On the busiest days, around 100,000 vehicles pass through or stop in Hadley, significantly increasing the size of the town that has about 5,300 year-round residents. Yet until 2005, when Michael ...

A hole-in-one is the ultimate accomplishment in the game of golf given its rarity and level of difficulty to accomplish… that is, for most amateur golfers. Bill Wonkka, of Templeton, earned an ace at ...

Make it seven straight wins for the Northampton Legion Post 28 baseball team following its 7-1 victory over Belchertown Post 239 at Arcanum Field on Thursday night. After falling behind 1-0 during the ...

Summer sparkles with family vacations, catching up with friends and children enjoying school break. For many farms in the Valley, summer is the peak growing season and also a time of robust ...

A senior housing project in town center that will feature 34 units for people 55 and over can move forward following approval from the Planning Board last week. The board at its July 7 meeting voted 4 ...

A 10-minute auditory piece by local dramaturg John Bechtold, presented by the Amherst Historical Society, takes place on the Amherst Town Common Saturday. Coinciding with the Amherst Farmers Market, ...

Good morning! The Frontier School Committee’s decision not to keep the plaque honoring Greg Belanger under the new scoreboard shows the disconnect between then and now, of when humidity on hot August ...

Five performing arts organizations bringing theater, dance and music to those who might otherwise be left out are the recipients of 2026 grants from the Emily List Fund for Performing Arts Therapy.

Garden report: the Stokes aster, Queen Anne’s Lace and tall phlox have bloomed. The sun gold tomatoes never made it into the house. I picked and ate. I harvested my zucchini and it’s the right size, ...

There is a man who lives about a mile from me who routinely walks his dog in the mornings. One day I was driving to work when he gave me a big wave and an even bigger smile. I didn’t think much of it.

The West softball team had to settle for a bronze medal at the 2026 Bay State Games Softball Showcase on Thursday afternoon. While the finish may not be what the team desired, the West finished its ...

I first read Dylan Thomas when I was 17. Fifty-eight years later I still read his poems, most recently, “And Death Shall have No Dominion.” Its theme: after a human life ends, we somehow, mysteriously ...