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Gazette All-Stars: Indoor track & field
Hampshire County indoor track and field athletes are next up on the Daily Hampshire Gazette’s All-Stars schedule, with more than a dozen local athletes receiving the honor. Athletes who qualified for…
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7mWestern Mass. residents urge Healey to intervene in Eversource plan
More than 500 residents from 46 municipalities have petitioned Gov. Maura Healey to intervene against Eversource's planned tree removal project, arguing that the utility's vegetation management program threatens environmentally sensitive habitats.
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4mH.S. girls soccer: Hampshire Regional prevails in defensive battle against Amherst, 1-0
WESTHAMPTON — For the most part, goals have been easy to come by for the Hampshire Regional girls soccer team this season. Outside of their two games against Granby, the Raiders have scored two or more goals in every game this season. During their three-game win streak heading into Tuesday, they outscored opponents 17-1. The first time they faced Tuesday’s opponent, Amherst, earlier this season, Hampshire won, 6-3. Shayne Moynahan totaled four goals in the win. But on Tuesday, the Raiders and Hurricanes found themselves in a defensive battle amidst one of the first cold nights of the fall. Amherst managed […]
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7mH.S. Roundup: Amherst girls volleyball overpowers Frontier for sixth straight win
The Amherst girls volleyball team picked up an impressive 3-1 road victory over Frontier on Tuesday night to improve to 11-1 on the season. The Hurricanes, who have now won six straight matches, won by set scores of 25-18, 25-20, 21-25, and 25-9 against the Redhawks. Amherst sits in second place in the Northern league […]
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6mUMass football: Eastern Michigan sinks Minutemen in front of sellout crowd, 38-14
AMHERST — Through four games of the season, opposing defenses had few answers to slow down UMass quarterback Pop Watson. With each week, his decision-making seemed to improve, backed by his 74.0% completion clip and a single interception to his name. Rather than stop the man himself, Eastern Michigan arrived at Amherst in front of […]
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5mAn evening of wonder: Look Park hosts outdoor pumpkin art trail in October
Look Park in Northampton will host ALLURA Pumpkin Art Spectacular, a family-friendly outdoor pumpkin art trail, over the course of 15 nights beginning next week. The trail features pumpkin art set up in 13 scenes with designs that include, among others, fantasy creatures like fairies and dragons as well as images based on movies like […]