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By RYAN AMES

AMHERST – The UMass hockey team continues to struggle with consistency after its 3-0 shutout loss to Northeastern on Saturday night at the Mullins Center.

The UMass men's basketball team dropped a 77-70 decision to George Mason in Atlantic 10 action on Saturday afternoon in Fairfax, Virginia.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — A local pinball player is pitching the idea of opening a new restaurant focused on pizza, beer and a number of pinball machines.

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — An average homeowner in the city can expect to pay about $185 more in property taxes this year.

By CHRIS LARABEE

The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR) is seeking information about weather-related losses in 2023 and 2024 from farmers across the state as it prepares to report damages to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which will split up $220 million in relief funding among eight states.

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — With screening interviews set for next week, the town expects to have its vacant planning and economic development coordinator role filled in February.

By RYAN AMES

BOSTON – The UMass hockey team made another statement in Beantown.

Amalia Guerra and Saumya Kulp won two individual events apiece, helping the Northampton girls swimming and diving team to a 90-50 victory over Chicopee in dual meet action on Friday at JFK Middle School.

By GARRETT COTE

SOUTH HADLEY — Northampton’s Naihmond Peters-Wolfe drilled a tough stepback jumper to put the Blue Devils boys basketball team ahead of South Hadley 46-40 early in the fourth quarter on Friday night, upping his total to 25 points for the game.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — It’s safe to say Ruth Griggs was a little unsettled when she looked at her latest property tax bill.

By ALEXA LEWIS

NORTHAMPTON — This winter, it may seem like everyone knows someone stuck in bed with a stomach bug.

By ALEXA LEWIS

School districts in Hampshire County, including Amherst-Pelham Regional and Hadley, and across the country are taking steps to secure their data after a security breach at the widely-used, California-based software company PowerSchool meant unauthorized access to information stored in school systems was gained by a malevolent party, who held the information for ransom.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — Possible rapid loss of both forests and farms in the Connecticut River Valley, as Massachusetts expedites the process for getting renewable energy projects online, is among concerns being addressed for the region’s rural communities in the new climate and energy state law, according to the local legislators who helped craft the legislation.

By GARRETT COTE

For the first time in 13 years, the Mount Holyoke College women’s basketball team has a winning streak longer than three games.

By CAROLYN BROWN

A singer-songwriter showcase series in Florence is expanding to include the trans community.

By JACOB NELSON

“Yes, you get some veggies to take home,” says Liz Adler of Mountain View Farm in Easthampton about becoming a member of their community supported agriculture (CSA) program. “But if you want it, the whole experience is a lot more than that.”

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A final 2025-2026 school calendar that likely will see public schools open before Labor Day could be brought before the Amherst, Pelham and Amherst-Pelham Regional school committees later this winter.

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — The public is invited to weigh in on the first draft of preliminary zoning recommendations for the Route 202/33 corridor at the fourth public forum on Thursday night.

By GARRETT COTE

CHARLEMONT — The Hampshire Regional alpine ski team was ready to go for the season-opening meet at Berkshire East Mountain Resort on Thursday night as the boys took on the giant slalom course.

By RYAN AMES

AMHERST — Two days after falling 1-0, the Amherst hockey team flipped the script in its 1-0 victory against Easthampton on Thursday at Orr Rink.