Area Property Deed Transfers, Sept. 25

Amherst fiscal 2026 revenue tops estimates by $3.2 million

AMHERST — Amherst finished fiscal 2026 with $105 million in revenue, nearly $3.2 million more than estimated, driven by robust investment income and higher-than-anticipated motor vehicle excise, hotel and motel, and meals taxes. In a quarterly update to the Finance Committee on Sept. 15, Finance Director Sean Mangano said investment income was the standout, bringing […]

Labor of love, up for sale: Chesterfield General Store owners seek buyer

CHESTERFIELD — Before the sun rises over the hills or the early bird sets out to get its worm, Greg Monette’s alarm clock ushers in the day at 4:30 a.m. Breakfast has to be ready for 7. Brush out coals and add more wood to the brick oven. Check. Put in a fresh round of […]

Around the Hamptons: Easthampton filmmaker wins national award for Picture Main Street project

EASTHAMPTON — Local filmmaker Thomas Draudt and Easthampton Media have won a national award for the docuseries “EQUAL=STREETS, Pioneer Valley: Conversations On Strong,” diving into Northampton’s Picture Main Street project. “The fact that it’s national means a lot because what I did in my local region applies to the whole country,” Draudt said about the project […]

Area Briefs: Foundation asks donors to 'Give Like Dolly'

Foundation asks donors to ‘Give Like Dolly’ AGAWAM — The Harold Grinspoon Charitable Foundation hopes to raise $25,000 on Friday to put more free books in the hands of young children in western Massachusetts through Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. The campaign is part of Give Like Dolly Day, observed Sept. 25 by communities that support […]

Columnist Bill Newman: End the Lindsay Clancy triple-murder case

The facts are gut-wrenching. In murder cases they often are.   Lindsay Clancy strangled her three children, Cora, age five, three-year-old Dawson, and eight-month-old Callan, at their home in Duxbury, Massachusetts and left their bodies in the basement.   She then slashed her own throat and wrists before jumping from a second-story window. Her suicide attempt failed, […]