SPRINGFIELD — As a bill that would make Massachusetts the first state in the country to adopt a single-payer healthcare system makes its way through the Legislature, activists are urging Baystate ...

Library Director Candace Bradbury-Carlin speaks at the Tilton Library grand opening celebration in South Deerfield on Thursday, Oct. 8. Credit: PAUL FRANZ / Staff Photo Award-winning coverage on ...

Northampton, MA – Andrew J. Giza Jr., age 50, passed away at Hospice of the Fisher Home on October 7, 2026. He was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, on May 22, 1976. He was the son of Andrew Giza Sr ...

Kitty Holfield and Michael Henderson, the organizers of Fox and Ember Fantasy Ball, in Childs Park. CAROL LOLLIS / Staff Photo Sign up for the Gazette's morning newsletter and get essential news each ...

AMHERST — Food security and mental health, especially among immigrant families and other marginalized groups, will be a focus of a new community-wide health plan. The three-year initiative, known as ...

HOLYOKE — The Holyoke Civic Symphony will open its 60th season Sunday at 3 p.m. with a free concert pairing a world premiere and a contemporary trombone concerto with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5. The ...

One of the last pieces made by Richard Richardson, called Father Time, with the help of Alan Horwitz, is shown at Three Sisters Sanctuary. CAROL LOLLIS / Staff Photo Sign up for the Gazette's morning ...

NORTHAMPTON — State officials are paying close attention to the vegetation management plan Eversource is pursuing along a transmission corridor extending from Northfield to Ludlow, acknowledging the ...

HADLEY — Three options for improving the heating and cooling system at Hopkins Academy, each of which would cost the town at least $6 million, will not be considered by voters until annual Town ...

Brother Towbee Keyes and Sister Clare Carter lead an interfaith peace walk from Amherst to Northampton on Monday. The walk marked Indigenous Peoples Day and honored the late activists Frances Crowe ...

Setting: A large room, bare except for gaudily framed photos of President Trump lining all four walls. A long, rectangular conference table sits in the middle of the hall. Characters: 6 men, nameless ...

1977 was a momentous year for me. I was 9 years old and I had just experienced the thrill of our nation’s bicentennial celebration. Everything seemed to be fun and interesting because everything was ...