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By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Amherst and South Hadley are among six Massachusetts communities receiving technical assistance from the federal Environmental Protection Agency to improve stormwater management and advance environmental justice in the face of Earth’s...

As a child in school, I experienced periodic fire drills. These aimed to instill coping skills to deploy in an emergency. We were taught it was very important not to panic.In considering what runaway climate change will look like, it may be hard not...

We are so blessed to have such a special resource as the Norwottuck Rail Trail in our valley community. There are not many communities that have such a unique resource. Valley citizens can go from Amherst to Northampton without touching an auto...

Just off a late night shift she walks through the deserted parking garage, sensing him [drug addled and just out of jail] lurking in the shadows she reaches for the gun in her purse, the sound of a chambered round sends him scurrying off to hunt safer...

ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

SOUTH HADLEY — Mount Holyoke College welcomed new President Danielle Ren Holley onto its campus on Thursday, but the way the students cheered and lined along the entranceway upon her arrival, it may as well have been Beyoncé.Holley was officially...

Many people are feeling climate change anxiety. There is a feeling of “what can I do about it?” A helplessness! When I was a young child during World War II, we used to save bacon fat and turn it in to the government. I didn’t know how, but it was...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — A $682,085 project for watershed planning for the Mill River in Williamsburg and $304,800 for resiliency improvements on Emerald Place in Easthampton are among the $28.5 million in Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) Action Grants...

A recent New York Times article, “Putin’s Forever War,” quotes Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying of the coming 2024 presidential election in Russia, “‘Our presidential election is not really democracy, it is costly bureaucracy ... Mr. Putin...

STAFF REPORT

SOUTH HADLEY — A Springfield man faces drug charges after police arrested him and allegedly seized more than 2 kilos of cocaine along with two illegally purchased firearms.Jarrell Smith, 28, was taken into custody Friday on Haig Avenue in South Hadley...

One cannot open a newspaper or turn on the television without hearing comments like “no one is above the law.” Apparently that message has not reach the South Hadley Water District #1 commissioners, as I have been trying for a year to get the Water...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — After being closed for several weeks due to high water, heavy rains and unsafe conditions, six of the seven state boat ramps for the Connecticut River, including access points in Easthampton, Hatfield and Sunderland, have reopened to the...

By HANNAH BEVIS

SOUTH HADLEY — No. 6 Northampton gave a shorthanded No. 3 South Hadley team a run for its money on Tuesday night, but it was the home team that walked away with the victory in the first round of the Pioneer Valley Summer Soccer League playoffs.South...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

The change transpires subtly then materializes violently.Owen Dawson flips a switch, or a switch within Dawson is flipped on the lacrosse field. Either one means good things for South Hadley and a bad time for whoever’s on the other side.“He does the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — Cut on Saturday, hay in a field at Barstow’s Longview Farm remains on the ground, where if the weather stays dry for 48 hours, it will be picked up and put into the farm’s bunker silo.After harvesting it at its peak nutritional value for the...

A provision in the House version of next year’s budget would require the state Department of Correction and county sheriffs to provide free phone calls to prisoners, with no cap on the number of minutes or calls. The $20 million bank created during...

By JAMES PENTLAND

SOUTH HADLEY — Marina owner Luke Brunelle died unexpectedly Thursday evening, the family reported in a statement.Brunelle, 61, was widely respected and admired for his dedication to providing exceptional service and fostering a welcoming environment...

By JAMES PENTLAND

NORTHAMPTON — With smaller rivers around the county dropping below flood stage Tuesday, attention turned to the still-rising Connecticut River and the homes and businesses in harm’s way.At Brunelle’s Marina in South Hadley, the river sent tons of...

The town of South Hadley has nearly completed a 2023 Housing Production Plan that could dramatically affect our town. The work, conducted by hired consultants, has serious deficiencies.All the interim deliverables — policies, goals, strategies, a...

By JAMES PENTLAND

SOUTH HADLEY — Town officials are encouraging residents to submit comments on a new five-year housing plan that was the subject of a public forum late last month.Known as a housing production plan, the process began last summer with the formation of a...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

FITCHBURG – The orange befits Rachel Yabra and her South Hadley teammate Kiana Ramos. The “Central” emblazoned on their back looks out of place on the pair’s Bay State Games girls soccer jerseys, especially when four fellow Tigers play in red for the...