UMass vice chancellors: ICE not on campus
Columnist Rev. Andrea Ayvazian: Boomers are back in the fight, gracefully
Northampton City Briefing: Jarrett won’t seek reelection; C-Span honors NHS students; water main flushing in process
AG pledges to help fight opioid crisis in visit to region
A light for children facing abuse: Children’s Advocacy Center thanks donors, honors Belchertown police, schools at luminaria
Northampton Cycling Club drumming up interest for pump track at Veterans Field
Hadley officials advance $23M budget as override vote looms
First Congregational Church of Southampton to hold Easter standout
Catholic Charities loses funding for refugee programs, shifting focus under new leader
Movement motivation: Morning program gives Amherst middle schoolers a jump on their day with exercise, academic support
AMHERST — A ninth grader at Amherst Regional High School, Eddie Ekajulo doesn’t have to get to his first class until around 9 a.m. Yet he is often at the school by 7 a.m., taking part in a four-day-a-week program building bonds with his peers, getting his energy out in the gym and weight room and interacting with college students and public safety professionals.
Reel talent: Easthampton Film Festival returns for fourth year, May 1-4
Easthampton Film Festival will return for its fourth year from Thursday, May 1, through Sunday, May 4, bringing with it a slate of movies that were created, in large part, by local filmmakers.
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A Look Back, April 19
From corsets to Spanx: Historic Deerfield opens the season with ‘Body by Design: Fashionable Silhouettes from the Ideal to the Real,’ May 3
Arts Briefs: Asparagus Valley Pottery Trail, Showcase South Hadley, Best of the Valley Story Slam and more
Bach and better than ever: UMass Amherst biennial Bach Fest returns April 25-27 with a multitude of concerts and symposia
Sports
HS Roundup: Smith Voc baseball cruises past Smith Academy (PHOTOS)
HATFIELD – The Smith Voc baseball team left no doubt in its 15-1 victory over Smith Academy on Friday.
Hampshire Regional sees 4 student-athletes sign National Letters of Intent
UMass football: Minutemen wrap up spring practice, turn focus to Spring Game Saturday
HS Roundup: Amherst girls tennis sweeps rival Northampton for fourth straight win
UMass basketball: Transfers Dimitri Clerc and Charles Outlaw to join MinutemenOpinion
Guest columnist Ben Grosscup: Anti-Trump resistance can’t be ‘hands off’ on militarism
On April 5, people in western Massachusetts and throughout the U.S. demonstrated against the Trump Administration’s escalating attacks on what’s left of our tattered social safety net and personal rights. Rallying around the hashtag #HandsOff, the website coordinating the actions included essential demands such as “Hands off Social Security, Medicare, and Personal Data.”
Cynthia Mahoney: All in for families as School Committee candidate
Benjamin G. Clark: McGovern’s complacency a reflection of our failing system
Letter: Judges defend the Constitution
Columnist Russ Vernon-Jones: Love in a time of crisis
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Business
A true-to-the-plant approach: Easthampton natives finding success manufacturing hemp products in hilltowns
CHESTER — When the retail cannabis industry was paving its way in 2019, advocates for the drug steered away from the stereotype of a reclining, Cheetos-eating stoner and instead promoted the idea that cannabis is a cure-all for a variety of ailments. “It’s natural” was a common mantra.
Tariffs hit home for small business in Hadley
Area property deed transfers, April 18
Dave’s Hot Chicken plans advance in Hadley; used car dealership eyed across from Hopkins
Community printing hub takes shape in Easthampton
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Arts & Life
Resonating through generations: Lady Pills releases new concept album, ‘Renowned in the Roaring Twenties’
A recording artist is connecting her family’s western Massachusetts roots to her new album.
Valley Bounty: Keeping that farming romance alive: Cara and Michael Zueger run Free Living Farm in Petersham
Speaking of Nature: A surprise in my maple tree: Porcupines just want to find something tasty to eat and be left alone
The cost of addiction: New novel draws on Valley backdrop to explore how substance use upends people’s lives
The legend lives on: The Lightfoot Band brings the music of their late bandleader to the Iron HorseObituaries
Laurette Lemrise
Laurette "Laurie" Lemrise Worthington, MA - Laurette "Laurie" Susanne Lemrise, 68, of Worthington, Massachusetts, passed away unexpectedly, but peacefully, on March 31, 2025 at Bringham and Women's Hospital in Boston with her children an... remainder of obit for Laurette Lemrise
Barbara Elaine Sampson
Newport, NC - Barbara Elaine Sampson, 71, of Newport, NC passed away on Sunday, April 6, 2025, at Carteret Health Care in Morehead City, NC. Barbara was born on May 22, 1953, in Northampton, Ma. to the late William and Ida Allen. Ra... remainder of obit for Barbara Elaine Sampson
Vincent Bisaillon
NORTHAMPTON, MA - Vincent George Bisaillon Jr. peacefully passed away on April 3rd after several months of declining health. He was born in Northampton on August 31, 1945, the son of Vincent G. Bisaillon Sr., and Helen (Bernard) Bisail... remainder of obit for Vincent Bisaillon
Elaine Barker
Leverett, MA - Elaine was born in Ludlow, Massachusetts, on November 16, 1941. She died on April 11, 2025, in Northampton, Massachusetts. She attended public schools in Ludlow and graduated from Ludlow High School with honors in 1959. W... remainder of obit for Elaine Barker
