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By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — A silver sculpture, replicating a treaty between the Tibetan Empire and the Tang Dynasty in China more than 1,400 years ago, will be presented by the Regional Tibetan Association of Massachusetts to U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern on Saturday.At a...

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...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — After recently acquiring an 80,000-square-foot building on Venture Way for a second campus, the Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion School is seeking a 100-student increase in enrollment.Despite several parents speaking against the enrollment...

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 SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — A substantial increase in the cost of disposing sludge from the town’s wastewater treatment plant is prompting Hadley officials to consider hiking sewer user fees, a 10% rate increase that would come only about 18 months after the board...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — As a town committee examines the possibility of creating a new zoning district that would bring a mix of housing options and possible adaptive reuse of commercial properties, its members are pushing back on recent responses to townwide...

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...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — Enacting a townwide 25 mph speed limit on all roads that don’t have speed limit signs will be considered by voters at a special Town Meeting in November.The Select Board Wednesday voted unanimously to support the request for the townwide...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — A proposed dentist office to be built at 101 East St., at the corner of Route 9 and East Street, may need to scale back the parking lot before the development wins approval from the Planning Board.While members of the Planning Board at...

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...

Hadley Senior Center holding tag, bake sale SaturdayHADLEY — The Hadley Senior Center is holding a tag and bake sale Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 46 Middle St.Vendors will have assorted items for sale inside the main room, including glassware,...

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...

Last group to play Iron Horse before pandemic to returnNORTHAMPTON — Celtic rock band Dicey Riley, the last group to play at the Iron Horse just as the pandemic was shutting down local businesses, will return to the newly-reopened venue on Tuesday...

By D. DINA FRIEDMAN

 Like many members of the Jewish Community, I felt grief and sadness on hearing last week that six additional hostages taken in the Hamas attacks of Oct. 7 had been found murdered. And yet, I felt uncomfortable with how much attention people paid to...

I’m writing to expand on the important message of Laura Briggs’ Sept. 10 letter to the editor “We can’t securitize our way out of school shootings.” I’m a psychotherapist, and the young students my colleagues and I work with can have very high levels...

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...