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NORTHAMPTON — A South Hadley man was sentenced to serve five to seven years in state prison after admitting in Hampshire Superior Court Tuesday that he stole more than $100,000 in goods from antique businesses in Northampton and Deerfield in 2023,...

Now it’s Trump’s turn. Harris sat down for an interview with Fox and fielded hostile questions from Bret Baier. Little Donald Trump needs to sit down for an interview with MSNBC and answer questions from Rachel Maddow.But he won’t. He no longer has...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — With seven bylaws on the warrant for the Nov. 13 special Town Meeting, residents are raising objections to the proposed changes to zoning bylaws, including the flexible development bylaw, which they say gives too much control to...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Ever since Cash, a purebred black Labrador retriever, was about 8 weeks old, he has been University of Massachusetts senior Rachel Pranga’s constant companion, with her around the clock no matter where she goes or what she does.“He literally...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — The Massachussetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has named South Hadley High School one of the 2024 Schools of Recognition for their improvements in attendance and academic performance over the past three years....

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — As the town awaits an invitation from the Massachusetts School Building Authority into the next phase of its school construction grant program, the state agency is estimating that future enrollment at a potential new Mosier Elementary...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — The large tower atop Mount Holyoke College’s Clapp Laboratory is named after the people whose fundraising efforts paid for a majority of the building a century ago — the students.The “blue lions” of a century ago raised thousands of...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — While lounging under a tree at Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter School, middle school student Addison Gosselin felt the tickle of a critter crawling on her leg.Gosselin ushered the little bug onto her hand, and immediately...

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — Luka Azeuedo, who is just under 2 years old, squirms in the arms Alphabet Soup Childcare Center emplyee Casey Rougeau while she positions him to look into a small black machine playing bird sounds and flashing blue, green and red dots.“Can...

In aiming to do whatever any of us can to help the world we inhabit together, maintaining suppleness of heart and mind could be a benefit. As with keeping the body limber, this might seem effortless among the young and be of increasing difficulty as...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — During a short appearance at Tuesday’s Select Board meeting, state Rep. Dan Carey gave his farewell as South Hadley’s representative with a short recount of his work this session tackling Chapter 90 and Chapter 70 funding, as well as...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — Residents have until Nov. 15 to opt out of the town’s new trash and recycling program — which includes access to the recycling center and transfer station for yard waste — set to begin on July 1, 2025. That’s when the town officially...

NORTHAMPTON — A Westfield man is being arraigned on manslaughter charges in Hampshire Superior Court for his role in the May death of a South Hadley woman, selling her a drug he claimed was oxycodone, according to the Northwestern district attorney’s...

When I was 10, I went with my grandmother to visit my great aunt in Silver Springs, Maryland. Her husband, my Uncle Joe, was a Marine who served during World War II and had seen some of the toughest fighting in the Pacific.He took us the visit the...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY— Stewart Street is a quite, family-friendly neighborhood not far from Buttery Brook Park where residents watch their children play soccer in the street from the comfort of a home their grandparents built.It’s this slice of Americana that...

I am writing to alert the citizens of South Hadley, including all Town Meeting members, of a very important meeting of the Planning Board on Monday, Sept. 23, at 6:30 p.m. This virtual meeting is a continuation of a public hearing on proposed...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — Organizers of the town’s first Showcase South Hadley event last fall say plans are in the works to bring the event back next April, after which they will decide which season is the best time to host the festival of local arts, history...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — A chair of honor representing eight South Hadley veterans who went missing in action during World War II will permanently sit at South Hadley Sports Stadium Complex at the high school, with a Prisoners of War Missing in Action flag...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — The owners of a dog deemed dangerous by the Select Board last month are appealing the board’s order to euthanize the dog, claiming the decision was not informed by a specialist’s assessment and therefore denied the dog owners due...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — A committee studying rezoning along Routes 202 and 33 will host the first of four public forums on Monday to gauge resident opinions on growth and development along the town’s most heavily trafficked corridor.Monday’s forum, hosted by...