Social Security is one of the most successful social policies in the history of the United States. Without it, the number of elderly Americans in poverty would skyrocket from about 10% to about 37%.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

NORTHAMPTON — As a Northampton mother faces possible deportation, a small group of immigrant and U.S.-born organizers from across western Massachusetts is working around the clock to keep her in the ...

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 ...

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 ...