Deaton lays out strategy while Markey, Moulton slug it out

Guest columnist Jon Huer: So you are now a property owner!

We are now “property owners”: After 25 years of military housing, we finally bought a house in Greenfield upon our retirement. Even as one of the 99-percent wage earners who survive on daily labor, we “own” a few things and claim our “ownership” over them with legal entitlement: Commonly, a house, an automobile, a cellphone, […]

Police apprehend suspect in stabbing in Northampton's Pulaski Park on Saturday

NORTHAMPTON — A portion of downtown’s Pulaski Park was cordoned off Saturday while police investigated a stabbing, according to Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra. Police apprehended a suspect in the stabbing, and the victim was transported to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield with injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening, the mayor said in a statement. […]

‘Give us more of that socialism’: Markey, Warren rally Democrats in Holyoke

HOLYOKE — As President Donald Trump derides the growing influence of socialism within the Democratic Party, U.S. Sen. Ed Markey and Sen. Elizabeth Warren did not shy away from the word early Saturday morning in Holyoke. Instead, they fully embraced it. “Give us more of that socialism,” was Markey’s mantra as he spoke before a […]

Belchertown High field recovers thanks to recent rainstorms, can be used this fall

BELCHERTOWN — The wet weather of the last couple weeks was the Hail Mary Belchertown High School sports needed to save the field for the upcoming sports season. A month after announcing that the field would close for at least the fall season due to water restrictions, Superintendent Brian Cameron told the School Committee earlier […]

Governor’s Council candidates face off ahead of September primary

Incumbent Tara Jacobs and challenger Michael Fenton presented their platforms during a forum hosted by the League of Women Voters and the Greenfield Recorder ahead of the upcoming District 8 Governor's Council primary.