UMass football: Minutemen announce first transfer signing of 2026

H.S. football: South Hadley blitzes past SICS, 22-0, for Class B crown

SOUTH HADLEY – The PVIAC Class B Championship football game stood still in the third quarter. The field was quiet as medical personnel tended to South Hadley linebacker Joe Quatacker, who lay motionless at the 10-yard line after tackling Springfield International Charter School running back Ashton Chambers. Quatacker came around and gave his teammates a […]

MIAA girls soccer: Belchertown ousts Dedham in PKs in Div. 3 Round of 16

BELCHERTOWN — Aubrey Klingensmith scored the game-winning goal in penalty kicks to send the Belchertown girls soccer team past Dedham, 1-0, in the MIAA Division 3 Round of 16 on Thursday. Neither team managed to break through across 80 minutes of regulation and 20 minutes of overtime, yet the Orioles went 4-for-5 in penalty kicks […]

UMass freshman Ethan Eskit anchoring top-ranked goaltending unit

Goaltending can make or break a hockey team. After losing star netminder Michael Hrabal to the NHL last spring, UMass hockey fans had every reason to worry about the state of the team’s goaltending heading into the 2026-27 season. Enter Ethan Eskit. The freshman puck-stopper from Calgary, Alberta has emerged as a steady option for […]

A marriage of art and craft: Florence couple opens ceramics and textiles studio in Northampton

NORTHAMPTON — Cara Taylor and Kim Rosen, a married Florence couple who each carry decades of experience working as ceramic and textile artists, respectively, have combined forces to open a joint studio and showroom. The years-vacant, roughly 1,400-square-foot site of the former Green Mountain Power Equipment store at 187 Locust St. has been transformed. Taylor’s […]

Making News in Business, Nov. 13

Gorth joins Eric Carle Museum board of trustees AMHERST — The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art has appointed Phillip W. Gorth to its board of trustees. Gorth is an Amherst native and a graduate of Amherst College, where he studied law, jurisprudence and social thought. He subsequently built a career in finance and […]