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By EMILY CUTTS

BELCHERTOWN — Two more people have been charged in connection with a violent Amherst home invasion last October.Tivon LaValley, 26, of Hadley, has been charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, three counts of armed robbery while...

By CAITLIN ASHWORTH

WESTHAMPTON — Students filling the auditorium at Hampshire Regional High School closed their eyes as motivational speaker Cara Filler asked them to think of the most important person in their life.Many friends and family members popped into the their...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — A Hampshire Superior Court judge declared a mistrial on all but one of the 11 charges brought against a former Easthampton man accused of raping and assaulting two young girls.Kevin DiRocco, 43, was found not guilty on a charge of...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

AMHERST — In keeping with Hampshire College’s reputation for its interdisciplinary, often quirky curriculum and teaching methods, academics there have founded a scholars-in-residence program for plasmodial slime molds — billed as “the world’s only...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — An Easthampton man accused of manufacturing explosives and explosive devices was ordered held on $150,000 bail Tuesday. Bryan O. Desmarais, 42, of 36 Ridgewood Terrace, pleaded not guilty in Hampshire Superior Court Tuesday afternoon...

By CAITLIN ASHWORTH

EASTHAMPTON — The city is considering whether to pitch in $25,000 toward restoration of the Hampshire County Courthouse in Northampton, a proposal that is drawing criticism from the mayor and other officials.The $4 million restoration and preservation...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — An Easthampton man is suing the Northampton Police Department for $15 million, alleging that he was roughed up outside a bar in April 2014 Gregory S. Stevens claims he suffered numerous physical and mental injuries in the altercation,...

By EMILY CUTTS

BELCHERTOWN — A Belchertown man has been arrested and charged with possessing child pornography after he allegedly attempted to entice a boy via Facebook Messenger.Douglas Wallace, 28, of 145 River St., pleaded not guilty in Eastern Hampshire District...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — A jury in a child rape trial will resume deliberations Monday after twice telling a Hampshire Superior Court judge Thursday they could not reach a consensus.The 12-member jury spent the entire day in deliberations on the case of a former...

By GAGE NUTTER

WESTHAMPTON — Hannah Labrie finished first in every event she competed in during the Hampshire Regional girls track and field team’s 85-57 win over Monson on Thursday.The sophomore finished first in the long jump (15 feet, ½ inch) and the triple jump...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

AMHERST — Around 100 people gathered Tuesday evening to watch as the Gazette presented its Person of the Year and Young Community Leader awards.Longtime early childhood educator Barbara Black and 18-year-old Hopkins Academy senior Allison Jenks...

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The Hampshire Regional softball team began its state title defense with a 10-0 win over Chicopee on Monday at home.Pitchers Alana Mohan (4 innings, five strikeouts) and Emily Halket (three innings, two strikeouts) allowed a combined six hits and no...

By AMANDA DRANE

HADLEY — Amid all the back and forth over the direction of the Hampshire Council of Governments, there’s one point everyone seems to agree on: the structure of the agency is flawed, and it needs another legislative look.“It’s not designed properly,”...

By MICHAEL MAJCHROWICZ

BELCHERTOWN — A woman who admitted being one of several teenagers to bully 15-year-old South Hadley High School student Phoebe Prince before she took her life in 2010, is back in court — facing criminal harassment charges in a new case.In the new...

By MICHAEL MAJCHROWICZ

NORTHAMPTON — An Easthampton man will spend 4 to 5½ years in state prisonafter he admitted to beating and terrorizing his former girlfriend in the spring of 2015.Kevin Pardee, 30, of Easthampton, who has been on house arrest since June 2016, pleaded...

By MICHAEL MAJCHROWICZ

NORTHAMPTON — The attorney for one of the three men accused in carrying out a South Hadley home invasion last November in which one person was shot in the stomach told a judge on Friday that his client didn’t know one of his alleged co-assailants was...

By MICHAEL MAJCHROWICZ

NORTHAMPTON — Soknang Chham, the New Salem man prosecutors say shot and killed a 31-year-old Amherst man in October, pleaded not guilty Friday to a slew of charges he is now facing in Hampshire Superior Court.Police say Chham, 33, and his brother,...

By MICHAEL MAJCHROWICZ

NORTHAMPTON — There’s a new sheriff in town.At his swearing-in ceremony in Hampshire Superior Court on Wednesday, Patrick J. Cahillane, 58, took the oath of office, marking the beginning of his tenure as the chief administrator at the county jail and...

By CAITLIN ASHWORTH

An extra space at home could bring in guests from all over the world — and some extra cash.Many people in Hampshire County are renting living space through the online platform Airbnb, a service that allows people to share space. There are currently...

“Give the gift of music” a popular ad campaign in the early 1980s suggested, but in the Valley, especially during this holiday season, music does its own giving, with local bands teaming up to raise money for those in need.Each year around this time...