL GELINAS

WILLIAMSBURG — Local climate trends and energy resources will be the subjects addressed at a series of forums being held on four Sundays this fall at the Anne T. Dunphy School.According to Jean O’Neil, speaking on behalf of co-sponsors Indivisible...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

Card-skimming devices that can steal credit and debit card information from customers continue to be found at numerous Cumberland Farms locations across western Massachusetts, including in several communities within Hampshire County.The gas station...

By SAMUEL GELINAS

WILLIAMSBURG — Another skimming device was detected in the area, this time in Williamsburg, only a day after one had been found mounted to a cash register at a Cumberland Farms in Southampton.Officer Peter Fisher was purchasing a drink on his normal...

I don’t know how often an individual can submit an opinion on any one topic. The recently published article on the state’s new gun law disturbs me, and others. This state recently passed a bill that is most egregious and Draconian in content....

By SCOTT MERZBACH

WILLIAMSBURG — A brewery and taproom serving up suds in Framingham for the past eight years is relocating to Williamsburg, moving into the 4 Main St. space most recently occupied by Burgy Brews, which closed in March.Exhibit ‘A’ Brewing Co. announced...