SOUTH DEERFIELD — After seven years representing the 1st Franklin District, state Rep. Natalie Blais, D-Deerfield, announced Friday that she will be stepping down from her position. Blais is resigning ...

AMHERST — Herrell’s Ice Cream is opening a permanent location in the Mill District in North Amherst, two years after first starting a pop-up site there. The 69 Cowls Road location will be celebrated ...

BOSTON — Senators stamped their approval on a $575.4 million economic development borrowing package just after midnight Friday, hitching to it a controversial change to a voter-approved tax rebate law ...

For decades, residents, transit advocates, and business and civic leaders in western Massachusetts have been working to make West-East Rail a reality, because we know that reliable passenger rail ...

Here we are at the half-way mark of summer. I don’t know about your garden, but mine is teetering on the brink of the slide into the August doldrums. At this perilous point in the season, I am ...

WASHINGTON — Rep. Jim McGovern is leading 80 members of Congress in urging the Department of Homeland Security to extend Temporary Protected Status for Salvadorans, a designation set to expire Sept. 9 ...

AMHERST — At least 200 acres of the current Hampshire College campus, representing about one-quarter of its land mass, could be redeveloped, with enough space to accommodate around 2,000 new housing ...

Juan and Tory Dixon talk abut their experiences as Paralympic medalists at an event at Mill River Recreational Area in Amherst. CAROL LOLLIS / Staff Photo Sign up for the Gazette's morning newsletter ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Congressman Jim McGovern has teamed up with Congressman Greg Casar of Texas to introduce the Fair Seeds for Farmers Act, a House bill that would limit seed patents and protect ...

The Amherst youth baseball team began its PVYBL Koufax division playoff slate with a bang, taking down West County, 18-5, at Amherst Middle School on Monday. The top-seeded Hurricanes strung together ...

The Champlain Trio will perform their “In Her Voice” program at the Sevenars Academy in South Worthington on Sunday, July 26 at 4 p.m. Comprising pianist Hiromi Fukuda, violinist Letitia Quante and ...

AMHERST — Puffer’s Pond is reopening for swimming, about a week after high E. coli bacteria readings prompted an advisory for people to not go into the water. The town on Wednesday posted the latest ...