No injuries reported in a fire at Sugarloaf Estates apartment complex in Sunderland. Firefighters from 16 departments contained the blaze.

A $9 million and $11 million Proposition 2½ override, a Select Board race and a nonbinding question on the $36.5 million South Hadley Electric Lighting Department headquarters populate a packed ballot ...

Pain management through music, addressing the effects of Parkinson’s disease with dance instead of exercise and lowering mortality risks by getting senior citizens out to museums are ways the power of ...

The City Council is supporting Mayor Salem Derby’s request to bring eight new liquor licenses to the city, aiming to boost economic development with new restaurants. The request will now be sent to ...

Patrick T. RudzikMethuen, MA - On April 8, 2026, a bright light was extinguished as Patrick Thomas Rudzik left this world. Born on December 12, 1991, in Greenfield, MA, Patrick was a beacon of ...

Roland W. LarameeSouth Hadley, MA - Roland W. Laramee, lifelong resident of South Hadley, passed away April 5, 2026 at the age of 89. He was a graduate of the South Hadley School System, Holyoke ...

EASTHAMPTON — The City Council is supporting Mayor Salem Derby’s request to bring eight new liquor licenses to the city, aiming to boost economic development with new restaurants. The request will now ...

Peter B. BanisterCHESTERFIELD, MA - Peter Bradford Banister, of Chesterfield, passed away at home on April 3, 2026. He was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, on November 7, 1947, to Marvin and Janice ...

Jean Elizabeth SmyserAmherst, MA - Jean Elizabeth Smyser, age 93, of Amherst, Mass., passed away on April 4, 2026, peacefully at her home.She was born on September 22, 1932 in Pittsfield, Mass. to ...

Fewer people are having kids — they’re having dogs. That shift, among other factors, led Hadley resident Paul Phifer from negotiating a $1 billion federal deal to becoming a dog trainer. He teamed up ...

The citywide group dedicated to creating a permanent memorial to honor the lives lost from the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks is closing in on a location and design concept for such a monument in Easthampton.

Every year, at just about this time, I start searching the skies above my yard for tree swallows. Their appearance is yet another hopeful sign that winter is beginning to loosen her grip on our ...