H.S. basketball: Kalli White’s 23 points leads Granby girls past Amherst

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 […]

South Hadley TM rejects school bus stop-arm cameras over surveillance, data concerns

SOUTH HADLEY — Town Meeting voters this week rejected a proposal to install cameras on school bus stop arms to catch drivers who illegally pass stopped buses, with many residents citing concerns about surveillance and data breaches. The article failed 70-24, with two abstentions. In January 2025, Gov. Maura Healey signed a law allowing cameras […]

Road debate makes for a bumpy ride in Westhampton

Westhampton has 47 miles of road and two Highway Department employees to take care of them. That math is at the center of a growing debate at Select Board meetings, fueled by a resident’s push to widen Spruce Hill Road, neighbors’ complaints about the condition of Northwest Road and an unannounced repaving of Hooker Road. […]

A life well played: Remembering Bob Biardi, beloved Easthampton fixture

EASTHAMPTON — Robert “Bob” Biardi went by many nicknames: The Bread Man, Elbows, Bingo Bob. While each has its own story, perhaps what his friends and family remember most was simply how much joy he brought to everyone. Biardi died Nov. 2 at 91, having lived in Easthampton for 65 years. Biardi’s friends and family gathered […]