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By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — In the waning days of Major League Baseball’s 1977 regular season, Sports Illustrated writer Melissa Ludtke, who grew up in Amherst, received a clubhouse pass from the New York Yankees, giving her permission to be with the players before and...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A significant deficit anticipated in the fiscal year 2026 budget for the Amherst-Pelham Regional Schools, amid continued enrollment declines in grades 7-12, is prompting Superintendent E. Xiomara Herman to propose consolidating all secondary...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A Pelham resident with experience in economic development, event management and advocating for businesses in roles at both the University of Massachusetts and the Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce becomes the Amherst Business Improvement...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A pantry for University of Massachusetts students and employees who are experiencing food insecurity, representing a long-term partnership between the university and the Amherst Survival Center, will open next fall at the former Newman...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Amherst Media Executive Director Jim Lescault is out at the cable access nonprofit after almost 17 years in the role, though those associated with the organization, and Lescault himself, are tight-lipped about his departure.While confirming...

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AMHERST — University of Massachusetts Police are investigating five reports from residents at two Orchard Hill dormitories about a man who has looked at and possibly recorded female students while showering.Police issued an alert this week after...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A general contractor to undertake the expansion and renovation of the Jones Library building is again being sought by the town, with a bid advertisement recently posted for an estimated construction cost of $36 million.The legal ad comes...

AMHERST — More than 500 partygoers gathered in the backyard of a North Amherst home, with a DJ booth set up and underage people consuming alcohol on Friday night, led to police officers issuing $300 tickets to the five tenants for violating the town’s...

By SAM DRYSDALE

The program meant to give students a head start on their college enrollment is expanding to five high schools in western Massachusetts, including Easthampton High School, Granby High School and Hopkins Academy in Hadley,University of Massachusetts...

Turning trash containers into art BELCHERTOWN — If making visual art (rather than just appreciating it at gallery shows) is your thing, this call for artists may be for you. Artists are invited to submit proposals for designs to decorate three...

Thanks to Gazette reporter Alexa Lewis for the excellent front-page article on shortages of blood in our region, and thanks to the Easthampton Fire Department for their community blood drive in partnership with the Baystate Health Blood Donor Program...

What was most gratifying about university students protesting genocide last spring was that their concern was based on their empathy for people who aren’t one of us, rather than for our troops or spending priorities, as has been the case with past...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A year-long trial by University of Massachusetts Transit and the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority is expanding weekend bus service on Route 31, bringing riders on the Amherst-to-Sunderland buses directly to the shopping malls in Hadley.The...

By ALEXA LEWIS

AMHERST — “Growing up poor, all I’ve ever wanted was financial freedom,” said Beatrice Rogers, a third-year psychology and holistic health major at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. But that freedom might be far away for Rogers, whose college...

Tthe Bulletin is now available for free pickup at over 60 locations throughout Amherst, Belchertown, Hadley, Hatfield, South Deerfield and Sunderland. With this increased availability in the area, the Bulletin is no longer being mailed. Here are the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Town officials are in the midst of updating the town’s housing production plan for the first time since 2013.On Tuesday, two 90-minute, in-person sessions will be held at the Woodbury Room at the Jones Library, 43 Amity St., led by Greg...

By PATRICIA RAMSEY

 Most Americans vilify the Taliban and are horrified at the draconian rules they impose on every resident and organization, and especially their oppression of Afghan women and girls. So why are millions of freedom-loving Americans rushing to vote for...

By EMILEE KLEIN

AMHERST — A University of Massachusetts professor has been appointed as the state’s fifth geologist, a position that involves directing the Massachusetts Geological Survey located on the Amherst campus.In this role, professor Brian Yellen will broaden...

In regard to the recent guest column “NIMBY obstruction threatens public good,” [Sept. 6], it is astonishing how supporters of the Jones expansion project react with petulance and name-calling to legitimate arguments against overspending for a space...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — In a college town where loud and often large gatherings can be a regular occurrence, levying fines is an enforcement mechanism for restoring tranquility to a neighborhood, with arrests also possible for those violating Amherst’s noise and...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Construction of Amherst’s new $97.5 million elementary school, to open for classes in the fall of 2026, will begin next month after officials received a low bid from a Waltham-based general contractor that is more than $4.8 million below the...