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By CHRIS LARABEE
DEERFIELD — The Community Preservation Committee has unanimously recommended $200,000 in Community Preservation Act (CPA) funding for the first phase of an extensive playground renovation and repair project at Deerfield Elementary School.
By SAMUEL GELINAS
CUMMINGTON — Power lines are down, at least 85% of residents and businesses are without power, and a one-mile stretch of Route 9 is closed between Packard and West Cummington roads after wind gusts of over 60 mph swept through the town on Monday.
By JIM BRIDGMAN
The first two days of the Northampton Winter Festival were blessed with excellent to adequate weather and large crowds. The eight-day festival continues today with a day-long George Washington’s Birthday sale in the Downtown Business area and a sports luncheon at the Hotel Northampton featuring the area’s two college men’s basketball teams, the University of Massachusetts and Amherst College.
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — If Sunwood Builders is to complete its envisioned 88,500-square-foot building in the heart of the city, it must first clear a fair bit of skepticism over the project plans.
On the road against one of the top teams in the Atlantic 10 Conference, the UMass women’s basketball team was right where it needed to be entering the fourth quarter of Sunday’s pivotal league contest.
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
GREENFIELD — The Cannabis Control Commission, the state’s regulatory body for marijuana products, said it will continue to raise its standards for testing after cannabis contaminated with mold and mildew was reported in more than 20 dispensaries, including those in Northampton, Easthampton, Greenfield and Montague.
By ALEXA LEWIS
NORTHAMPTON/EASTHAMPTON — The River Valley Co-op has denied a request from members of the western Massachusetts branch of Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) to set up information tables at its stores in Northampton and Easthampton, a decision that co-op leaders later reaffirmed when asked by JVP to reconsider their stance.
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — A Greenfield resident hired by the town to compile minutes for meetings, including Town Council sessions, is contending that Amherst officials are violating the state’s Open Meeting Law by not posting minutes in a timely manner.
By EMILEE KLEIN
SOUTH HADLEY — After three years of discussion and fundraising, Plains Elementary School will officially change its name to Henry J. Skala School to honor of the school’s late principal.
By GARRETT COTE
AMHERST — Two themes continued to come up during UMass hockey head coach Greg Carvel’s postgame press conference following the Minutemen’s 4-1 loss to Boston College on Saturday night at Mullins Center: desperation and fatigue.
By CHRIS LARABEE
With a rise in reported cases of theft of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, the Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) is urging people to take extra precautions to protect themselves.
Staff Report
AMHERST — A retail, event and satellite meeting space for the University of Massachusetts is open in Amherst center.
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
WILLIAMSTOWN — As a defending sectional champion, Hampshire Regional’s Adin Clifford knew everyone would be trying to knock him off on during Saturday’s Western Mass. Division 3 Wrestling Championship at Mount Greylock Regional School.
By RYAN AMES
BOSTON – Belchertown’s Grace Perron and Northampton’s Amalia Guerra highlighted Hampshire County’s individual performances in the MIAA Division 2 Girls Swimming Championships at the Boston University Pool on Saturday afternoon.
By GARRETT COTE
AMHERST — According to UMass men’s basketball coach Frank Martin, not one player in his usual starting five – Jaylen Curry, Rahsool Diggins, Jayden Ndjigue, Daniel Rivera and Daniel Hankins-Sanford – suited up for practice on Friday, just 24 hours before the Minutemen were set to host St. Bonaventure at the Mullins Center.
By MICHAEL P. NORTON
BOSTON — Private sector efforts to seek and support diverse, equitable, inclusive and accessible workplaces are not illegal, a coalition of state attorneys general said last week, and the federal government can’t prohibit such efforts in the private sector through executive order.
By RYAN AMES
CHESTNUT HILL – Hey fellas have you heard the news? The No. 16 UMass hockey team played the role of heartbreaker in its 3-2 win against No. 1 Boston College, Friday night at Conte Forum.
By GARRETT COTE
BOSTON — The Amherst girls were the No. 1 seed coming in, and they left no doubt in a dominant showing in the 4x200-meter relay at the MIAA Division 3 Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Reggie Lewis Track & Athletic Center.
Kalli White poured in 16 of her game-high 21 points in the second half, lifting No. 4 Granby to a 57-47 win over fifth-seeded Smith Academy in the PVIAC Class D girls basketball quarterfinal round on Friday night in Granby.
By SCOTT MERZBACH
PELHAM — A preliminary report showing how the 12 of the communities in the Quabbin Reservoir watershed might be able to get potable water from the resource falls short of a comprehensive study being sought by legislators representing the Quabbin region.
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