More than 40 Easthampton Public School teachers and paraeducators could lose their jobs if the city’s proposed $6.9 million Proposition 2½ override fails on June 9, a potential loss that ...

An organization led by a Maryland-based philosopher and former presidential candidate is unveiling a five-point plan to reimagine Hampshire College, with a portion of the campus to become the ...

Adele J Barkowski, of Fairway Village in Leeds, passed away peacefully on Monday, May 4, 2026, at the Fisher Home in Amherst with her husband and best friend by her side. Adele was born i ...

“Stability in funding is not a luxury — it is a necessity. Lives depend on it.” Karin Jeffers wrote that statement after receiving multiple letters from the federal government at 10 p.m. on Jan. 13, ...

NORTHAMPTON — Two residents were displaced after the improper disposal of ashes from a smoker ignited a single-family home on Baker Hill Road on fire Wednesday morning, Northampton Assistant Fire ...

This is the second of two parts. “In happy moments one realizes that the best work is done when one’s eye is simply on the work, not on its consequences, or oneself. It is something done for its own ...

When a fire breaks out in Westhampton, more than 30 volunteer firefighters are on call, ready to spring into action — just as they have been since 1949, when several firefighters banded together to ...

City Council voted unanimously to approve a revised resolution to hold federal immigration enforcement accountable for violating the law Thursday night, prompting wide support from community members ...

NORTHAMPTON — Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa, appearing before City Council last week, presented the state House’s proposed $63.41 billion budget, highlighting aspects of the budget intended to bolster ...

March!” On the instructor’s cue, 40 people march back to their chairs, ready for the next squat, row or aerobic move. As they work up a sweat in the Beginning Fitness class, staff at the Senior Center ...

The $61.4 million fiscal year 2027 budget headed to Town Meeting next week saves the schools, but leaves the town’s other center of learning without the same lifeline. In a 3-2 vote, the Select Board ...

BELCHERTOWN — Before Dustin Ruby saw the job posting for a veterans service officer, he had no idea the office existed. As the former deputy director of veteran services in Chicopee, Ruby found his ...