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By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago ■Members of Providence United Methodist Church in Easthampton voted decisively in favor of merging with the First United Methodist Church of Northampton on Sunday. Details of the merger will be worked out by the two churches. The...

200 Years Ago ■Apple Tree Nursery! E. Hunt has for sale in Northampton two hundred apple trees comprising the following kinds: Greenings, Royals, Roxbury Russettings, Summer and Winter Pearmains, Baldwin, Newtown Pippins, Seek-No-Furthers, Golden...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — At the start of summer practice, Amherst football head coach Vinnie Guiel approached his quarterback, NeNe Fernandez, and told him what he needed out of him this fall for the Hurricanes to have the success they wanted.Last season, Fernandez...

The Frontier boys soccer team clinched at least a share of the Moriarty League title on Friday in Whately. Hosting Southwick at Herlihy Park, the Redhawks scored three goals in the first half to cruise to a 4-0 victory. Frontier closed out its league...

The Gateway girls soccer team did its best to put up a fight against Pioneer on Thursday afternoon in Northfield, but the Panthers – led by four goals from Natalie Rios – proved to be too much in a 6-0 defeat.Rios had what Pioneer head coach Matt...

After a competitive and scoreless first half between the Hopkins Academy and Granby boys soccer teams, the visiting Rams finally broke through with a goal late in the second half.Riley Goodhind received a pass from Jaxton Roy and found the back of the...

Edith Audette’s huge three-point day propelled the Belchertown field hockey team to a 3-1 win over Franklin Tech on Tuesday afternoon.A year ago, the Orioles fell 2-1 in heartbreaking fashion to the Eagles in the Western Mass. Class B semifinals. This...

By DOMENIC POLI

WORCESTER — The MassHire Franklin Hampshire Career Center’s executive director is being sued by a former co-worker alleging she has lost out on consulting contracts because of damaging information spread by her ex-colleague.Maura Geary is the first...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — The 2024 edition of the annual “Battle of the Bridge” between the Amherst and Northampton football teams was anything but a battle.The Hurricanes scored on all six of their first half possessions, and added in a 75-yard punt return touchdown...

Hopkins Academy put eight goals past Wahconah on Friday, as the newly crowned Pioneer South League girls soccer champions stretched their undefeated season to 10-0-1 with a 8-0 road victory.Ephie Vissas scored a hat trick, Helen Vissas scored twice...

By GARRETT COTE

EASTHAMPTON — The Belchertown football team had a chance to erase its previous mistakes with under four minutes to play, as the Orioles trailed Easthampton 20-19 but had possession of the ball and hopes to drive down the field for the win.After...

Hampshire’s Chloe Moynihan scored twice and Ryleigh Fennessy assisted her both times, as the Raiders field hockey team picked up their second victory of the season on Thursday evening, 2-1 over Holyoke.Kylie Blaha scored for Holyoke. Hampshire goalie...

HOLYOKE — The Holyoke girls soccer team jumped out to an early lead and never looked back, routing St. Mary’s 6-0 on its home turf Wednesday afternoon to improve to 7-6-1 this season. Back on Sept. 13, the Purple Knights beat the Saints 7-1. They once...

By GARRETT COTE

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY — Last week marked the halfway point of the regular season for high school football teams across Hampshire County. With four games down and four remaining until postseason play, there has been a bit of everything between the county’s...

It was as close as it could get between the Pioneer and Frontier golf teams at Northfield Golf Course Tuesday.Tallying the top four scores, the Panthers and the Redhawks both finished with 171 points. Frontier’s Brady Wood broke the tiebreaker with a...

Smith Voc came back from down two sets to one against Franklin Tech in Northampton on Monday, winning 25-21, 20-25, 21-25, 25-17, 15-11.Heidymar Diaz-Lopez led the Vikings with another stellar all-around performance – 15 assists, 20 digs and 11 kills....

By MOLLY PARR

This Monday, Oct. 7, marks one year since an attack that forever altered Jewish history. One year since 1,185 innocent people were brutally murdered by the terrorist group Hamas. One year since 251 hostages were kidnapped and brought into Gaza. The...

Fly fishingclinic comingto HuntingtonWESTFIELD — The Westfield River Watershed Association and the Western Mass. Fly Fishermen will honor their late president with the free Bill Rose Memorial Fly Fishing clinic on Saturday, Oct. 19 from 9 a.m. to...

The Frontier girls volleyball team defeated Turners Falls in four sets on Friday night on the road in a matchup of two western Mass. winners from 2023 – Frontier in Class B and Turners Falls in Class D. The Redhawks won 25-11, 21-25, 25-11,...

For the second year in a row, a golf match between South Hadley and Ludlow came down a tiebreak. And for the second year in a row, the Tigers came out on top, with Justin Moskal’s 44 in the No. 5 spot beating out Ludlow’s No. 5 Noah Baghat by a single...