Easthampton City Council begins new term with new leadership

14 local collection sites available on National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

Fourteen communities in Hampshire and Franklin counties will host medication collection sites on Saturday, Oct. 24, as part of a coordinated effort to promote safe prescription drug disposal.

Speaking Of Nature: Patience pays plenty — Reunited and it feels so good

October of 2025 was a difficult time in my life. I was home all month as I recovered from abdominal surgery, and I was definitely out of sorts. My first brush with mortality had me feeling a bit untethered and I was also in a lot of discomfort. Basically, all I could do with myself […]

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Bringing more beavers to watersheds is a powerful drought-fighting tool, experts say

GREEN RIVER, Wyo. (AP) — On Jackson Ramsay’s family ranch late in the summer, there were few signs it had just weathered the worst-ever winter snowpack and record-setting heat. Water twisted unhurriedly through the land, splayed into various branches that rejoined to form pools behind mounds of piled sticks. Young willows stretched from the bank […]

Frontier field hockey shuts out Minnechaug in final home game

SOUTH DEERFIELD — In its last home game before the postseason, the Frontier Regional field hockey team defeated Minnechaug, 4-0, in a Suburban league matchup on Monday afternoon. Frontier (13-0-1, 9-0-1 Suburban) moves closer to a postseason with plenty of potential for greatness. The Redhawks rank fifth in the latest MIAA power rankings in Division […]