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By KYLE GRABOWSKI

GRANBY — In what originally looked like a rebuilding year, the Northampton girls ultimate program showed it can compete at the highest level.The Blue Devils reached the Amherst Invitational Gx division championship game for the first time Sunday,...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Was anyone surprised that co-coaches Sean MacDonald and Courtney Parent were able to take a group who had never played volleyball before and in just a few months turn them into Western Mass. champions? With the success MacDonald and Parent have had...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

Earlier in the week, Ella Laliberte knew she had a chance to score her 200th career goal in a lacrosse game against Monson. The Granby senior purposely held back in that contest, wanting to save the celebration for her home turf. Laliberte got her...

Honestly, Gazette, you had me going (“Easthampton school superintendent job offer abruptly rescinded“ April 1). According to your story, the Easthampton School Committee sent a cop car to roust Vito Perrone out of bed after midnight, so they could...

By EMILY THURLOW

GRANBY — The mystery that surrounded the case of the murder victim who came to be known as “Granby Girl” was one that struck a lot of people, including the town’s retired police chief, Lou Barry.Though he took the helm at the Police Department in 1987...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

MONTAGUE — Red Fire Farm’s Ryan and Sarah Voiland joined hundreds of farmers from across the U.S. for a recent climate rally in Washington, D.C., marching to the Capitol before meeting with legislators to ask for climate change policy to be a priority...

By JAMES PENTLAND

GRANBY — Recent advances in DNA technology and dogged police work have confirmed the identity of a woman who had been known only as “Granby Girl” since her extensively decomposed body was found in the woods off Amherst Road in November 1978.The woman,...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — A breakthrough in a 45-year-old unsolved homicide in Granby is expected to be announced at a Monday press conference.The case is that of the “Granby girl,” an unnamed woman, believed to have been around 20 years old, whose body was...

If our political leaders are serious about addressing the climate crisis, they should support increased public funding for cultivated meat research. For those who aren’t familiar with the term, cultivated meat is grown from animal cells, without...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

BELCHERTOWN — A Brooklyn, New York man arrested Wednesday for his role in growing close to 1,400 marijuana plants inside a Granby home will be held at Hampshire Jail and House of Correction on $30,000 cash bail.Haolin Yu, 30, pleaded not guilty to...

By MICHAEL CONNORS

NORTHAMPTON — A Granby man answered in court last week to numerous allegations of child sexual abuse, including the aggravated statutory rape of a child.Steven C. Trznadel, 35, pleaded not guilty on Nov. 3 in Hampshire Superior Court to 11 sex crimes,...

By MARY BYRNE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — For the first time in months, Samantha Daviau felt like she could finally take a breath.Her father, Richard Daviau, owner of Damn Yankees BBQ on Elm Street in South Deerfield, was released from Baystate Medical Center in Springfield...

Story and photos by KEVIN GUTTING

According to Alix Kreder, his college buddy Steve Denette had been working on a certain project for years — but only in his head.“Years and years,” added Denette as he broke for lunch in the kitchen of his Granby home one weekday last month. “Building...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — A Granby man who police say possessed some 3,000 images and videos of child pornography pleaded guilty to the allegations Wednesday in Hampshire Superior Court and was sentenced to jail. Judge Richard Carey sentenced Sean W. Scully, 46,...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

GRANBY — The former principal of Granby Junior/ Senior High School has filed a lawsuit against the town, superintendent and members of the School Committee over what he claims was a breach of his contract and a violation of wage laws.Jonathan Cavallo,...

By CAITLIN ASHWORTH

GRANBY — When it comes to selling Halloween costumes and props while trying to compete with retail giants like Walmart and Target, 24-year-old Zachary Gosciminski has learned to think outside the box.For his four-year-old company, Creepy Twists...

By Rebecca Mullen

GRANBY — For the second consecutive year, Granby Junior/Senior High School students are protesting proposed budget cuts that, if approved, could mean the loss of several teaching positions in the district. At 10:50 a.m. on Friday, the school’s...

By EMILY CUTTS

GRANBY — In addition to voting on a more than $16.2 million budget, residents will make decisions on 17 other articles at Monday’s annual Town Meeting. Four articles ask for funds to purchase vehicles.Articles 16 and 17 ask for a total of $71,565 to...

Staff reports

The Granby baseball team scored three times in the third inning and Noah Bleakley made it hold up as the Rams advanced to the Western Massachusetts Division 4 Tournament semifinal with a 3-1 win over Lenox, Wednesday.Ben Rokowski nearly homered to...

By CAITLIN ASHWORTH

GRANBY — After six years at Granby Junior Senior High School, the 79 graduates who walked across the stage Saturday are looking toward the larger world — while staying thankful for their community.Saturday marked the next chapter and the start of...