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By ALISON KUZNITZ

BOSTON — With Bay Staters facing skyrocketing energy bills, Gov. Maura Healey demanded Sunday that a state regulatory agency and utility companies provide urgent relief to customers.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

Harsh weather conditions of significant snow combined with freezing rain, a lack of adequate salt supply and a shortage of available workers has left residents up and down the Pioneer Valley in slippery situations.

By RICHARD S. BOGARTZ

First of all, sincere wishes to Gazette columnist Bob Flaherty for a quick and full recovery from the very serious injury he incurred on the bike path, and kudos to the two walkers who came to his aid, and to the Hadley police, Acton EMS, and the staff at Baystate Hospital.

‘Beware of Greeks bearing gifts!” Thus spaketh the Trojan priest, Laocoön, upon observing an enormous wooden horse left at the gates of Troy as a peace offering by the city’s mortal enemies. Disregarding the soothsayer’s wariness and in a triumph of optimism over experience, the Trojan leaders ordered the gates opened and had the exotic gift wheeled into the city.

Donald Trump is not a conservative but a reactionary and the press needs to make this important distinction. Whereas true conservatives are supportive of traditional values and democratic institutions, President Trump’s disregard for the U.S. Constitution, federal court orders, and his aggressive expansion of the executive branch at the expense of the Congress and the judiciary shows contempt for our democracy.

Actions by the current administration’s elected officials and unelected operatives to gut the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) are disastrous on three levels: economic, diplomatic and spiritual. These actions, justified with a litany of falsehoods from both official administration sources and right-wing influencers, will result in economic pain for many Americans.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — An enhanced Strong Street crosswalk to make it safer to get to and from Wildwood Cemetery, Station Road improvements aimed at bettering connections to the Norwottuck Rail Trail and enhancing the use of a community garden at Butternut Farm are among more than $200,000 in resident requests coming before the Joint Capital Planning Committee.

By CHRIS LARABEE

A decision on the longstanding practice of stocking trout in the upper Deerfield River will come before the state Division of Fisheries and Wildlife next week, following a request from local anglers.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — A new Department of Public Works headquarters, featuring 23,000 square feet of office space and bays to store, service and wash vehicles, could be constructed for around $21.6 million.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Her class in Amherst College’s Science Center over, first-year student Zalia Salley pulled up a chair at a table set up near the building’s cafe, took some of the available blue, purple, violet and white yarn, and began crocheting.

By MARTHA RULLMAN

By ANDY MORRIS-FRIEDMAN

I promised the editor that I would not write another letter about Trump for four years, because he (Trump, not the editor) is just too depressing.

In 1993, while visiting our niece at Smith College, I noticed that strangers in town smiled at me as we passed. Cars stopped for pedestrians in the crosswalks! Dazzled and delighted, I fell in love with Northampton. Twenty-five years later, seeking a lively, welcoming community in which to grow old, Will and I moved to Northampton. We haven’t been disappointed.

I am writing to express my pride as a resident of Ward 3 in having Quaverly Rothenberg as my City Council representative. There’s an often quoted phrase that appears in the classic movie “Inherit the Wind” — that the job of a journalist is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comforted. I would say it is also the job of a good politician. (We all know there are many politicians who do exactly the opposite.)

It was quite the start to the postseason for the Smith Academy boys basketball team.

By ALEXA LEWIS

NORTHAMPTON — Experienced business owner and economic development professional Andrea Monson has been named the new executive director of the Downtown Northampton Association.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

HOLYOKE — Wyckoff Country Club golf course at the base of Mount Tom has a new owner who plans on renovating the 18-hole course and having it complement an overall grand design for a sports complex in Holyoke.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Although only half the amount originally sought by the town manager, the Town Council is providing an extra $500,000 from free cash for resurfacing roads and doing sidewalk repairs this spring, summer and fall.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — After receiving numerous letters against proposed graduation requirements, the Frontier Regional School District School Committee Tuesday evening tabled a measure that would require students to still pass the MCAS or a similar standardized test to graduate.