DEERFIELD — Residents will vote again on the Zero-Emission-Vehicle First Policy at the May 11 Annual Town Meeting, this time as an article supported by the Select Board, rather than a citizen’s ...

Granby’s Ryley Regan competed in the 93rd Massachusetts Girls’ Junior Amateur Championship at Ledges Golf Club in South Hadley earlier this week. Regan advanced to the quarterfinal round after ...

NORTHAMPTON — The state losing 27,000 acres of farmland between 2017 and 2024 is not something to laugh at. That’s a message that Sen. Jo Comerford has for the hosts of a Boston public affairs program ...

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 water ...

Recently, I hosted a gathering to see if there was interest in participating in a community microgrid or networked geothermal heating in the Orchard Valley neighborhood of Amherst. Paul Fenn of Local ...

An Easthampton High School librarian has requested a one-year leave of absence to draw attention to a sharp decline in library use, saying the space has become more of a hub for students to socialize ...

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 sign for a water ban sits along Bay Road in Hadley, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. DANIEL JACOBI II / Staff Photo Sign up for the Gazette's morning newsletter and get essential news each day. Sign up ...

Goshen, MA – Jerry J. Bird, 56, of Berkshire Trail West passed away on Thursday, July 9, 2026, while attending a Masonic event in Connecticut, an association very near and dear to his heart. Jerry was ...

I have long known that Northampton’s famous colonial preacher, Jonathan Edwards, was the maternal grandfather of Aaron Burr who was the third vice-president of the United States and is best remembered ...

Northampton, MA – Peter Martunes Jr. passed away on Friday July 3, 2026 at Cooley Dickinson Hospital. Peter was born on November 10, 1952. Peter had an active childhood and adult life. He enjoyed ...

WILLIAMSBURG, MA – Victor F. Caputo III, of Williamsburg, passed away on Sunday, February 8, 2026, at the age of 45. Born on August 2, 1980, in Northampton, Massachusetts, Vic lived a life marked by ...