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By SAMUEL GELINAS

WILLIAMSBURG — Beaver Brook Golf Course is officially going wild.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

Three multi-generational traditions in Hampshire County are being maintained with the help of tens of thousands in funds from the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR).

By SAMUEL GELINAS

WILLIAMSBURG — Bad news for Burgy — heavy rainfall will only become more devastating in the next 50 years. But according to a flood resilience study funded by the state, there are antidotes.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

WILLIAMSBURG — Two weeks after residents engaged in a contentious shouting match at annual Town Meeting over easement approval needed for proposed construction of a section of a rail-trail that will eventually connect to Northampton, residents of Haydenville’s South Main Street neighborhood opposed to the project and town officials were equally apologetic at a Select Board meeting on Thursday.

The June 2 Williamsburg Town Meeting left me stupefied and heartbroken. What started as a routine exercise out of Norman Rockwell painting quickly turned to chaos. It is clear that the vitriol of national politics has landed in our friendly town. The vote on Article 27 — a measure to allow the town to negotiate agreements for easements for a bike path — had all the makings of a culture war issue. There were social media posts full of misinformation. An otherwise upbeat meeting quickly turned into screaming matches when the issue came up for discussion. It was shameful, and we owe one another better.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

WILLIAMSBURG — The Eiffel Tower-like base of what will be New England’s tallest recycled sculpture, at 42 feet, was unveiled on the lawn of Meekins Library on Saturday.

By ADIN MAYNARD

Williamsburg is at a crossroads. As we work on our comprehensive plan, we face a choice: Do we remain a quiet hilltown that people pass through, or become a larger community that welcomes unbridled growth as high housing prices push people out of Northampton?

By SAMUEL GELINAS

WILLIAMSBURG — Voters at annual Town Meeting on Monday will have a say in approving a budget for next fiscal year that will climb over $10 million for the first time, according to Town Administrator Nick Caccamo.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

WILLIAMSBURG — The public safety complex’s flagpoles aren’t even a month old, and already they have aroused some controversy after two “thin line flags” representing the police and fire departments were hung flanking the American flag.

We are writing to urge elected officials to do everything in their power to protect everyday people in our community instead of enabling President Donald Trump's tax breaks for billionaires and corporate polluters.

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

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

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...