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By SAMUEL GELINAS

NORTHAMPTON — While social media and pop culture may feed the impression that music and dance are monopolized by the young, the Young@Heart Chorus emphatically debunks this as a myth.And according to Bob Cilman, the 42-year-old group’s founder and...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Sometimes a deep state tournament run produces a special, magical moment along the way.Those memorable moments seem to happen every time the Frontier boys soccer team has been on the field throughout the MIAA Division 4 state tournament. From a Will...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Opening arguments begin Tuesday morning in the trial of Brian Camp, a Southampton man charged with manslaughter in the killing of Johnathan Letendre of Northampton in December 2022.According to the Northwestern district attorney’s...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — In Monday’s press release issued by UMass athletics regarding the firing of Minutemen head football coach Don Brown, Director of Athletics Ryan Bamford offered some praise for the program’s now former head coach.“Upon [Brown’s] return in...

By RYAN AMES

The Amherst College men’s and women’s soccer teams advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Division III tournament this past weekend, each claiming dramatic wins in the Round of 32.The men’s team edged the Stevens Institute of Technology in penalty...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — In preparation for a change in presidential administrations at the federal level, international students, faculty and staff on University of Massachusetts immigration sponsorships, who may be traveling abroad during winter break, are being...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — The deteriorating clubhouse building at the former Hickory Ridge Golf Course, bought by the town when it acquired the 150-acre property in March 2022, will soon be demolished.Town officials put out bids last week for razing the building at...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — UMass Director of Athletics Ryan Bamford announced on Monday morning that Minutemen football head coach Don Brown has been released of his duties with two games remaining in his third season leading the program.The 69-year-old Brown finishes...

By SAMUEL GELINAS

GOSHEN — Officials are working to correct a software error that led to about half of the town’s taxpayers receiving inaccurate data on their motor vehicle tax bills this year.Members of the Select Board, addressing the issue with a handful of...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Even as a 10-month survey of Jones Library patrons indicates most feel welcome and have a sense of belonging when visiting the town libraries, being greeted by friendly staff and having access to representative collections and programs, a...

By SAMUEL GELINAS

NORTHAMPTON — Psychedelics hit a dead end on Election Day when the commonwealth’s electorate vetoed legislation to legalize the substances.While supporters of legalizing certain types of psychedelics say they can save lives, opponents fear that such...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — John Cartledge knows he has big shoes to fill.A lifelong resident of the Northampton area, Cartledge has spent his entire career as a member of the Northampton Police Department, starting as a patrol officer after completing the Agawam...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

DEVENS — The Amherst girls cross country team nearly walked away with the program’s eighth state championship on Saturday during the MIAA Division 2 State Championship at Fort Devens. The Hurricanes ran about as well as they could have hoped, led by a...

By RYAN AMES

EASTHAMPTON – The Smith Vocational football team couldn’t keep pace with Upper Cape Cod Regional Vocational Tech in its 52-20 loss in the state vocational small school quarterfinal round on Saturday afternoon at Mountain View School.The first quarter...

By RYAN AMES

SOUTH HADLEY – A 20-point second quarter powered the South Hadley football team to a 27-9 win past Pathfinder in a non-playoff game Friday night.Senior Julius Hebenth scored two of the Tigers’ three second-quarter touchdowns, including a lengthy run...

BY EMILEE KLEIN

HADLEY — During the past two years, Rocky Hill Road resident Elizabeth Neill witnessed two different cars speeding down the windy street before flipping over off the road by her home.“Thank goodness nobody got hurt,” Neill said. “Police oversight...

By RYAN AMES

Hannah de Gast came up clutch for the UMass field hockey team in its 2-1 win over No. 3 UConn during the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday.The senior scored the game-winning goal late in the fourth quarter to send the Minutewomen to...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — The UMass football team has two more opportunities in its last three contests to salvage something this season, the first coming on Saturday afternoon when the Minutemen host Liberty for a noon kickoff at McGuirk Alumni Stadium.Through nine...

By JEFF LAJOIE

It’s championship weekend for high school cross country runners, as local harriers will compete in the MIAA Division 2 and 3 Championships at Fort Devens on Saturday.The Division 2 races begin at 12:30 p.m. (girls) and 1:15 p.m. (boys), while the Div....

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — Town Meeting members voted down all four zoning bylaw amendments at a special Town Meeting on Wednesday, with a majority of residents expressing dissatisfaction about the lack of mandated affordable housing and natural resource...