Around and About with Richard McCarthy: Grit and glory on the sidewalk

Valley Bounty: Upinngil started with sheep, bees and leeks. Then, the 'barnyard theory of inevitability' took over

“I’ve probably tried every single thing there is to do in agriculture,” says Clifford Hatch, co-owner of Upinngil in Gill. It’s true: Upinngil is an unusually diverse operation. Clifford, his daughter Sorrel Hatch, and their team of employees and family members grow a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, including specialty crops like mushrooms and […]

On the Run with John Stifler: After New York, a cornucopia of local races

If you remember the 1970s, when the New York Marathon evolved from a bunch of laps around Central Park to a parade of thousands of runners through all five boroughs of the city, you may have felt an echo last Sunday. I mean the echo from 1978, when the women’s winner was a young Scandinavian who had never run a marathon before. Grete Waitz, from Norway, barely known in the U.S. but known in track circles as the European 3000 meter champion, won in two hours 32 minutes 30 seconds, a women’s marathon world record. So here, last Sunday, was Andreas […]

Philip Murphy

<html><head></head><body>PHILIP MURPHY<br /><br />Holyoke, MA - Philip Edmond Murphy age 85 of Northampton, MA passed away peacefully on November 4, 2026 at the Veterans Home in Holyoke MA.<br /><br />Born in Northampton November 3, 1941 he was the so ...

Robert Warren Biardi

<html><head></head><body>Robert Warren Biardi<br /><br />Easthampton, MA - Robert Warren Biardi<br /><br />September 21, 1935 – November 2, 2026<br /><br />Robert Warren Biardi, known to many simply as Bob, died on November 2, 2026, at age 91. Bo ...

MIAA boys soccer: Quinten Chen comes up clutch for Belchertown in Div. 3 prelim round win over Salem

WILBRAHAM — For 100 minutes of gametime, sophomore goalkeeper Quinten Chen watched from the sideline as his Belchertown teammates battled Salem in the preliminary round of the Division 4 boys soccer tournament Friday night. He stood as the Witches took a first half lead as fog spread across Falcon Field at Minnechaug and cheered when [&hellip;]