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According to the Council on Foreign Relations more than two billion people across the globe lack access to clean water . Recently the United Nations reported that the world is in a state of “water bankrupt...
Like Oliver Putnam, Martin Short’s character on the comedy-drama television series “Only Murders in the Building,” I enjoy eating dips as my meal. Hand me a teaspoon and a colorful array of bowls fille...
Here we are at the half-way mark of summer. I don’t know about your garden, but mine is teetering on the brink of the slide into the August doldrums. At this perilous point in the season, I am ever-gratefu...
Drawn to the “outlaw sensibility” of the Wild West since childhood, author Josh Weil has channeled his lifelong fascination into the creation of his fourth published book. The Leverett-grown writer will...
Illustrator Jerry Pinkney once said, “I’d like my art to feel the way music sounds.” A new exhibition at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst explores this connection. Featuring more th...
For book lovers in the Valley, a weekend road trip just got a lot more rewarding. Sixteen independent booksellers have joined forces for the second annual Pioneer Valley Bookstore Crawl, a season-long scaven...
FLORENCE — Nine years of waiting is over. The Northampton Legion Post 28 baseball team is heading to the Massachusetts Legion Senior State tournament for the first time since 2017, after winning the Distri...
Granby’s Ryley Regan competed in the 93rd Massachusetts Girls’ Junior Amateur Championship at Ledges Golf Club in South Hadley earlier this week. Regan advanced to the quarterfinal round after shooting f...
AMHERST — The Amherst 14U baseball team executed the rare, walk-off bunt, in its 10-9 win against Brattleboro Maroon during the third round of the PVYBL Koufax division playoffs at Amherst Middle School on...
MILFORD — The Northampton Legion Post 28 baseball team lost in a lopsided, 24-5, elimination game to Milford Post 59 at the Senior State Legion Baseball tournament at Fino Field on Sunday afternoon. Milfor...
In a rematch of its dramatic, walk-off victory a day prior, the Amherst 14U baseball team cruised past Brattleboro Maroon, 8-1, in the PVYBL championship game of the Koufax division playoffs at Deerfield Aca...
Several mornings a week, I play nine holes with golfing buddies Sean and Chris. We have similar interests, hold similar views on the state of the world, and we appreciate one another’s sense of humor. We g...
Fitzgerald Lake Conservation Area is first and foremost a nature preserve and an essential refuge for wild species. Many people are unaware of how many different wild animals live there. The wildlife of FLCA...
Deerfield residents can vote on new ADU bylaws following Selectboard approval. A public hearing is set for Monday, Aug. 3.
AMHERST — Herrell’s Ice Cream is opening a permanent location in the Mill District in North Amherst, two years after first starting a pop-up site there. The 69 Cowls Road location will be celebrated with...
Ninety-nine-year-old Carol Hillman of New Salem was named a 2026 Commonwealth Heroine, becoming the sole Franklin County honoree.
A bill that would loosen restrictions on abortions after 24 weeks of pregnancy is gaining momentum on Beacon Hill, with supporters saying it would help many mothers with serious complications access the care...
Congregation B'nai Israel (CBI) welcomed its new senior Rabbi Louis Polisson to the pulpit— a position that the ordained rabbi, poet, musician and composer said he hopes to further strengthen the congregat...
EASTHAMPTON — Families can now enroll their preschool-aged children in a new Community Action Pioneer Valley Head Start classroom at Mountain View School, marking the program’s return to the city after f...
What is striking about the Burlington ICE Field Office is its unremarkable appearance. Save for the two flagpoles, with the red, white, and blue American and Department of Homeland Security flags, the two-st...
SPRINGFIELD — Britt Ruhe has spent years immortalizing the stories of everyday people, whether it be a homeless person who hands out Bible passages or a woman in the community who makes sure everyone is ta...
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second in a four-part series, “Beginning, Again” about people who moved to this area during their retirement years. Today’s piece is about Kate Hale, now of Easthampton, w...
EASTHAMPTON — An Easthampton High School librarian has requested a one-year leave of absence to draw attention to a sharp decline in library use, saying the space has become more of a hub for students to s...
THE HOUSE AND SENATE: Beacon Hill Roll Call reports local representatives’ and senators’ votes on roll calls from the week of July 6-10. $561 MILLION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PACKAGE (H 5562): House 148-2, a...