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Guest columnist Jeff Napolitano doesn’t understand why some members of the River Valley Co-op believe the proposed deshelving of Israeli products is “divisive” unless it’s because “some members actually support that apartheid and genocide?”...

Current Jones Library building plans use synthetic slate roofing and replace the windows in the 1928 building with modern look-alike windows, as originally planned. An Nov. 2 Gazette article incorrectly stated the library will use asphalt roofing and...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

Even as about a third of eligible voters in the region and across the state have already cast their ballots in the presidential election, many more voters are expected to come out to the polls on Tuesday to decide national, state and local races, as...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Halloween celebrations over the weekend led to numerous large parties, fights and assaults, and both underage drinking and public consumption of alcohol, in areas around the University of Massachusetts campus, according to Amherst police.One...

The Constitution and the rule of law are the foundations of our democracy. Vote accordingly.Ed RyanAmherst

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Redevelopment projects that could threaten the well-being of a prominent University Drive shopping plaza are prompting town planners to consider modifying a proposed overlay district, running on both sides of the road from Route 9 to Amity...

By KATHARINE BAKER

Amid the rockets flying overhead between Israel and Iran, the ongoing horrific war in Gaza, violent incursions by illegal Israeli settlers, uprooting of ancient olive trees, home demolitions, destruction of local infrastructure, and random shooting of...

‘Anticipatory obedience” to an authoritarian regime “is a political tragedy,” Timothy Snyder warns us in “Tyranny.” Threatened by autocrats, frightened people surrender their agency to a tyrant before it is demanded. Their anticipatory “protection”...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — Still recovering from a devastating fire that destroyed its barn and farm store at 7 Carver St., Red Fire Farm in Granby is receiving $500,000 from the state’s Farm Security Infrastructure Grant program, money that will go some of the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A general contracting bid below the $36 million estimate for expanding and renovating the Jones Library was received by the town by Thursday’s deadline.At $35.77 million, the bid from Fontaine Brothers Inc. of Springfield, one of two...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Six Amherst Regional Middle School students had a unique experience for Halloween, trick-or-treating alongside a half-dozen peers from Amherst’s sister city in Kanegasaki, Japan.“It has been so much fun,” said Elaina Bust, a seventh grader...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A continued gap in the performance between racial and ethnic subgroups in the Amherst elementary schools, as shown in recently released MCAS test scores, is raising concern for members of the Amherst School Committee and school...

I’m in my 50s, and in my life no matter who was president it never really affected my life too much until these last four years.The price of gas and groceries is insane, I can’t imagine how hard it must be for families with children, that’s who I...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A triangle of perennials, small shrubs and grass in front of the North Amherst Library, surrounding the stump of a once-prominent beech tree and situated at the point where three roads meet, has long been a green oasis in the village...

AMHERST — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases who rose to prominence during the COVID pandemic, and actor and alumnus Jeffrey Wright, nominated for a Best Actor Academy Award earlier...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Hearing a frequent lament from friends and neighbors that getting high-quality coffee between Atkins corner and downtown Amherst is nearly impossible, the proprietor of the recently opened West Street Coffee & Tea, at 450 West St., is hoping...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Lawyers representing both statewide unions and a Springfield construction company are calling on the Massachusetts attorney general’s Fair Labor Division to disqualify the apparent low bidder for Amherst’s $97.5 million elementary school...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Exterior renovations to Wildwood Cemetery’s Dickinson Farmhouse, historic restoration of stained glass windows at the Jewish Community of Amherst, and construction of a new bathhouse for War Memorial Pool are among projects that will be...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — Biking year-round from his Northampton home to teach at Amherst College, Nicholas Horton can face major challenges in using a nearly 5-mile section of the Norwottuck Rail Trail following snowstorms, having to detour from the dedicated...

Unless you have been living in a cave, you are aware there is a movement to cease selling Israeli-made products at the River Valley Co-op.As I understand it, proponents believe this will bring pressure on that country to cease its attacks on its...