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H.S. girls soccer: Hannah Haesaert plays hero in South Hadley’s shut out over Belchertown
BELCHERTOWN — It seems whenever the Belchertown and South Hadley girls soccer teams meet, the games are decided by narrow margins. During last year’s Western Mass. Class B final, South Hadley scored th...
‘The embodiment of joy’: Billy Robinson remembered as the life of every room
BELCHERTOWN — “Miss you buddy.” Randy Wood sent that short message to his best friend William “Billy” Robinson. Such texts were rare for Wood, and Robinson kept teasing him about it. It did not mat...
Authority seeks 20M more gallons a day from Quabbin Reservoir
BELCHERTOWN — An additional 20 million gallons of water a day could be pulled from the Quabbin Reservoir to supply eastern Massachusetts, a request being made by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority...
Judge denies injunction against Granby gun club over stray bullets that hit Belchertown homes
BELCHERTOWN — A Hampshire Superior Court judge has mostly cleared the Granby Bow and Gun Club as the source of stray bullets that hit four Belchertown homes in 2023 and 2024, instead finding hunters trespa...
Area Briefs: UMass prof. to lead program on understanding drought
UMass prof. to lead program on understanding drought BELCHERTOWN — As drought conditions become an increasingly familiar part of life in Massachusetts, residents will have an opportunity to learn more abou...
Belchertown mobile home park water overhaul hits setbacks
BELCHERTOWN — Pine Valley Plantation, a 389-home community for residents 55 and older on 147 acres in Belchertown, has lost a chunk of its state funding to overhaul its failing 45-year-old water system and...
Hampshire County Group Insurance Trust rebuilds reserves after 2025 financial crisis
BELCHERTOWN — The Hampshire County Group Insurance Trust ended fiscal year 2026 $7 million in the positive, a little over $1 million in reserves and far more financial stability than one year ago. That’s...
Belchertown High athletic field to close for renovations, displacing fall sports teams
BELCHERTOWN — There won’t be any blades of glory at Belchertown High School’s home stadium for the fall sports season. The school’s athletic field will be closed for at least half the year — and po...
Belchertown woman shoots man, herself after driving into hotel
STURBRIDGE — A pregnant Belchertown woman drove her vehicle into a hotel in Sturbridge before shooting a man and then herself, according to the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office. Sturbridge, So...
Belchertown traffic stop leads to arbitration win for officer, new POST complaint
BELCHERTOWN — A Belchertown police sergeant has won the removal of part of his discipline stemming from a 2025 traffic stop, but the driver involved says the department failed to fully investigate the inci...
Area Briefs: Belchertown, South Hadley residents hit on lottery
Belchertown man wins $500K lottery ticket BELCHERTOWN — Two Hampshire County residents have won prizes in the Massachusetts State Lottery in recent weeks. Joshua McConnell of Belchertown is the winner of a...
Legion baseball: Northampton Post 28 holds on to comfortably defeat Belchertown Post 239
BELCHERTOWN — Northampton Post 28 held strong despite a late comeback effort from Belchertown Post 239 for a 16-5 win on Wednesday night. The bats got going early for Northampton, jumping out to an early l...
‘The lives it touched’: Cold Spring School bids farewell after 72 years
BELCHERTOWN — Every story eventually comes to an end, and Cold Spring School reached its last page on Monday. After 72 years, the school will no longer mark the first chapter of Belchertown students’ cla...
Belchertown Pride Parade set to be bigger than ever with 400 participants
BELCHERTOWN — There is no registration or dress code for the Belchertown Pride Parade, only joy. At 11 a.m. on Saturday, anyone and everyone can bring their flags, banners, music and even small vehicles to...
Legion baseball: Belchertown Post 239 struggles in home opener, falls 13-1 to East Springfield Post 420
BELCHERTOWN — The Belchertown Post 239 Legion baseball team couldn’t match the success from its first game of the summer, suffering a 13-1 loss to East Springfield Post 420 in six innings in Friday night...
Belchertown man accused of shooting wife held without bail
BELCHERTOWN — Mark Opper, the 56-year-old Belchertown man accused of shooting and killing his wife inside their home in March, was held without the right to bail at his Hampshire Superior Court arraignment...
Belchertown voters approve $61M budget and new affordable housing trust
BELCHERTOWN — Following a brisk Town Meeting Monday night, roughly 200 residents authorized a $61 million operating budget, a new affordable housing trust, and the purchase of 177 acres of conservation lan...
Along Route 202: Cold Springs Country Club to open in-house restaurant
BELCHERTOWN — Cold Springs Country Club announced an in-house restaurant would replace Tables on the Green after the golf course’s dining spot failed recent health inspections. Club General Manager David...
For Belchertown veterans, a new advocate arrives
BELCHERTOWN — Before Dustin Ruby saw the job posting for a veterans service officer, he had no idea the office existed. As the former deputy director of veteran services in Chicopee, Ruby found his unaware...
Quabbin Photo Group to host landscape photographer Jamie Malcolm-Brown
BELCHERTOWN — The Quabbin Photo Group will host a presentation by western Massachusetts landscape photographer Jamie Malcolm-Brown on Monday, May 18, at 7 p.m. at the Belchertown Recreation Department, 66...
Belchertown Town Meeting to vote on $61M budget and new Affordable Housing Trust
BELCHERTOWN — Spring cleaning comes to Belchertown’s special and annual Town Meeting on Monday night as residents vote to tie up the previous year’s finances, and begin anew with a $61 million operatin...