Valley Bounty: Hillside Christmas Tree Farm: A family-run, cut-your-own operation that offers unique ‘bear-trees’ and more

Making News in Business, Sept. 11

Magic for Maddie gets $10K donation SOUTHAMPTON — Magic for Maddie has received a $5,000 grant from the Liberty Bank Foundation to support its Helping Families in the Fight initiative. The grant is in addition to Liberty Bank’s $5,000 commitment as a Big Top Sponsor of Magic for Maddie’s 2026 5K Family Fun Walk and […]

Guest columnist Steve Fox: How far have we come since 9/11 attacks?

I’m driving to New York on Friday.  When my good friend said he was having his birthday party on Sept. 11, my reaction was, “You’re having a party on the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks?” After all these years, the anxiety remains. For so long, many of us waited for the other shoe […]

Amherst school officials detail asbestos, water damage behind regional middle school's delayed opening

AMHERST — An Aug. 17 walkthrough of the Amherst Regional Middle School and Chestnut Street Academy, during which school personnel fell ill likely due to poor air quality inside the building, prompted the decision two days later to delay the start of the academic year. “Several individuals who walked through that day experienced … headaches […]

Granby's DinoFest returns Saturday with Dino Dance tribute to organizer Dennis Doucette's late son

GRANBY — Each year, locals don dinosaurs or Flintstones costumes constructed from cloth and cardboard to boogie together at the Dino Dance, the biggest prehistoric-themed soiree in Massachusetts. But this year’s party, part of the annual DinoFest in Granby, not only encourages dinosaur costumes, but summer tie dye in honor of DinoFest organizer Dennis Doucette’s […]

Area Property Deed Transfers, Sept. 11

AMHERST Robyn C. Carpenter to George E. Ryan and Laetita A. Lafollette, 71 Amity Place, Lot 71, $500,000 Anne L. Loftus and John M. Gallagher III to Henry Whitlock, 185 Glendale Road, $325,000 Aaron R Kirley 2023 FT and Keith T. Kirley to Laurence S. Hannan and Darryl L. Hollister, 23 Green Leaves Dr., Lot […]