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No bids received for senior housing project at former St. James Church in Deerfield
Guest columnist Michael Seward: How wealth and privilege prevent much-needed housing
Hilchey bests Wolfram for Deerfield Selectboard seat
Jones Library set to close next week for renovation, expansion project; will open temporarily on U-Drive
Valley CDC’s $20.5M development in Amherst will provide 30 families with ownership opportunities
Regional school budget, gift of woodlot approved at Leverett’s Town Meeting
Amherst inks contract to expand, renovate Jones Library
Amherst’s $103.3M budget plan nearly meets school requests
Amherst proposal calls for 20% spike in water, sewer fees
A ‘monumental’ journey: Nearly 200 people become American citizens at naturalization ceremony at UMass Amherst
AMHERST — Ten years ago, Angelo Mercado began the lengthy and difficult process of becoming an American citizen. On Tuesday inside the Bowker Auditorium at Stockbridge Hall at the University of Massachusetts, that arduous journey finally came to an end.
‘Devastating’: Cuts to public broadcasting will be felt here
Federal funding cuts announced earlier this month to National Public Radio and The Public Broadcasting Service would have serious implications for public media viewers and listeners in western Massachusetts, experts in the region say.
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Creative director, alum David Korins tapped to be UMass commencement speaker; graduation set for May 16
Smithland Pet & Garden Center shutting down all 13 stores, including in Northampton and Hadley
‘So much pride when people ask where I’m from’: ‘Hacks’ creator, Lucia Aniello, reflects on western Mass upbringing
97 voters cast ballots in Sunderland election, with no contests
Sports
HS Tennis: PVCICS boys sweeps Belchertown, 5-0 (PHOTOS)
AMHERST – On a beautiful, sunny day at Hampshire College on Thursday, the Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School swept Belchertown, 5-0, in boy’s tennis action. The Dragons (8-2) put together a near flawless performance as they shut out the Orioles in the majority of the total games played for their third match victory in a row.
UMass Men’s Basketball: Florida standout joins UMass men’s hoops roster
32nd Amherst Ultimate Invitational: Hometown Hurricanes capture Div. 1 girls title
UMass women's lacrosse breezes past St. Joseph’s for Atlantic-10 tournament title
Hadley’s Beau Elson thriving in first year as Fordham University relief pitcherOpinion
Guest columnist Marietta Pritchard: What law, what order? Who is due process?
When he’s not coaching basketball for a community league, our grandson is waiting to hear from the law schools he’s applied to. He is ambitious, with hopes for a top school and plenty of grant money. He thinks about a clerkship and then possibly a job in academia. For more than a year he studied for, took and retook the LSAT exam until he got the grade he expected from himself. His family looked on amazed at his gritty persistence.
Scottie Faerber: Amherst EMTs much appreciated
Rachael Cowan: Medicaid HCBS needs your support
Lois Barber: Embodying the life and teachings of Pope Francis
Guest columnist Anthony Fyden: A new voice on the Hadley Planning Board
Arts & Life
Through their eyes: Granby documentarian highlights missing, murdered Indigenous women with new film, ‘1200+’
AMHERST — In 2013, Canadian police estimated that there were 1,181 unresolved cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada. The number today is closer to 4,000.
Emily Dickinson Museum celebrates completion of reconstructed Carriage House, which now houses visitor center
Get Growing with Mickey Rathbun: A blooming ribbon leads the eye: Landscape architect planted 1,500 daffodils in Amherst’s Orchard Arboretum
From corsets to Spanx: Historic Deerfield opens the season with ‘Body by Design: Fashionable Silhouettes from the Ideal to the Real’
The bomb that never dropped: New book details how Massachusetts planned during the Cold War