A process is underway for redistricting the geographical areas of Amherst from which the elementary schools draw their students, a move necessary before two schools close and a new school opens in ...

North Pleasant Street came alive on Thursday night as thousands attended the Amherst Business Improvement District’s 12th ...

Deerfield residents have gathered 250 signatures to support three Special Town Meeting warrant articles that would help the town earn a Climate Leader designation.

UMass's fall sports teams are off to a strong start, with the Minutewomen field hockey team undefeated, the Minutemen men's ...

An Anna Scagel goal in each half propelled the Smith Academy girls soccer team to a 2-0 win over Pathfinder on Thursday afternoon, improving the Falcons to 2-2-1 and snapping a three-match winless ...

There will be a packed ballot for the city’s municipal election in November, with a total of 24 candidates returning ...

When reading a book I did not love, Dirtbag, Massachusetts by Isaac Fitzgerald, I landed on a sentence that lit up in bright neon before my eyes. I read the sentence over again thinking, this can’t be ...

State Sen. John Velis is hopeful that a refiled bill to expand and modernize the state’s wiretap law, last updated 57 years ...

Author Jedidiah Berry, who lives in Easthampton, recently won the Massachusetts Book Award for Fiction for his novel “The Naming Song.” “I was so pleased to see my book included among a list of so ...

After developing severe allergies that were affecting daily life, South Hadley resident Elsa Carrier was frustrated by a lack ...

Defense and a punishing ground game led the South Hadley football team to a 16-6 victory over Agawam, Friday. The Tigers (2-0), who have allowed six points on the season, visit Chicopee Comp next week ...

Seven years ago, the Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary in Easthampton welcomed a third-grade class from Holyoke Public Schools. After a quick talk by an educator, just before she led the gaggle of children ...