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By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Before local and school celebrities took time out of their day to read stories to classes at Wildwood School last week, two sixth graders reflected on the power of dreaming and the importance of self expression.

HADLEY — The way this column generally works is that I ride around on my bicycle looking for interesting people to talk to. Since it’s a year-round column, many of my victims, err, subjects will be encountered in dead of winter.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A consignment store to serve college campuses, offering inexpensive clothes and low-priced household items, was an idea hatched by students in a University of Massachusetts classroom.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Construction of a new track and field at Amherst Regional High School, at a cost of $4.11 million, should begin in late June.

By GARRETT COTE

WOODFORD, Vt. — The Amherst Regional girls Nordic ski team has seen a plethora of different athletes lead the Hurricanes’ pack throughout the course of this season. Each meet it’s typically someone new at the front, and that’s what makes their team so dangerous in meets with high stakes like the 2025 MIAA Nordic Ski Championships at Prospect Mountain on Feb. 11.

Staff Report

AMHERST — A retail, event and satellite meeting space for the University of Massachusetts is open in Amherst center.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — Approvals from the Select Board and School Committee to use a portion of land along Route 9 next to Hopkins Academy could set the stage for the construction of up to four outdoor pickleball courts and a full-size basketball court.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Families of students at Amherst Regional Middle School are being notified about an antisemitic incident that occurred Monday when a student gave a Nazi salute during class — the latest in a series of incidents that have occurred at area schools in recent years.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — An Amherst man pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston on Wednesday to distribution and possession of child sexual abuse material, according to the U.S. attorney’s office for the District of Massachusetts.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Unless state aid increases, other sources of funding are found or member towns can contribute more, a fiscal year 2026 budget that eliminates around 17 positions may be the best-case scenario for the Amherst-Pelham Regional Schools, according to information presented at a “Four Towns Meeting” Saturday.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

The administration of President Donald Trump continues to target transgender individuals through a string of executive orders, with a more recent order likely to not just affect individuals but educational and athletic institutions in Massachusetts.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — Hadley officials are endorsing the complete build-out of the Mass Central Rail Trail, a 104-mile long trail that would link 26 communities across the state, extending the 11-mile Norwottuck Rail Trail that already connects the town with Northampton, Amherst and Belchertown.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Printed the day after an early morning fire gutted an Amherst College fraternity house, a headline in the Feb. 3, 1975 Daily Hampshire Gazette quoted the Amherst fire chief describing the incident as the “worst Amherst blaze in 15 years.”

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — The Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association has begun a multiyear effort to bring to life a project exploring the experiences of Lucy Terry Prince, the earliest identified African American writer. The work began last Saturday on the first day of Black History Month.

By AL NORMAN

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — Eternal Life Yoga & Wellness is putting down roots in the valley.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — In December 1989, one of the coldest on record in the region, John Sackrey was in Conway with a small team building an addition onto a home.

By CAROLYN BROWN

On Saturday, March 8, and Sunday, March 9, the Western Massachusetts Sacred Harp Community (WMSHC) will host their biggest annual event, the Western Massachusetts Sacred Harp Convention, at Bombyx Center for Arts & Equity in Florence from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — The rules were rather simple to Noah Lee, who stepped onto Jack Leaman Court inside the Mullins Center at halftime of the Feb. 5 women’s basketball game between the host Minutewomen and St. Bonaventure. Make four baskets — a layup, free throw, 3-pointer and half-court shot — and he’d be $10,000 richer.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A $2.5 million donation from Amherst College will support the Amherst and regional schools, the town’s emergency services, and infrastructure work downtown over the next three years, as well as one of two municipal building projects the town is undertaking.