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By EMILEE KLEIN

BELCHERTOWN — The Jabish Brook Middle School Building Committee officially approved the schematic design for a new school, and will now move on to calculating an official budget for the project before a townwide Proposition 2½ debt exclusion override...

By SAM DORAN

BOSTON — After a state judge ruled this month that Massachusetts law governing municipal home equity takings “requires legislative correction,” a state senator who has filed a related bill for years said Monday that he is ready to start demanding roll...

By BILL DANIELSON

It was the morning of April 16 and I was up early. It seems to be impossible for me to sleep late at this time of year because I am so excited about seeing the first birds of the season, but this particular morning was a little different. It was the...

By JAMES PENTLAND

WORTHINGTON — Voters will be asked to approve municipal spending and two proposed amendments to zoning bylaws when they convene Saturday for Town Meeting.Several department budgets show a substantial increase for 2025, with the $1.5 million school...

By JAMES PENTLAND

CUMMINGTON — Town Meeting will be held Friday, May 3, at 7 p.m. at the Community House, 33 Main St.Voters will be asked to approve a $2.7 million budget, reflecting a spending increase of $277,745, or 10.7%, over FY 2024 levels.Some of the increase...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Ericilda Xiomara Herman, a superintendent of a school district in St. Croix, Virgin Islands, will be the next superintendent for the Amherst, Pelham and Amherst-Pelham Regional schools, pending successful contract negotiations.Citing...

By SARAH WILLIE-LEBRETON

 As Smith’s new president, I have been enormously impressed to learn about our integrated history and 150-year relationship with Northampton. We will continue to be the neighbor who answers the knock at our door, cherishing the city we call home.I...

50 Years Ago ■The Northampton High School Band returned Monday night after spending 10 days touring England and Ireland. Some 60 students and 10 chaperones with Band Director George T. Menousek played concerts to a standing room only crowd in...

The Smith Academy softball team trailed 8-2 into the fifth inning before scoring 10 runs to snatch control and win 18-8 over Holyoke on Monday afternoon.All told, Smith posted 16 unanswered to capture the victory.Sophia Jagodzinski had two hits, two...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

EASTHAMPTON – The Easthampton baseball team is taking a trip to Burger King, and sophomore left fielder Bailey Davis’ usual order of chicken nuggets is going to taste extra special.It’s a tradition the Eagles have after every win, but this season has...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

At the end of the cul de sac on Gooseberry Lane, there’s a basketball hoop. It’s a refuge, a listener and a teacher.A few years back, the hoop’s adjustable lever broke during a storm. It’s held together with duct tape, but it’s sensitive. If the...

By GARRETT COTE

WESTHAMPTON — With a Hampshire Regional runner standing on second base and two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, eighth grader Kalin Dubay stepped to the plate – the Raiders trailing by one run.Dubay worked the count and fouled off several...

By JOHN SINTON

 In 1918, my grandfather Jack Walter became a fervent supporter of a Palestinian homeland for European Jews. I am staring at his photograph as I write this, an image of a pleasant-looking man poised over an American flag with three other Jews under a...

I am writing to support the re-election of Charley Rose to the Worthington Selectboard.This endorsement will no doubt surprise some of you who are aware our recent public disagreement over a matter of substantial importance to our town. Although the...

On reading the article “Tabloid publisher says that he was Trump’s ‘eyes and ears’” [Gazette, April 24], I was encouraged that Donald Trump will be getting the punishment that he deserves. Trump has shown great cleverness in protecting himself from...

I grew up in an era when there were no limits on what people could dump into rivers and lakes. I remember magazine photos of the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland on fire in 1970, flames shooting high up into the air.It was a time when there also were no...

Blake Gilmore, a resident of South Deerfield, is seeking a position as a member of the Deerfield Selectboard. It is with great enthusiasm that we endorse his candidacy. We have known Blake for 60-plus years, early on as a co-worker at the Tri-Town...

Speaking as a Frontier student, if I think of a perfect political voting system, I think of everyone having a voice and fighting for what they believe in. I have a strong feeling that most of you feel the same way.With many people having the choice...

By ALEXA LEWIS

AMHERST — Student protesters at the University of Massachusetts began pitching tents near the W.E.B. DuBois Library Monday morning in solidarity with Palestinians, following the example of many of their peers at campuses across the country who have...