No injuries reported in a fire at Sugarloaf Estates apartment complex in Sunderland. Firefighters from 16 departments contained the blaze.

WESTHAMPTON — The Hampshire Regional girls lacrosse team battled through the rain to defeat Belchertown 11-8 on Monday night. After a back-and-forth first quarter that ended with the score tied 3-3, ...

Ten years is a long time to wait, especially in sports, and that’s exactly how long it’s been since the Hampshire Regional softball team last won a state championship. The Raiders have threatened ...

Repeating the mantra that “food is medicine,” U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern is leading a bipartisan effort urging congressional appropriators to make healthy food and good nutrition a core pillar of the ...

After setting 27 fires between 2007 and 2010 that terrorized neighborhoods in Ward 3 — one of which was responsible for killing an elderly man and his adult son — Anthony Baye, now 41, has been ...

WORTHINGTON — Police Chief John Scobie’s new partner has been drooling on him. The newest member of Worthington’s police ...

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 a packed ballot ...

A two-story home just east of North Leverett center was destroyed in a fire reported to Shelburne State Police dispatch at 11:16 p.m. Sunday, according to Leverett Fire Chief Michael Visniewski.

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 ...

You’ll log some memorable sightings in the woods around here — a bear the size of a Volkswagen Beetle or baby foxes perfecting their pounce, etc. But the big, sleek, charcoal-faced creature hurdling ...

A nearly 30-mile Eversource project to remove trees and shrubs along its right of way across 11 communities, from Northfield to Ludlow, will be discussed at a community meeting Tuesday. Rep. Mindy ...

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 ...