The City Council is supporting Mayor Salem Derby’s request to bring eight new liquor licenses to the city, aiming to boost economic development with new restaurants. The request will now be sent to ...

Pain management through music, addressing the effects of Parkinson’s disease with dance instead of exercise and lowering mortality risks by getting senior citizens out to museums are ways the power of ...

Patrick T. RudzikMethuen, MA - On April 8, 2026, a bright light was extinguished as Patrick Thomas Rudzik left this world. Born on December 12, 1991, in Greenfield, MA, Patrick was a beacon of ...

Roland W. LarameeSouth Hadley, MA - Roland W. Laramee, lifelong resident of South Hadley, passed away April 5, 2026 at the age of 89. He was a graduate of the South Hadley School System, Holyoke ...

EASTHAMPTON — The City Council is supporting Mayor Salem Derby’s request to bring eight new liquor licenses to the city, aiming to boost economic development with new restaurants. The request will now ...

Fewer people are having kids — they’re having dogs. That shift, among other factors, led Hadley resident Paul Phifer from negotiating a $1 billion federal deal to becoming a dog trainer. He teamed up ...

SOUTH HADLEY — A $9 million and $11 million Proposition 2½ override, a Select Board race and a nonbinding question on the $36.5 million South Hadley Electric Lighting Department headquarters populate ...

With a new executive director and a return to independent operations, the Easthampton Housing Authority is entering a new chapter this month. Lindsi Sekula has taken the helm as the agency ends a ...

Simmons died peacefully March 28, 2026 after a sudden, but brief, illness at Mease Countryside Hospital in Oldsmar, Florda. Jean lived in Greenfield, MA for most o ...

Kristi Noem, the first Cabinet member to be fired in Donald Trump’s second term, achieved that distinction by edging out several male colleagues, all of whom have committed misdeeds at least as ...

The citywide group dedicated to creating a permanent memorial to honor the lives lost from the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks is closing in on a location and design concept for such a monument in Easthampton.

Every year, at just about this time, I start searching the skies above my yard for tree swallows. Their appearance is yet another hopeful sign that winter is beginning to loosen her grip on our ...