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By GARRETT COTE

GREENFIELD — Make it nine wins in a row for the Belchertown Post 239 Senior American Legion baseball team, as it scored four runs in the first inning and never looked back en route to an 11-3 victory over Greenfield Post 81 on Tuesday evening at Vets Field.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

WILLIAMSBURG — Three weeks after holding an open house to gather feedback about creation of the town’s first comprehensive plan, Planning Board members are expressing reservations about the work compiled so far by a Boston consulting company the town hired to advise the process.

By SAM FERLAND

EASTHAMPTON — Nearly 24 years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the city is forming a tribute committee to develop a permanent memorial to honor the lives of those who served that day — an idea that emerged from a recent debate about flying the American flag over Nashawannuck Pond.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A former guidance counselor at the Amherst Regional Middle School, removed from her position for alleged anti-trans actions during the 2022-2023 school year, was wrongfully terminated and must be reinstated to her previous role, according to a ruling by an arbitrator.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — When restoration on an authentic white dress worn by Emily Dickinson is complete, the public might get the chance to see a textile expert place the garment on a modified mannequin, which will be displayed inside a protective cabinet in a prominent spot inside the Amherst History Center at 45 Boltwood Walk.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

WORTHINGTON — Marcia Estelle, who serves as president of the board of directors for The Maples senior living facility now that’s she’s retired from teaching, is used to planning bingo nights and community dinners, not perusing congressional budgets. But that has changed.

By SAM FERLAND

SOUTHAMPTON — “Turning pain into purpose.”

By RYAN AMES

All things are not quiet within UMass athletics’ new conference home.

By RYAN AMES

Medals were abundant for area athletes over the weekend during the Bay State Games competition, as all five West teams that competed finished with some hardware to take home.

By GARRETT COTE

Nick Stinson’s gem of a relief outing (five innings, no runs) gave the Amherst Sandy Koufax baseball team the opportunity to pull away from a scrappy Greenfield team that put up four runs in the top of the first on Saturday. Stinson pounded the strike zone over his five innings, striking out five and allowing only two hits. Amherst’s 12-6 PVYBL victory took them to 9-2-1 on the season.

By GARRETT COTE

Ian Waite fell to the floor, his body numb and his surroundings suddenly still.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

HOLYOKE — The city is no stranger to addictions, crime, and the incarcerated, but a new initiative that officially launched this month will bring city and county resources under one roof as a way to address these endemic problems.

By SAM FERLAND

EASTHAMPTON — Area officials are mourning the death of Matthew Rice, a Northampton special police officer and Easthampton resident who died unexpectedly at the end of June.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — Formal and casual photographs of students, faculty and staff at Hopkins Academy, write-ups about academics, athletics and other extracurricular happenings and insights into school life and community traditions are included in yearbooks printed annually for more than 100 years.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A mix of incumbents and newcomers are taking out nomination forms to run for office at the November election, where all 13 seats on the Town Council, five seats on the School Committee and six library trustees positions will be decided.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

ASHFIELD — An Amherst native is continuing to put himself in the record books as one of the world’s fastest speedcubers, taking first place in an event at the recent Rubik’s World Cubing Association World Championship in Seattle.

By RYAN AMES

BELCHERTOWN — Three runs is all the Belchertown Post 239 Senior American Legion baseball team has needed this week, winning both of its games by scoring thrice, with its latest installment coming in the form of a 3-0 shutout against Pittsfield Post 68-No. 1 on Friday night.

By GARRETT COTE

HAMPDEN — After shaking hands with his opponent, Woodland Golf Club’s Patrick Kilcoyne, on the 12th green, Ryan Downes hopped on the back of a golf cart and took the long ride up toward the clubhouse with his caddie — the two all smiles.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Though the June 10 City Council meeting was held remotely via Zoom and not in person, an air of tension could be felt amid discussion over the Northampton Reparations Study Commission.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A mixed-use redevelopment at the corner of Amity Street and University Drive, already approved as a five-story building, could add a sixth floor as a result of a new zoning overlay district.

By SAM FERLAND

EASTHAMPTON — With an election looming on Nov. 4, City Council President Salem Derby has accepted the role as interim mayor.